“Alarming” rise in rape and abduction from Sudan war – aid agencies
Reuters The conflict between military factions in Sudan has caused a surge in cases of rape and the abduction of women and girls, some as young as 12, aid agencies and officials said. Teenage girls are being sexually assaulted and raped by armed combatants in “alarming numbers”, Save the Children said in a statement on […]
Wow!: In Zimbabwe, female rugby team seeks to keep girls off the streets
NYASHA CHINGONO, of Reuters, reports from Domboshava…
Essay: Some refugee girls are forced into early marriage for safety – here’s why
UK academic AISHA HUTCHINSON looks at the reasons why the incidence of child marriage increase in communities impacted by conflicts or disasters…
Anglican Church of Uganda intensifies mentorship for boys to fight gender-based violence and disparity
Kampala, Uganda The Anglican Church of Uganda will intensify its mentorship program for boys in a bid to fight gender-based violence and gender disparity. The Archbishop of the Anglican Church, Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, observed that while girls are mentored on how to treat men in Africa, boys are, on the other hand, left on […]
Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran
Dubai, United Arab Emirates AP Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds. Officials in Iran’s theocracy initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as […]
Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls
Islamabad, PakistanAP Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban government indicated Tuesday – even though they have been banned from classrooms since the former insurgents took over the country last year. According to two documents from the Taliban ministry of education, […]
Taliban’s treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN experts
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may amount to a crime against humanity, a group of UN experts said on Friday. The assessment by the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett and nine other UN experts […]
Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan’s university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face growing restrictions from the Taliban government. Her diligent preparation ended on Friday when a suicide attacker detonated his explosives during a practice exam […]
At UN, emotional appeals for world leaders to protect Afghan girls’ education
United Nations Reuters After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban took over, Somaya Faruqi, former captain of the Afghan girls robotics team, broke down in tears backstage. “I was in classroom last year, but this year girls are […]
Afghans keep close watch as some girls’ schools open, then shut
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Many Afghans are following news of a reversal in girls’ school openings in eastern Paktia province for clues on whether the Taliban will loosen restrictions on girls’ education after reneging on a pledge to reopen high schools in March. Some girls’ secondary schools in what is considered a conservative part of the […]