NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS ... address some of these issues.” The Sexual Offenses Act was passed in 2006 in an attempt to tame increasing cases of sexual violence. It names 14 sexual crimes ...

This effort included a pledge to end violence against women and girls “everywhere” and to “eliminate all harmful practices,” ...

Nearly seven months after the Oct. 7 massacre, a new documentary brings to light the atrocities and sexual assaults committed against Israelis. Former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s documentary ...

Despite being “the cheapest weapon known to man,” sexual violence in war is “almost ... with the initial silence on the allegations of widespread rape from the United Nations and other ...

Heavy rain has pounded Kenya in recent days, causing widespread devastation. The UN says that at least 32 people have lost their lives and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes ...

The study is published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence ... harassment and sexual abuse in workplaces throughout North America is widespread and harmful to both individuals and organizations.

Hundreds of people in Tanzania and Kenya are dead after heavy rain during the region's monsoon season, officials said. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and ...

Kenya's defense chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said. Two officers survived the crash ...

which encompasses sexual and domestic violence and stalking. Following widespread media coverage of the LSU scandal, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, which enforces Title ...

Parts of Kenya have experienced heavy flooding since mid-March, with more than 11,000 households displaced, widespread damage to agricultural land, and thousands of livestock lost. Roads have ...

Heavy rain has pounded Kenya in recent days, causing widespread devastation. The UN says that at least 32 people have lost their lives and more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes because of ...