Charities suggest ‘gendered understanding’ of crime means services often fail to recognise girls and young women as victims ...

"Yanick," 38, was raped and beaten over two hours when she and other women were forced off a passenger bus they were traveling on to go buy produce to resell from a market in Arcahaie, the rural city ...

The gang that abducted a group of young women in Nigeria's northeast state of Borno a week ago released the remaining 12 late Saturday, a local official told AFP. Their release comes as the country ...

Meanwhile, as government authority collapses and poverty worsens nationwide, a culture of rape and sexual exploitation is also growing in communities outside of gangs’ control. Men in positions of ...

There, Micheline made one fortuitous discovery: In a country where armed gangs have systematically weaponized rape to terrorize the population, victimizing thousands of women, girls and even men, she ...