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A new United Nations report says Israel used sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy in Gaza, and carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians through the systematic destruction of women’s health-care facilities. In a report published Thursday, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East …
Read More »Syria’s interim president scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years
Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa scrambled on Sunday to contain some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed president Bashar al-Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers. The clashes, which a war monitoring group said have already killed 1,000 people, mostly civilians, continued for …
Read More »Men Rally Against Domestic Violence in Ahmedabad | अहमदाबाद में पत्नी पीड़ित पतियों की रैली: आईटी प्रोफेशनल्स से लेकर सेना के जवानों ने बताई अपनी दुख भरी दास्तां, जुड़े 76 हजार पुरुष – Gujarat News
अहमदाबाद में पत्नियों से पीड़ित पतियों ने मंगलवार को रैली निकाली और अपने दुख साझा किए। इस रैली में आईटी पेशेवर, सैन्यकर्मी से लेकर युवा व्यवसायी तक शामिल थे। रैली के दौरान हाल ही में सुसाइड करने वाले बेंगलुरू के अतुश सुभाष को श्रद्धांजलि भी दी गई। . गौरतलब है …
Read More »Advocate calls for action after Sask. releases review of intimate partner violence deaths
An expert says Saskatchewan needs to take action after the release of its second-ever review on intimate partner violence (IPV) deaths. This review, released on Thursday, looks at incidents of IPV that ended in deaths from 2015 to 2020. It specifically looked at 31 cases encompassing 34 homicides and four related …
Read More »The wave of gang violence in Haiti killed thousands last year, UN says
More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a UN-backed mission led by Kenya struggled to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday. The number of killings increased by more than 20 per cent compared with all of 2023, according to the UN Human Rights Office. In addition, …
Read More »Intimate partner violence put this woman in foster care as a child. Advocates today want more youth supports
Warning: This story details of intimate partner violence and may affect those who’ve experienced or been impacted by it. Lydia was just five years old, yet vividly remembers the knock on the door of her family’s southwestern Ontario home that would change the trajectory of her life. Two police officers and a …
Read More »More women with disabilities unhoused due to abuse, violence, data shows
Women with disabilities are more likely to be forced into homelessness because of violence or abuse, according to a new report that looks at housing inequities in Canada. Sixty-three per cent of women with disabilities who experienced homelessness said it was because of violence, compared with 54 per cent of …
Read More »Sambhal violence: ਸੰਭਲ ਹਿੰਸਾ: ਫੋਰੈਂਸਿਕ ਟੀਮ ਵਲੋਂ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਗੋਲੀਆਂ ਚੱਲਣ ਦਾ ਦਾਅਵਾ
ਸੰਭਲ, 3 ਦਸੰਬਰ Six ‘made in Pakistan’ empty cartridges recovered, say police: ਇੱਥੇ ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੋਈ ਹਿੰਸਾ ਵਿਚ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨੀ ਅਸਲੇ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਮਿਲੀ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਦੀ ਫੋਰੈਂਸਿਕ ਟੀਮਾਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਜਾਂਚ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਅੱਜ ਜਾਂਚ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਟੀਮ ਨੂੰ ਕਈ ਖਾਲੀ ਰੌਂਦ ਮਿਲੇ ਜਿਹੜੇ …
Read More »Georgina’s Law, aimed at creating intimate partner violence strategy, expected to pass Senate
Georgina McGrath is the driving force behind a private member’s bill now in the Senate that calls for the creation of a national strategy on intimate partner violence. (Ted Dillon/CBC) A private member’s bill spearheaded by two people from Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to pass in Canada’s Senate Tuesday, raising the …
Read More »IN PHOTOS | Rallies on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
World Globally, an intimate partner or family member was responsible for the deaths of approximately 51,100 women and girls during 2023, up from about 48,800 victims in 2022, according to two UN agencies on Monday to coincide with International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Average of 140 …
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