CNN
| May 13, 2013
The bitter brothers of Cleveland abduction suspect Ariel Castro are stunned by the case and furious with their sibling. "He's a monster," Onil Castro tells CNN. Brother Pedro is flabbergasted that one of the three victims is the daughter of a...
Democracy Now!
| May 9, 2013
Did failings on the part of authorities lengthen the horrific ordeal of the Cleveland kidnap victims? As Ariel Castro makes his first court appearance, Democracy Now! looks at allegations of police negligence and at Castro's background, including ...
Associated Press
| May 8, 2013
Kidnapping and rape charges were filed today against Ariel Castro, the owner of the home in Cleveland, Ohio, where three women were held captive for close to ten years, according to the local prosecutor. Castro's brothers, Pedro and Onil Castro, a...
CNN
| May 8, 2013
Instant internet hero Charles Ramsey, the neighbor who rescued the first of three women held captive in a Cleveland house for close to ten years, denied that he did anything special. "I'm just like you," he told Anderson Cooper. "We bleed the same...
The Wall Street Journal
| May 6, 2013
Charles Ramsey tells how he kicked in a door at a home in his Cleveland neighborhood to free Amanda Berry, one of three women in the house held captive for almost 10 years. Ramsay said he was "astonished" to learn of the situation in the home. He ...
Euronews
| Apr 1, 2013
Bahrain police casually tossed tear gas and stun grenades at anti-government female protesters, even though some of them were with toddlers. Women launched the demonstration in support of jailed political prisoners and against an upcoming Formula ...
Democracy Now!
| Mar 18, 2013
Two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last August. On Sunday, the teenagers, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, were found delinquent in the sexual assault of the girl w...
Associated Press
| Mar 17, 2013
Two members of Steubenville's celebrated high school football team have been found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl after photos of the victim were shared online, and Ohio's attorney general warned that other students might yet be charg...
Democracy Now!
| Mar 8, 2013
President Obama has signed into law historic new protections for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with the expanded reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Initially passed in 1994, the bill lapsed in 2011 after Republica...
IBN Live
| Feb 24, 2013
Just months after a fatal gang rape of a young paramedic in Delhi rattled the nation, a 25-year-old woman was shot dead in the city while returning home tonight with her husband. Though a witness said she was shot resisting a sexual attack, police...
— Sep 13, 2012 at 12:48 am
...harmonised compendium of nine legislation seeking to eliminate the challenges that women confront on a daily basis) has been before the National...
— Dec 13, 2012 at 12:54 pm
...of women and children. He pointed out that violence against women in the country was the most shameful human rights violation noting that violen...
— Dec 19, 2012 at 10:58 pm
...as Talian Nur, the hotline to enable early intervention for victims of domestic violence, child abuse and natural disasters cases, have greatly ...
— Apr 29 at 10:15 am
...killing" was a wake-up call, Le Calame reporter Mariem Mint Derwich said. Women in Mauritania and elsewhere are the "first to fall victim to ins...
Violence against women is a technical term used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women. Similar to a hate crime, this type of violence targets a specific group with the victim's gender as a primary motive.
The United Nations General Assembly defines "violence against women" as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." The 1993 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women noted that this violence could be perpetrated by assailants of either gender, family members and even the "State" itself.
Worldwide governments and organizations actively work to combat violence against women through a variety of programs. A UN resolution designated 25 November as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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