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A 7-YEAR-OLD PAKISTANI GIRL WAS RAPED STRANGLED AND LEFT IN A DUMPSTER
But the father of 7-year-old Zainab, who was raped and strangled last week, says he won't bury her until her killer is found and punished... READ MORE›
FRENCH WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE DENEUVE'S LETTER
Italian filmmaker and actress Asia Argento, one of the dozens of women who have alleged Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them, called the letter "deplorable" in a tweet... READ MORE›
GOLDEN GLOBES 2018: 'TIME'S UP' ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Women from service and other industries attend awards show to shed light on systemic sexual abuse in the workplace... READ MORE›
FREED TO KILL AGAIN AND AGAIN
Freed to kill again and again Theodore Johnson and the truth about domestic violence... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE MINISTERS WITH THE TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS
We're looking at family violence, inland rail, robodebt, prawns and penalty rates... READ MORE›
SHOCKING TOLL OF WOMEN KILLED BY MEN RENEWS CALL FOR SAFE SPACES
Women's Aid said that the census revealed patterns in the killings... READ MORE›
CUTS TO WOMEN'S REFUGES ARE A MEASURE OF OUR COUNTRY
I was a police officer for over 20 years and I have seen the terrible consequences of domestic violence particularly where women have lost their lives... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN LEADERS PLEDGE TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
French President Emmanuel Macron called on the whole nation to push for gender equality, starting with the eradication of violence against women... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S MACRON VOWS TO COMBAT 'SHAMEFUL' VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday proposed a raft of measures to combat horrific and shameful violence against women... READ MORE›
'I SCREAMED FOR HELP, BUT NOBODY CAME'
Mongolia's domestic violence victims struggle for support amid austerity and arctic temperatures... READ MORE›
TEXTS FROM STUDENT WHO KILLED HERSELF SHARED ACROSS CAMPUSES
Emily Drouet, 18, then studying law at Aberdeen University, texted friends in the weeks before her death in March 2016... READ MORE›
FRENCH PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH 'CULTURAL WAR' ON SEXUAL ABUSE
A bill on sexual harassment and violence will be debated in parliament next year to decide on the introduction of a new offence of street harassment... READ MORE›
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS REVIEW OF BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM FOR GUNS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday ordered a far-ranging review of the FBI database used to check the backgrounds of prospective gun buyers, after... READ MORE›
'I WILL KILL YOU': US MOTHER HELD CAPTIVE BY TALIBAN-LINKED MILITANTS SPEAKS
She and her Canadian husband were abducted by the Haqqani network while travelling through a remote area of Afghanistan... READ MORE›
ENDING VIOLENCE B.C. RECOGNIZES SQUAMISH NATION WOMAN'S COMMUNITY WORK
A residential school survivor who transformed her life is being recognized for her work helping First Nations families struggling with domestic violence... READ MORE›
GUNMAN'S FAMILY 'APPALLED' BY CALIFORNIA RAMPAGE
The district attorney, Gregg Cohen, told the Sacramento Bee the man in that case is Kevin Neal... READ MORE›
TEXAS GUNMAN'S EX-WIFE SAID HE ONCE PUT A GUN TO HER HEAD AND ASKED, 'DO YOU WANT TO DIE?'
Brennaman and Kelley divorced after the incident, which resulted in him being court-martialed and sentenced to a year of confinement... READ MORE›
TEXAS SHOOTER DEVIN KELLEY HELD GUN TO WIFE'S HEAD AND THREATENED TO PULL TRIGGER
Ms Edwards said Kelley had threatened to harm himself before the Air Force referred him for mental-health treatment, according to CNN... READ MORE›
EX-WIFE OF TEXAS CHURCH GUNMAN DEVIN KELLEY SAYS HE ONCE PUT A GUN TO HER HEAD OVER SPEEDING TICKET
The ex-wife of Texas gunman Devin Kelley said he frequently displayed violent tendencies and once put a gun to her head over a speeding ticket... READ MORE›
FORMER ADDICT SHARES STORY TO SHINE LIGHT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The New South Wales Domestic Violence Death Review panel has also put together an information booklet for new arrival communities... READ MORE›
TEXAS GUNMAN ESCAPED MENTAL FACILITY IN 2012, CAUGHT SMUGGLING ARMS INTO U.S. AIR FORCE BASE
That same year he briefly escaped from a mental health facility in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, according to an El Paso, Texas, police report... READ MORE›
AIR FORCE DIDN'T SUBMIT TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER'S CRIMINAL HISTORY TO FBI
Kelley reportedly fractured his infant stepson's skull and was supposed to be barred from buying guns, on account of his prior conviction... READ MORE›
AIR FORCE ADMITS IT FAILED TO NOTIFY FBI ABOUT SHOOTER'S VIOLENT PAST
Had the Air Force taken such measures, Gerrond said, it is more likely the details of Kelley's conviction would have reached the FBI's database... READ MORE›
CONTROL AND FEAR: WHAT MASS KILLINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE IN COMMON
'Intimate Terrorism' Domestic violence often follows a pattern in which an abuser seeks to control every aspect of a victim's life... READ MORE›
RIGHTS BODY SOUNDS ALARM AFTER VIOLENCE AT HOME AND TO RIDE SERVICES CLAIMS 83 WOMEN IN MEXICO'S PUEBLA
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says authorities should declare a gender violence alert for the central state of Puebla. The governmental commiss... READ MORE›
ONE TEEN'S MISSION TO FIX THE FAMILY VIOLENCE SYSTEM
Family violence One teen's mission to improve services for young people... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Penny Stephens
'SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBANDS': WOMEN TOLD TO ENDURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF GOD
Kara Hartley is the Archdeacon for Women in the Diocese of Sydney and deputy chair of a taskforce looking into church responses to domestic violence... READ MORE›
MOROCCAN STATE TV SHOWS WOMEN HOW TO HIDE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Women in Morocco have reacted in horror after a programme on state television demonstrated how they could use makeup to cover up evidence of domestic violence... READ MORE›
'CONSTANTLY TERRIFIED': WOMEN ON FACING THEIR ABUSERS IN FAMILY COURTS
He also said judges needed to be more alert to perpetrators of domestic violence using the courts as a way to continue their abuse... READ MORE›
OILPATCH JOB LOSSES PUSHING MORE ALBERTANS TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES, EXPERTS BELIEVE
The suicide rate in Alberta has increased dramatically in the wake of mounting job losses across the province... READ MORE›
ARGENTINE WOMEN STRIKE AFTER FATAL RAPE OF TEENAGER
On average, one woman is killed in domestic violence cases every 36 hours in the country... READ MORE›
MEN KILLED 900 WOMEN IN SIX YEARS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, FIGURES SHOW
Femicide is a leading cause of premature death for women, but there is limited research on the issue, according to the groups behind the census... READ MORE›
'CARIBOU LEGS' CLOSES CROSS-COUNTRY RUN FOR MMIW IN ST. JOHN'S
Brad Firth, the ultra-marathon runner also known as 'Caribou Legs,' ended his cross-country run in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and domestic violence... READ MORE›
UN REVEALS ALARMINGLY HIGH LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
There is actually a great deal more attention being paid today to violence against women, said Charlotte Bunch, a feminist scholar who attended the Beijing conference... READ MORE›
AFGHAN WOMAN'S EARS CUT OFF BY HUSBAND
The woman's husband is on the run in Kashinda district following the attack, police have told local media... READ MORE›
'IF HE BEATS YOU, HE LOVES YOU'
Under pressure from conservative parenting groups and the Russian Orthodox Church, the deputies voted this week to strike domestic violence from the criminal code, as well... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI POLICE ARREST 20 FOR ORDERING 'REVENGE RAPE'
The maximum punishment for rape under Pakistani law is the death penalty... READ MORE›
SOLOMON ISLANDS TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED AFTER POWERFUL 7.8 QUAKE
A tsunami warning has been lifted in parts of the South Pacific following a powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
EXTRA ?6M IN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO FIGHT ABUSE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
Britain is to step up efforts to combat abuse of women and girls around the world, international development secretary Priti Patel said this weekend... READ MORE›
2 ADULTS DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE AT CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Emergency personnel respond to a shooting inside North Park School Elementary School on Monday in San Bernardino, Calif... READ MORE›
TORY MP TALKS FOR OVER AN HOUR IN BID TO DERAIL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL
Ministers were debating whether to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which would increase support for victims of domestic violence... READ MORE›
DOMESTIC ABUSER MUST TELL POLICE IF HE GETS A NEW GIRLFRIEND
Londoner Kylle Godfrey believed to be first person in England and Wales to be subject to new domestic violence disclosure scheme... READ MORE›
CPS ACCUSED OF FAILING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AFTER WOMAN LOSES EYE IN ATTACK
Ibrahim Akanbi was found guilty of grievous bodily harm last month at Woolwich crown court in London and was sentenced to three years in prison... READ MORE›
ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST ENTERS AUSTRALIA WITHOUT PASSPORT
Carrying a self-styled Aboriginal passport Nganyaywana man Callum Clayton-Dixon has also recently entered and departed the Solomon Islands... READ MORE›
THE SATURDAY PROFILE UN ENVOY DRAWS ON HER PAST IN SIERRA LEONE TO HELP ABUSED WOMEN
As refugees, they are at risk of higher levels of domestic violence at home and sexual harassment when they step out... READ MORE›
WOMEN'S PROSPECTS LIMITED BY LAW IN 155 COUNTRIES, FINDS WORLD BANK STUDY
There has also been progress in tackling violence against women 127 countries now have laws on domestic violence, compared with just seven 25 years ago... READ MORE›
BBC SHOW DIVIDES FANS WITH ABUSE STORY LINE
LONDON -- In the rural village of Ambridge on the British radio show The Archers, nothing much changes, and listeners like it that way... READ MORE›
INDIAN MAN KILLS WIFE OVER DINNER DELAY
Domestic violence has been the most reported violent crime against women in the country every year for more than a decade now... READ MORE›
'CAMOUFLAGING' DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH MAKEUP, TV SHOW APOLOGISES
It is unclear if the woman was an actual victim of domestic violence... READ MORE›
MILLION WOMEN RISE: THOUSANDS MARCH THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON
Thousands of women marched through central London on Saturday to call for an end to violence against women and girls, days after International Women's Day... READ MORE›
FORCED MARRIAGE VICTIMS ARE MADE TO PAY TO GO HOME TO UK
The Foreign Office has come under fire for ordering victims of forced marriage to repay the government the costs of their repatriation... READ MORE›
UN EXPERT REMINDS AUSTRALIA OF OBLIGATIONS ON GENDERED VIOLENCE
The government has a Women's Safety Package, worth 100 million, which includes 12 new specialist domestic violence units at pilot locations in each state and territory... READ MORE›
RUSSIA EXPECTED TO MOVE CLOSER TO DECRIMINALIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Russian police are notoriously reluctant to react to domestic violence calls, which many regard as meddling in family affairs... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES' DUTERTE ORDERS POLICE TO KILL 'IDIOTS' WHO RESIST ARREST
Domestic opposition has been largely muted but the killing of schoolboy Kian Loyd delos Santos by anti-drugs officers on 16 August has sparked rare public outrage... READ MORE›
WHO IS THE NICE TERROR ATTACK SUSPECT? EVERYTHING WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUTA MOHAMED LAHOUAIEJ BOUHLEL
According to several French reports, Bouhlel was born in Tunisia in 1985 and had a French residency permit... READ MORE›
POLICE OFFICER'S SKULL CHIPPED IN SAMURAI SWORD ATTACK
Samurai sword attack in Rockingham leaves WA Police officer with chipped skull... READ MORE›