UK domestic abuse chief fears more murders as lockdown eases
Britain's first domestic abuse commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, warns the public "not to look the other way" as lockdowns ease
Egypt to prosecute doctor, father over genital cutting of three girls
Female genital mutilation is banned in Egypt but women’s rights groups say enforcement has been poor
Yemeni women will die, aid workers warn, as U.N. cuts maternity services
Dried up funding shuts down maternity hospitals in Yemen, leaving women without care to die of childbirth complications
With bike chains and car parts, Afghan girls build ventilators
Teens bring temporary relief to COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe
'Hunger or murder': Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence
Lockdowns are forcing Africa's sex workers to disregard usual safety norms exposing them to increased violence - and even murder
Coronavirus frustrates Saudi women's push for financial independence
For Saudi women the downturn struck just as efforts to gain greater financial independence were gaining traction
Argentine newspaper includes trans women in femicide victims list
The Clarin newspaper printed the list to mark the five-year anniversary of the South American country's first "Not One Less" march held in protest of the rising femicide rate
Survivors of missing, slain indigenous women in Canada impatient for action
The government inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women blamed racism, colonialism, sexism, and apathy in Canadian society
New Zealand offers schoolgirls free tampons to fight period poverty
The scheme comes as global campaigns to tackle 'period poverty' have slowly gained pace in recent years
Calls to UK 'honour' abuse hotline double under lockdown
Charities say lockdown has created perfect conditions for families to exert total control