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India

Indian sisters threatened with punishment rape

Thousands sign Amnesty petition over the threat of 'punishment rape' handed out to two Indian sisters because their brother eloped with a married woman from a higher caste.

31/08/2015

Cinema

Difret - an Ethiopian woman's fight against tradition

We’ve been extremely moved this week by an Ethiopian film called Difret. A film which shows a side of the country perhaps few of us are familiar

10/07/2015

Cinema

'Mustang' runs free in Turkey

Finely-observed study of emancipated youth under pressure in Turkey

03/07/2015

Kosovo

Kosovo exhibition of dresses and skirts in Pristina to remember women who suffered sexual violence in wartime

Over 5,000 skirts and dresses have been hung out on washing lines in Kosovo in the heart of a male preserve, Pristina’s main football stadium. Many

12/06/2015

Argentina

Argentina: thousands of protesters call for end to 'femicide'

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires to call for tougher measures to end “femicide” – the killing of a woman by a man

04/06/2015

Egypt

Security forces' sex attacks 'surge' in Egypt

19/05/2015

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 11 police jailed for Farkhunda killing inaction

Eleven policemen in Afghanistan have been sentenced to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul. Eight others

19/05/2015

Nigeria

Boko Haram freed women tell of captive life under Islamist Jihadi fighters

Boko Haram is fracturing, there is discontent in the organisation’s ranks as they face shortages of fuel and weapons. That’s according to a group of

05/05/2015

Nigeria

Nigerian military 'rescues nearly 300' from Boko Haram camps

Nigeria’s army claims to have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to win back the Sambisa Forest from Boko Haram militants

29/04/2015

Europe News

The Man Who Mends Women: Congolese doctor unveils new documentary

A new documentary by the winner of an EU rights prize highlights the stories of women who have been raped during the conflict in the Democratic

26/03/2015

Norway

Woman miscarries after boyfriend secretly gives her abortion pills

13/03/2015

Brazil

Brazil sets tough new prison sentences for killing of women

10/03/2015

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Thousands march in Morocco on International Women's Day

09/03/2015

Turkey

Jailing sex offenders is not sufficient, says Turkish law professor

As campaigners mark International Women’s Day, euronews has been discussing violence against women and punishments for perpetrators with Ahmet Caner

08/03/2015

India

Rapist's TV interview blaming women for sexual assaults banned in India

Television documentary “India’s daughter” which features an interview with a man convicted of gang-raping and killing a woman in Dehli has been

04/03/2015

India

Indian rapist says women to blame for being sexually assaulted

Boys and girls are not equal. Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night

02/03/2015

Turkey

Rally in Istanbul to denounce violence against women

A rally has been held in Istanbul to voice outrage over a 20-year-old woman's brutal death

01/03/2015

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Turkey: Men don miniskirts to denounce violence against women

23/02/2015

Turkey

Men in 'miniskirt protest' against student death in Turkey

Turkish men have donned miniskirts to denounce violence against women at a protest in Istanbul after a 20-year-old student was beaten to death after

21/02/2015

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Philippines: Thousands dance to end violence against women

14/02/2015