Conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated while support to survivors has ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of children and women who are survivors of sexual violence in Congo surged over four fold over the first half this year, Save The Children said on Thursday, amid a ...

The late afternoon light slipped through linen curtains in a quiet Los Angeles living room as fabric swatches covered the coffee table and a sketchbook lay open beside two cups of tea. Two longtime ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Chesterfield - Lynda Hermsmeyer's life-changing moment came three years ago while she was flipping through a magazine. She read a ...

AFRICA: OVER the past few decades most advanced countries have witnessed two striking reversals of the gender gap. First, teaching has become a profession dominated by women. This is particularly true ...

NEAR A HILLTOP village of thatched huts and purple cassava fields, young men with Kalashnikovs stand guard by a dirt road. Though the mood is relaxed, the checkpoint in Ituri province in the east of ...

New estimates show that violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world - and that one of its fastest-growing frontiers is the digital ...

Only two women have been directly elected by their populations to the presidency in African countries: President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia in 2006 and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of ...