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gender-based violence

After Noor (right) fled Syria with her family, her husband began to be abusive. She now receives counseling and health services at this women's center in Jordan.
Conflict
A women’s health center for Syrian refugees is helping Jordanian women, too
BRAZIL 5
Conflict
Who’s afraid of Simone de Beauvoir? How a national exam had millions of Brazilians talking about gender.
Women turned out for an election campaign event in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan last year.
Conflict
The Taliban had a hit list of working women when they took over Kunduz
The Mraqisa family (L to R): father Lindela, son Bukho, daughter Ongeziwe and mother Nosicelo outside their home in Gugulethu Township.
Development
These South African men tackle violence against women — starting with themselves
Jamaicans take part in a demonstration against the rape of three children and two women in Kingston in 2012.
Justice
Caribbean rape culture is back on display
Members of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress {arty, carry placards that read, "The country is covered in shame..." The women were protesting the rape of a female passenger by an Uber taxi driver in New Delhi.
Justice
An alleged rape by an Uber driver is one more sign of India’s gender violence problem
Footage of two Indian sisters defending themselves from harrassment was filmed on a phone by a fellow passenger.
Justice
Indian sisters revive the country’s debate over women’s safety by fending off male attackers on camera