Nigerian Women protest, demand just for burnt PDP Women leader

Hundreds of women have taken part in a demonstration in Peru's capital, Lima, to draw attention to the problem of gender violence in the country. Peru has one of the highest rates of violence against women in the region.

A non-governmental organisation is advocating stiffer punishment for perpetrators of violence against women in the country.

The number of Nigerian women and girls who leave for the middle east to offer their services as domestic help has taken on a new dimension, with some reaching out to anyone who can save them from what they allege is domestic slavery.

The minister of women Affairs has condemned the prevalence of violence against women in the country.

Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. The United Nations observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on the 25th of November, to raise awareness and trigger action to end this global issue. The date marks the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has described domestic violence as a Crime against humanity. The governor said this during a walk to mark this year’s United Nations sixteen days long activities to mark violence against gender balance.

Nigerian women have called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on Violence Against Women in the country. They said the murder of PDP Women Leader, Salome Abuh, in Lokoja, Kogi state brings to the fore, the dangers women face and experience in their day to day life.

Pope Francis described violence against women as "blasphemy against God." A day earlier, the frustrated pontiff slapped the hand of a woman who yanked him towards her.

Trafficked Nigerian women rescued from Lebanon. Fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon and returned home, Nigeria's foreign minister says. They have all been placed in quarantine following their arrival on Sunday as a precaution against coronavirus.

In Mexico, stay-at-home measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 are being touted as a chance for men to help with housework and childcare. Men's groups are trying to bring about change as femicide is on the rise.

The number of cases of sexualized violence and femicide in Africa has risen during the Covid-19 pandemic. Will those in power finally grow aware of the extent of the problem?

Dozens of protesters gather in front of the Legislature of Quintana Roo in Mexico City to protest against the murder of Bianca Alejandrina Lorenzana Alvarado, "Alexis", and against police firing shots in the air to disperse a demonstration in Cancun earlier this week.