Yezidi Women and Girls Face Sexual Violence in Iraq
Torture, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, suffered by women and girls from Iraq’s Yezidi minority who were abducted by the armed group the Islamic State (IS), highlights…
Speak Up Campaign to Prevent Violence
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence has launched a new public awareness campaign in concert with National Youth Violence Prevention Week, April 7-11. The campaign, called Speak Up, educates…
Fergie Urges to End Violence Against Women
The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women, a collaboration of Vital Voices Global Partnership, the Avon Foundation for Women and the U.S. Department of State, presented Thursday a new…
Salma Hayek Says No to Violence against Women
Avon Foundation for Women Ambassador Salma Hayek Pinault and Avon Products CEO Sheri McCoy announced Friday that four global organizations and one government campaign have received 2nd Avon Communications Awards:…
South Africa Must Tackle Sexual Violence: UN
The United Nations human rights chief expressed her shock and deep sadness at the rape, mutilation and murder of a 17-year-old woman in South Africa, and urged a more comprehensive…
Mother Speaks Against Gun Violence in TV Ad
Two years after the Tucson mass shooting in which six were killed and former Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot, Mayors Against Illegal Guns today released a new television ad featuring…