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Over 21 million teen pregnancies were reported in lower- and middle-income countries and 55% ended in unsafe abortions. Photo Courtesy 

Today’s crisis of teen pregnancies and births is controllable and stoppable

Thursday, November 14, 2024
The New Times
Editorial

16 Days of Activism: It is our collective duty to fight GBV

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The National Union of Disability Organizations in Rwanda (NUDOR) praised a new bill proposing access to reproductive health services, including contraception, for teenagers aged 15. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Disability advocacy group backs bill on contraception for 15-year-olds

Monday, November 11, 2024
Participants during a campaign to sensitize people to the fight against gender-based violence in 2021. Between 2021 and 2024, health authorities recorded more than 26,000 GBV cases. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Experts call for broader sexual reproductive health education to prevent GBV

Thursday, November 07, 2024
Dallaire Institute and University of Rwanda (UR) officials pose for a group during the launch of a short course on Wednesday, October 23, Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

Dallaire Institute, UR launch short course to advance Africa’s child protection

Friday, November 01, 2024
Gender-based violence can take many forms such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation and so-called ‘honour crimes’. Photo by Alice Kayibanda
Law

Where and how to seek help in case of gender-based violence

Saturday, October 26, 2024
A Rwandan peacekeeper attends to a resident during a medical outreach in Amadi Village, South Sudan, on October 18, 2024. Courtesy photo
Editorial

Latest smear campaign against RDF peacekeepers is doomed to fail, like many before it

Monday, October 21, 2024
Rwandan peacekeepers under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during a physical protection training session for over 60 young girls at Malakia Girls Primary School in Malakal.

RDF peacekeepers rape reportage. Let’s talk about it

Saturday, October 19, 2024
MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in rural Central African Republic
Africa

UN mission in CAR dismisses rape allegations against peacekeepers

Friday, October 18, 2024
Deputy Government Spokesperson Alain Mukuralinda
Rwanda

Sexual assault allegations against RDF part of campaign to discredit Rwanda – spokesperson

Friday, October 18, 2024
Facilitated Gender-Based Violence hereinafter referred to as TFGBV is any act of violence that is committed, assisted, or amplified through digital tools or information and communication technologies.

Addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Rwanda

Thursday, October 10, 2024
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said prison conditions in DR Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported.
Africa

UN rights official condemns ‘disastrous conditions’ in DR Congo prisons

Wednesday, October 09, 2024