In the first of a two-part series, Angela Muhindo spoke to UN Women ahead of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, marked annually from 25 November to 10 December, Human Rights Day. “My life has been full of pain,” she said, surveying the green landscape where she spent her childhood in Kasese, in Uganda’s western region….
First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti received the prestigious Woman Police Officer of the Year Award during a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York. At 27, she is the youngest recipient in the Award’s 13-year history. Working for change Ms. Rismayanti is deployed as a crime database officer at MINUSCA, which has a mandate that includes…
She will receive the honour at a special ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. It will be presented during the annual United Nations Police Week, taking place from 13 to 17 November. First Sergeant Rismayanti serves as a Crime Database Officer for MINUSCA and has helped conceptualize and develop a vital database…
In the southern Indian city of Bangalore, a man allegedly killed his partner on suspicion of cheating. According to the report of Indian media, the person who killed his partner by hitting a pressure cooker has been arrested. Local police told the media that the incident took place on Saturday at 5 pm when the…
Photo, screen grab American police raided the home of a 98-year-old woman, after which the news of her death came to light. According to foreign media, the 98-year-old woman was a co-owner of a local newspaper and the reason for her death is being attributed to the tension created during the police raid. According to…
Also on Saturday, 2 Israelis were killed in a shooting incident, Photo: File Gaza: An Israeli woman was killed and a man was seriously injured in a shooting at a car near the West Bank city of Hebron. According to the World News Agency, there were 3 people in the car that was shot in…
28-year-old Sukjeet Singh became friends with a 30-year-old South Korean woman 4 years ago, Photo: Indian Media New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman from South Korea arrived in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to marry 28-year-old Sukjeet Singh, where both got married according to local customs. According to Indian media, Sakjit Singh went to South…
“Knock out hate,” declares Yokasta Valle who has suffered discrimination both for being a woman in a male-dominated sport and as a migrant who journeyed to Costa Rica from Nicaragua. “Many of my colleagues told me that if they, as men, could not become champions, even less so could I as a woman,” she says….
On the right, Anju, an Indian woman who came to Pakistan, on the left, Anju’s husband, Arvind Kumar Arvind Kumar, husband of Anju, an Indian woman who came to Deer area of Pakistan, says that before leaving, my wife told me that she was going to meet her friend in Jaipur. Talking to the Indian…
Last month, a 62-year-old Japanese diplomat was attacked in the US state of Oregon. The woman who attacked has been arrested. American media reports called it a racist attack against Asian citizens. Yuzo Yoshioka, the head of the consular section at the Japanese consulate in Portland, USA, was pushed to the ground by a woman,…
