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Independent Israeli Commission Finds Systematic Sexual Violence by Hamas on Oct. 7

The report builds an evidence archive to drive sanctions, prosecutorial reform, plus special courts.

UN Women Says 38,000 Women and Girls Killed in Gaza War as Truce Violations Persist

UN Women Says Women and Girls Account for Most Gaza War Deaths

Spain’s Equality Ministry Seeks 350-Meter Minimum for Electronic Restraining Orders

New Tests Find Musk’s Grok Still Generates Non‑Consensual Sexualized Images

Anticorruption Bodies Walk Back Calls for Baja California Governor’s Leave

Police Book Activist Over Comfort Women Statue Defamation as President Lee Condemns Acts

Kerala SHO Suspended After Court-Ordered CCTV Shows Slap of Pregnant Woman in Kochi Station

Denmark Agrees to Compensate Greenlandic Women for Decades of Involuntary Birth Control

Mexico’s Shelter Network Demands Full Funding as Peru Surveys Expose Enduring Tolerance of Gender Violence

WHO and UN Report Finds Little Progress on Violence Against Women as Funding Falls

RTÉ Finds Interpreter in Overturned FGM Case Worked on at Least 246 Other Court Cases

Iran Sets December Deadline for Death-Row Baluch Woman to Pay ‘Blood Money’ to Avoid Execution

Latvia’s Parliament Votes to Leave the Istanbul Convention

Sheinbaum Sends Overhaul of Navy Law to Congress, Expanding Maritime Enforcement and Cyber Roles

Aftershocks Rattle Quake‑Hit Eastern Afghanistan as Death Toll Tops 2,200

Afghan Quake Response Accused of Leaving Women Untreated Under Taliban Restrictions

Chinese Startup Touts Humanoid With Artificial Uterus, Targets 2026 Debut

Taliban Marks Fourth Anniversary With Flower-Drop Flyovers and Warnings to Officials

Three Women Charged in Gambia Over Infant’s Death After FGM