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Senegal’s ‘School of Husbands’ teaches men about gender equality
Senegalese men ask all the questions they don’t dare bring up in public at a so-called ‘School of Husbands’.
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Brigitte Macron faces criticism after using sexist insult about activists
The French first lady’s team says she had intended to criticise a feminist group’s ‘radical method’ of protest.
‘Stop killing us’: Huge crowds rally in Brazil, decrying rise in femicide
Demonstrators march in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities, calling for an end to femicide, rape and misogyny.
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Why gender-based violence in South Africa is now a national emergency
We look back at South Africa’s nationwide shutdown by women, as they halted work to protest gender-based violence.
Published On 28 Nov 2025
Women take part in a demonstration on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Guatemala City. [Johan Ordonez/AFP]
A protester shouts slogans during a march to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Athens, Greece. [Louiza Vradi/Reuters]
People carry drums during a march to mark the day in Madrid, Spain. [Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters]
Protesters take part in a memorial service held at the site where a woman, Yessica Solis, was shot dead earlier this month, in San Salvador, El Salvador. [Jose Cabezas/Reuters]
A woman shouts slogans during a protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Santiago, Chile. [Pablo Sanhueza/Reuters]
Women attend a torch procession to mark the day in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Munir Uz Zaman/AFP]
Dancers of the Compagnia Nazionale del Balletto, meaning National Ballet Company in Italian, perform on the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. [Andreas Solaro/AFP]
Women play instruments during a march to mark the day in Mexico City, Mexico. [Franyeli Garcia/AFP]
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Italy adds ‘femicide’ to the criminal code to curb violence against women
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish ‘femicide’ with life imprisonment.
![Women hold banners reading 'You are healthy children of patriarchy' and 'Femicide is a state murder, the state does not protect us' during a gathering for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Milan, Italy, on November 25, 2023 [Luca Bruno/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AP23354583740518-1764125496.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Partners, family members killed 137 women each day in 2024: UN
About 83,000 women and girls were intentionally killed worldwide last year.
Accused, shunned, exiled: The women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’
Women accused of witchcraft are cast out of their communities in north Ghana. Now some are trying to break this cycle.
![“I’ve lived in this camp for 45 years,” says Bachalibanoya. After her husband’s death, the children of his other wife accused her of witchcraft—an allegation that would alter the course of her life. Now the oldest resident of the Gambaga camp, she has lived in exile for more than four decades. [Claire Thomas/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CT_GHANA_9MAY25_0186-1763638267-1-1763884262.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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G20 summit in South Africa: Who’s attending and what’s on the agenda?
US President Donald Trump is boycotting the summit but South African leaders say the meeting will go ahead.
Major MAGA figure Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after Trump clash
Greene says ‘standing up for American women raped at 14’ should not lead to being branded a ‘traitor’ by Trump.
Kenyan woman uses knitted breast prostheses to confront cancer and stigma
After undergoing a mastectomy, a woman in central Kenya has found purpose through knitting and community support.
