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Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violence
BRONKHORSTSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) -- At the command of a female instructor, a line of girls and women, some wearing pink ear protectors, shoot five rounds at a target with 9 mm pistols as they undergo firearm training at a range in the agricultural town of Bronkhorstspruit just outside South Africa's capital, Pretoria.
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Why supporting a shelter for women is now 'kind of radioactive'
There's one voice Lisseth can't get out of her head -- the pleas of a 22-year-old woman.
In June 2025, the woman had left a physically abusive partner to come to a shelter that Lisseth helped found in Honduras.
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Ghana and Kenya investigate presumed Russian national for secretly recording sexual encounters
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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- Ghana has launched an investigation into the activities of a man believed to be a Russian national accused of secretly recording sexual encounters with several women and summoned Russia's ambassador to discuss the case that has sparked public outrage, the authorities said on Wednesday.
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UK man pleads guilty to repeatedly drugging and raping his ex-wife for more than a decade
A British man pleaded guilty in a UK court on Friday to drugging and raping his now former wife over a 13-year period.
Philip Young admitted 48 of the 56 charges against him, pleading guilty to 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, and 11 of administering a substance with "intent to stupefy" his then-wife, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
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UK man pleads guilty to repeatedly drugging and raping his ex-wife for more than a decade
A British man pleaded guilty on Friday to drugging and raping his former wife over a 13-year period.
Philip Young admitted 48 of the 56 charges against him, pleading guilty to 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, and 11 of administering a substance with "intent to stupefy" his then-wife, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Killing of B.C. academic spurs calls for government action against gender violence
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The killing of a Vancouver Island academic is spurring calls for action against gender-based violence.
