Amid a surge in reported cases, lawmakers imposed harsher punishments on perpetrators. Victims’ advocacy groups said the ...

New domestic violence legislation toughens penalties but opposition MPs and civil society groups say it relies too much on ...

Many women who are killed in cases of domestic violence have active temporary restraining orders against their abusers.

The murder of more than 600 children and young people, some of whom were even dismembered, during 2024 in Honduras demonstrates the ineffectiveness of the current strategy to address violence against ...

Women’s group calls out ‘troubling silence’ of N.S. government on domestic violence A Nova Scotia women's group is urging the provincial government to provide more leadership amid a string ...

Nearby, work has begun on a new YWCA domestic violence shelter that will be named Rocio's Place, nonprofit officials announced Wednesday. The announcement came at a celebratory kickoff of ...

Washington — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, "didn't end that day," accusing President-elect Donald Trump of stoking continued violence in the ...

Honduras, too, wouldn’t want a rupture in ties with the US, say analysts. The country relies on remittances from its overseas citizens: 27 percent of its gross domestic product came from ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran President Xiomara Castro’s threats to stop her country’s cooperation with the U.S. military if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on promised mass ...

Jorge Cálix, floated as a potential challenger in the nation’s upcoming election, argued that such a move would put Honduras in “grave danger,” citing personal and ideological issues.

It's the kind of choice that keeps staff up at night, given most people seeking accommodation are women and children fleeing domestic violence. "It's really hard to be saying no to women that they ...