Photo via Health Policy Watch This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. Switzerland’s federal government is freezing some funding to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) due to the agency’s handling of a sexual abuse scandal that saw staff victimise refugees in Chad. Officials from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, or SDC, appear to have been blindsided by the scale of the abuse and MSF’s inadequate disclosure of information, according to Zurich n

Grand Hall in the International Court of Justice, Wikimedia Commons In January 2026, the International Court of Justice held hearings on the merits in the case concerning the Application on the Convention Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar). While the proceedings are historic in many respects, one notable yet often overlooked aspect of the case is The Gambia’s arguments on sexual and gender-based viol

Illustration by Michael Lusaba for UN Women As Sudan’s war extends into its third year, women and girls are facing unprecedented levels...