カテゴリー: Violence against women and girls
Swift response by Renmin University to student’s post creates shockwave in a country where accusers are often ignored or suedPublic allegations of sexual harassment are rare in China. Swift responses to punish the accused are rarer still. So a recent c…
Exclusive: Activist claims she was threatened with release of the footage in order to silence her, amid multiple reports of sexual violence inflicted upon imprisoned Afghan womenThe Guardian has seen video evidence of a female Afghan human rights activ…
The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. With journalists tortured in the street for their reporting, many of the paper’s staff wer…
The Etilaat Roz was once the most widely circulated newspaper in Kabul, but everything changed in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. With journalists tortured in the street for their reporting, the paper’s staff were forced to fl…
Thousands of children born to victims of rape during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 were adopted by foreign families. Now, many want to discover their rootsThe Bangladeshi children who say they were wrongly taken for adoptionJane Radika was s…
Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rapeThe list of complaints made by female students living at the women’s hostel in the south of Mumbai is depressingly long and go…
Women in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur set fire to the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case, in which two women, who belong to the minority Kuki tribe, were dragged onto the streets, paraded naked and allegedly gang raped by mem…
Police say further arrests expected as attack captured in viral video prompts nationwide outrageFour men have been arrested in connection with the case of two women who were stripped naked, publicly paraded and allegedly gang raped in the Indian state…
People are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser saysThe crisis in Myanmar should be referred to the international criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including widespread sexual v…
Body of teenager lay untouched until police informant passed by, raising fresh concerns about women’s safety The killing of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an alley as pedestrians walked on has sparked outrage ove…
Farzana survived rape, addiction and losing her children. Then the Taliban came – now she is missing
Exiled Afghan psychologist Mariam is desperately trying to trace 15 domestic abuse survivors she was helping before the Taliban seized controlFor more than a year, Mariam*, an Afghan psychologist, has been trying to trace Farzana* and 14 other female s…
As the Taliban denies women access to any schooling, there has been a rise in students being married off to ease family povertyIt is six weeks since the Taliban closed the door on girls’ education across Afghanistan and Zeina’s last vestiges of hope fo…
Muslim reporter Siddique Kappan had been charged under draconian anti-terrorism lawsIndian journalist Siddique Kappan, who was held in jail for two years without trial, has walked free after being granted bail in a case human rights groups alleged was …
People have marched outside Kabul University in Afghanistan’s capital against the Taliban’s decision to ban female students from university. Women marched the streets shouting ‘everyone or no one’ after the ban was announced by the higher education min…
Beijing court finds Chinese-born singer raped three women in November and December 2020A Beijing court has sentenced the Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes including rape, just over a year afte…