Rape and sexual assault
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South Korean woman who bit off attacker’s tongue acquitted after 61 years
Choi Mal-ja’s appeal gained momentum after #MeToo movement inspired her to seek justiceA court in South Korea …
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South Korean woman who bit off attacker’s tongue acquitted after 61 years
Choi Mal-ja’s appeal gained momentum after #MeToo movement inspired her to seek justiceA court in South Korea …
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Two men arrested in India over alleged rape of Israeli and local woman
The two women were said to have been stargazing with three male travellers when the incident took placeTwo men…
- India, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
Indian police volunteer gets life sentence for raping and murdering trainee doctor
Judge rejects death penalty for Sanjay Roy as victim’s parents suspect more were involved in killing, which sp…
- Culture, Documentary films, Film, Law, Rape and sexual assault, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
The Taste of Mango review – powerful memoir of family secrets in Sri Lanka
Film-maker Chloe Abrahams combines documentary and memory in candid conversations with the women in her family…
- Global development, India, Law, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
India is outraged at a young doctor’s rape and murder. We have been here too often | Nilanjana Bhowmick
Despite protests and laws, sexual violence remains pervasive. India’s misogynist patriarchal culture is holdin…
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‘This is unsettling for us’: doctor’s rape and murder spawns new fear among India’s female medics
Hospital workers say brutal attack in Kolkata has left them feeling vulnerable in place they believed they wer…
- Documentary films, Global development, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality
Rebel fighter, Maoist MP, rape survivor: the many lives of Devi Khadka
After Nepal’s bitter conflict ended in 2006, Khadka hoped to make a difference in parliament. A new documentar…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Violence against women and girls, World news
Video appears to shows gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail
Exclusive: Activist claims she was threatened with release of the footage in order to silence her, amid multip…
- Family, Gender, Global development, India, Law, Life and style, Marriage, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
India’s supreme court to rule on new penal code permitting marital rape
Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of ma…
- Africa, Americas, Central African Republic, Colombia, Europe, Global development, Law, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Russia, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Yemen
From Colombia to Syria justice is possible for survivors of sexual violence in war – but we need the right ‘ecosystem’ | Clara Sandoval
For the first time Ukraine had the right conditions to make reparations to those subjected to crimes such as r…
- Global development, Human rights, India, Law, Prisons, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘The staff get hush money’: the hidden scandal of rape in Indian prisons
Female prisoners are ‘supplied’ to male inmates of West Bengal jails, sexual abuse is commonplace and hundreds…
- Delhi, Global development, India, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women’s champion Swati Maliwal takes Delhi anti-rape fight nationwide
The campaigner has faced death threats and gone on hunger strike to change laws and bring rapists to justice. …
- Culture, Documentary films, Film, Global development, India, Law, Life and style, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
How a father’s love for his daughter challenged India’s ‘rape culture’
The story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’…
- Femicide, Global development, Kyrgyzstan, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality
‘Why must we be silent?’: horrific attack in Kyrgyzstan puts focus on violence against women
Case in which man cut off his ex-wife’s nose and ears – while on probation for raping her – causes huge debate…