Rape and sexual assault
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Four men charged with rape and murder of Dalit woman in India
Case prompts nationwide protests and further highlights country’s endemic problem of sexual violenceFour men h…
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Pakistan approves tough anti-rape law amid outcry over victim blaming
Legislation will speed up rape trials, protect identity of victims and create a sex offender registerPakistan’…
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PNG police chief raises fears officers may have been raping women inside station
New provincial commander says he is concerned by allegations of rape and sexual assault by officers in Alotau …
- Bangladesh, Global development, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
To tackle sexual violence in Bangladesh the culture of victim blaming must end
There are still those who ask ‘what was she wearing’. An urgent conversation is needed about toxic masculinity…
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Dalits bear brunt of India’s ‘endemic’ sexual violence crisis
Girls in Uttar Pradesh targeted in assaults aiming to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, say activistsA s…
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Dalits bear brunt of India’s ‘endemic’ sexual violence crisis
Girls in Uttar Pradesh targeted in assaults aiming to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, say activistsA s…
- Crime - Australia, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, World news
Backlash in Pakistan as police appear to blame woman for gang rape
Investigator says woman raped in front of her children shouldn’t have driven aloneThe gang-rape of a woman in …
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South Korean businessman convicted of rape gets suspended sentence
Ex-chair of DB Group Kim Jun-ki ‘forgot his responsibilities’, says Seoul courtThe former head of a South Kore…
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India hangings bring end to gang-rape case, but no real justice
Until India accepts brutality begets brutality, plague of sexual violence will go onIt was a grisly end to a s…
- Capital punishment, Delhi, Global development, India, Law, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Delhi bus gang-rape: court sets execution date for convicted men
Rape and murder of woman in 2012 shocked India and brought protesters out on to the streetsA death warrant has…
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Indian police killing rape suspects is not justice, it’s just more toxic masculinity | Meena Kandasamy
The shootings are not a deterrent, but the work of a vengeful patriarchy that could encourage people to take t…
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Australian paedophiles pay as little as $15 for online abuse of children in Philippines
Australian federal police say livestreaming of children performing sexual acts marks ‘alarming shift’ Australi…
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‘I will die if I have to’: hunger striker leads fight against rape crisis in India
Government inaction drives Swati Maliwal of Delhi Women’s Commission to take a stand“Stop rape. Stop rape.” Th…
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India rape victim dies after being set alight on her way to court
Woman suffered 95% burns in latest case of violence against women to cause public outrageA 23-year-old rape vi…
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‘If you saw her body, you will never sleep again’: despair as India rape crisis grows
Killings of a six-year-old girl and a vet are just two examples of a problem that appears to be getting worseH…