Sexual violence
- Art and design, Culture, Global development, India, Photography, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘I thought, who is this woman? I need to know her’
Indian artist Indu Antony was mesmerised when she first saw 78-year-old Cecilia and has put her at the heart o…
- Divorce, Domestic violence, Global development, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Too many women choose death over divorce’: the Indian retreats taking the shame out of separation
Divorce is not an end but a beginning, says Rafia Afi, who gets women together to change ideas about toxic mar…
- Activism, Bangladesh, Garment workers, Global development, Indigenous peoples, Life and style, Muhammad Yunus, Protest, Sexual violence, Sheikh Hasina, Society, South and Central Asia, Transgender, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Because of women it became a people’s revolution’: what has changed one year on from Bangladesh’s student uprising?
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure l…
- Cities and development, Delhi, Domestic violence, Gender, Global development, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women in India don’t want ‘safe zones’ – they want to enjoy public spaces as equals | Nilanjana Bhowmick
Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea …
- Activism, Afghanistan, Culture, Family, Father's Day, Feminism, Film, Gender, Global development, India, Life and style, Malala Yousafzai, Sexual violence, Short films, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’
Ziauddin Yousafzai and Ranjit appear in a new film in which they discuss fatherhood, courage, gender justice a…
- Documentary films, Global development, India, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, US news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Shifting the shame’: the young gang-rape survivor spreading awareness on sexual violence
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is …
- Documentary films, Global development, India, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, US news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Shifting the shame’: the young gang-rape survivor spreading awareness on sexual violence
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is …
- Afghanistan, Employment, Food security, Global development, Global health, Human rights, Law, Prisons, Sexual violence, Social protection, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails
Draconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work banDestitute A…
- 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…
- Femicide, Global development, India, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
Murdered Indian doctor’s father speaks out: ‘All I can do now is get her justice’
The rape-murder of a trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital has caused outrage across India. Here, her father re…
- India, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Thousands of Indian women protest after junior doctor’s rape and murder – video
On Wednesday night, thousands of women took to the streets in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, in protest aga…
- Global development, India, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Indian women march to ‘reclaim the night’ after doctor’s rape and murder
Protests reflect anger at 31-year-old’s killing, as well as a failure to address the daily struggles faced by …
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Doctors strike in India after rape and murder of trainee medic at hospital
Call for better safety measures as ‘civic volunteer’ arrested after attack on female trainee doctor in Kolkata…
- Domestic violence, Global development, Life and style, Pakistan, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women
Sobia Batool Shah is being protected in hospital after a mob of male relatives attacked her in a harrowing cas…
- 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…