Sexual violence
- 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. …
- Africa, Gaza, Global development, Global health, India, Inequality, Inequality and development, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia
We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2023
From a karaoke-singing paramedic on a boat in Bangladesh to a proud campaigner for a queer museum in Namibia, …
- 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…
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‘I can’t just sit there’: the doctor on a mission to win justice for rape survivors in Pakistan
Sexual violence is rife across the country, but Dr Summaiya Syed’s newly opened centre in Karachi offers a ‘gr…
- Delhi, Global development, Global education, Human rights, India, Law, Mumbai, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Student’s sexual assault and murder shows women’s safety in India ‘not a priority’
Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nir…
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Manipur: Modi speaks out almost two months after sexual assault sparked outrage – video
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, broke his silence after a gruesome video of two young women being st…
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Modi speaks out after video of sexual assault on women in Manipur emerges
Indian PM had been criticised for failing to talk about deadly ethnic conflict taking place in north-eastern s…
- Global development, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Law, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
Sexual violence is junta’s ‘modus operandi’, Myanmar activist tells UN
People are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser saysThe cris…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Health, Law, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, War crimes, Women, World Health Organization, World news
‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out
In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women w…