Sexual violence
- Global development, India, Law, Narendra Modi, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Student’s rape and murder puts India’s sexual violence under spotlight again
Despite new laws to combat the problem, a rape is reported every 15 minutes, leaving victims and families cryi…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Human rights, India, Law, Life and style, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Women, World news
Rape victims in south Asia still face vaginal tests, report finds
Unscientific ‘morality’ examination linked to low conviction rates and violates women’s rights, says Equality …
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‘Reclaim These Streets’ and rubber duck rallies: human rights roundup – in pictures
Coverage on recent struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cardiff Bay to Thailand Continue reading...
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Quarter of women and girls have been abused by a partner, says WHO
Largest such study finds domestic violence experienced by one-in-four teenage girls with worst levels faced by…
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Female workers at H&M supplier in India allege widespread sexual violence
Multiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by h…
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Worker at H&M supply factory was killed after months of harassment, claims family
Fashion brand to investigate the death of 20-year-old Jeyasre Kathiravel, reportedly killed by supervisor at N…
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The Nepalese play letting the crowd reimagine the ending – and their lives
Familiar issues of discrimination and child marriage are being taken to the stage through interactive theatre …
- 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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India’s classical music and dance ‘guru’ system hit by abuse allegations
Female musicians say abuse by gurus has been an open secret for years in a culture where ‘toxic and old-fashio…
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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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‘I’ll put those monsters behind bars’: India’s law school for rape survivors
Women who were forced into sex work are helped to seek justice by a unique scheme that trains them as lawyersS…
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Investigation begins into alleged abuse of more than 500 boys in Afghanistan
Government says schools to face more scrutiny after report that thousands may have been victims of paedophile …
- Bangladesh, Global development, Migration and development, Myanmar, Rohingya, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, World news
‘My dignity is destroyed’: the scourge of sexual violence in Cox’s Bazar
With rape and domestic abuse endemic in the lawless refugee camp, safe spaces have been set up to help the wom…
- Afghanistan, Children, Global development, Human rights, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, World news
Whistleblowers on school paedophile ring in Afghanistan arrested
Human rights defenders alleged that teachers and social workers were involved in abuse of more than 500 boysTw…
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‘We lay like corpses’: Bangladesh’s 1970s rape camp survivors speak out | Lucy Lamble
Award-winning documentary Rising Silence preserves the testimony of some of the 200,000 women abducted during …