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Sexual violence in Sudan triggers health crisis: UN

GENEVA – The widespread use of rape and other sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan has spurred a massive mental health...

Akbayan hits Topacio’s ‘rape fantasy’ remark

Akbayan Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula on Saturday condemned Ferdinand Topacio for his recent statement claiming that fantasizing about raping women is not illegal, calling...

I want answers from my ex-husband, Gisele Pelicot tells AFP in exclusive

PARIS – Gisele Pelicot, the French woman who became a symbol in the global fight against sexual violence, told AFP why she wants to...

Wheel of Justice

Delphine Daviet (left), mother of Lola, speaks with people who came to support her during a recess in the trial of Dahbia Benkired, an...

Retrial opens for woman who bit off assaulter’s tongue

SEOUL – A South Korean court reopened a decades-old case on Wednesday after the country’s #MeToo movement inspired a woman to challenge her conviction...

Guatemala jails 3 ex-paramilitaries

Guatemala City – A Guatemalan court on Friday sentenced three former paramilitaries to 40 years in prison for sexual violence against Indigenous women during...

Graphic artist in French trial over livestreamed child rape

Trigger warning: This story contains depictions of rape and other forms of sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised. Paris, France—A graphic artist who has worked on...

Actress Godreche calls for reckoning on sexual violence in French film industry

Actress Judith Godreche received a standing ovation at the Cesar Awards on Friday as she spoke out against sexual violence in the French film...

Biden condems ‘sexual violence of Hamas’

Boston, United States - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned what he said was sexual violence by Hamas during the October 7 attacks on...

Breaking the silence of war’s rape victims

“Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred a wave of allegations of sexual violence.” When war erupted in Ukraine and reports that Russian soldiers were using...

Teenager recounts violence vs. women in Myanmar jails

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Women are frontliners in Thailand protests

Denouncing sexual violence, demanding abortion reform, and destigmatising sex work—once-taboo issues are finding public expression in Thailand as women take up leadership roles in...

UN: Pandemic triggers violence against women

No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as the day marking such...

Women protest against Malawi rape impunity

Hundreds of women marched against rape in Malawi's three main cities on Tuesday, demanding harsher penalties to eradicate an entrenched culture of sexual violence. Activists,...
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