India most dangerous country for women with sexual violence rife — global poll
India is the world’s most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labor, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday. War-torn Afghanistan and Syria ranked second and third in the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues, followed […]
‘Aisha’, Tanzanian Movie On Sexual Violence Nominated in Six Categories For African Film Festival
A Tanzanian film ‘Aisha’, which depicts sexual violence has been nominated for awards in six categories by the African Film Festival (Taff) 2016 in Dallas Texas. The film, produced by a Pangani-based organisation, Uzikwasa has been nominated in the following categories, Best Narrative Feature, Best Director (Chande Omar), Best Actor (Aidarus Wali), Best Actress (Godliver […]
New study details sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention
A new academic study in the peer-reviewed medical journal ‘Reproductive Health Matters’ has revealed dozens of cases of “alleged sexual torture or ill-treatment” of Palestinian male prisoners detained by Israel. The article, ‘Sexual torture of Palestinian men by Israeli authorities’, claims to be “a first in the investigation of torture and ill-treatment of a sexual […]
UN Envoy Commends South Sudanese Opposition Commanders’ Plan to Prevent Rape
The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict today commended 54 ranking members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition (SPLA-IO) for signing “explicit undertakings” to prevent conflict-related sexual violence. “This is an encouraging step towards the protection of women, children and men of South Sudan from such crimes,” said […]
AU report reveals cannibalism, gang rapes in South Sudan conflict
South Sudanese government forces and allied fighters carried out scores of killings, rapes, and widespread burning and pillage of civilian property in a military offensive in Unity State Photo: HRW An African Union report has exposed disturbing findings through testimonies by victims of forced cannibalism, gang rapes, and the discovery of mass graves amongst other […]
We’ll Castrate Rapists, Government Seriously Considering Option – Mugabe
THE government is “seriously” considering castration for rapists, especially those who violate children, President Robert Mugabe warned Tuesday. Said the veteran leader: “What sort of men have we become, raping our babies in some cases your own? What has entered this house of freedom, the Zimbabwe house of freedom? “We are saying to our own […]
South African Serial Rapist Gets Six Life Terms
A magistrate on Wednesday called a serial rapist cold and calculated, before sentencing him to six life sentences. “In a society of constant moral degeneration, you have added to the degradation of our country. You show no remorse or any regard for your victims,” magistrate Wendy Robinson told the 41-year-old Aubrey Ndadane. He was sentenced […]
‘Sometimes, 7-8 men raped us in one day says woman rescued from Saudi diplomat’s home in India
“Last four months were a curse for us. It was so ugly…we thought we were going to die in that house and our families would never even find our bodies,” said the 20-year-old woman from Nepal, who had been sexually abused for months. The woman and her 44-year-old mother were rescued from the Gurgaon residence […]
One of the Indian women sentenced to be gang-raped speaks of her fear
One of the sisters sentenced to be gang-raped in India has spoken out about her terrifying ordeal. Meenakshi Kumari, 23, and her 15-year-old sister fled her village after the elders decided they were to be gang-raped as punishment for their brother who ran away with a married woman. She now lives in fear that someone […]
How ISIS has established a bureaucracy of rape
One year on from the summit to end sexual violence in conflict, convened by Angelina Jolie and William Hague in London, the self-proclaimed Islamic State has developed a complex bureaucracy of sex slavery that makes a mockery of the summit’s goal to bring about an end to the use of rape and sexual violence in […]
