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Topic: sexual-violence

J.K. Rowling launches a service to help victims of sexual violence

J.K. Rowling launches a service to help victims of sexual violence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 03:20 AM

'Harry Potter' author J. K. Rowling on Monday launched an organization for women who have been victims of sexual violence. Read more »

Indonesia passes long-awaited sexual violence bill

Indonesia passes long-awaited sexual violence bill

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 07:05 PM

Indonesian women's rights activists have for years condemned the lack of avenues for victims of gender-based and sexual violence to seek justice. Read more »

'I don't want to live': Woman recounts rape by Russian soldiers

'I don't want to live': Woman recounts rape by Russian soldiers

Selim Saheb Ettaba and Ania Tsoukanova, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 09:41 PM

Her story is similar to those of other victims documented by human rights organizations which say rape is being used as a "weapon of war" in Ukraine. Read more »

Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 12 students

Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 12 students

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 05 04:33 PM

An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to death for raping 12 female students for 5 years and impregnating 8 of them. Read more »

Detention, misgendering, sexual violence: The case of Pride 20

Detention, misgendering, sexual violence: The case of Pride 20

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 06:52 PM

The police came and a violent dispersal ensued.  Read more »

One in three women endure physical or sexual violence: WHO

One in three women endure physical or sexual violence: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Mar 10 05:02 AM

GENEVA - Nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, pervasive criminal behavior that has increased during the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Read more »

Age of sexual consent in PH compared to rest of Southeast Asia

Age of sexual consent in PH compared to rest of Southeast Asia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 10:56 PM

In the Philippines, it is legal for an adult to have sex with a 12-year-old if he claims that the child agreed to it. A bill raising the age of sexual consent in the country from 12 to 16 is pending in Congress. Read more »

Coronavirus lockdowns seen increasing HIV risk to women, girls

Coronavirus lockdowns seen increasing HIV risk to women, girls

Kim Harrisberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 07 05:07 AM

Coronavirus lockdowns have hindered the fight against HIV infection in women and girls globally by limiting their access to education and protection from sexual violence, the United Nations warned on Monday. Read more »

'Ang dress ay 'di yes': PNP women's desk tumindig laban sa 'victim blaming'

'Ang dress ay 'di yes': PNP women's desk tumindig laban sa 'victim blaming'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 08:23 PM

Nanindigan ang isang hanay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na ang kasuotan ay hindi permiso para gawan ang isang indibidwal ng krimen.  Read more »

India hangs 4 over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape

India hangs 4 over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape

Jalees Andrabi and Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 08:35 PM

India executed 4 men on Friday for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. Read more »

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