Couple Arrested Over Sexual Assault of Girl With Mental Illness
Malawi Police in Nkhata Bay is keeping in custody a 23-year-old Gift Bazirio for allegedly sexually assaulting a mentally challenged girl aged 23. While confirming the development, the district police spokesperson Kondwani James said the law enforcers also arrested the wife of the suspect, Margret Mhango, for aiding the sexual assault. The offence was committed […]
Govt Intensifies War On Sexual Violence In Namibia
The protest of young people under the banner #ShutItAllDown against sexual and gender-based violence has yielded some results as the government looks into filling nearly 160 vacancies within the police’s gender-based violence protection unit as a matter of urgency. Speaking in parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the police would identify candidates and train […]
Cambodia Police Chief Stood Down In ‘Unprecedented’ Sex Abuse Investigation
A high-ranking Cambodian police official has been suspended from duties pending an investigation into “unprecedented” allegations of sexual misconduct made by four junior female officers that hit the headlines, according to the interior ministry. The two-star major general and provincial police chief is accused of forcing officers to perform sex acts at work under the […]
Weinstein Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault, Rape, In Victory For #MeToo movement
Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York court on Monday and taken off to jail in handcuffs, a victory for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to publicly accuse powerful men of misconduct. Once one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of […]
The Harvey Weinstein Case – Jury Look To Be Nearing Verdict In Sex Assault Trial
The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial will resume deliberations on Monday after suggesting they may be nearing a guilty verdict on at least one of the five counts against the former movie producer. The seven men and five women of the jury asked Justice James Burke on Friday afternoon whether they could be […]
Watchdog Raps UK-Angelina Jolie Plan To End Sexual Violence In War
A high-profile British initiative backed by U.S. actor Angelina Jolie to tackle sexual violence in war is so focused on short-term fixes it risks failing the women it set out to help, Britain’s aid watchdog said on Thursday. In a strongly worded assessment of a government programme backed at ministerial level, the independent body said […]
One Woman Reports A Rape Every 15 Minutes In India
One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst places in the world to be female. The highly publicised gang rape and murder of a woman in a bus in New Delhi in 2012 […]
Gambian Women Testify About Sex Abuse Under Ex-President Jammeh
Speaking calmly through tears, in a hearing streamed live on YouTube, former beauty queen Fatou Jallow told how Gambia’s ex-president Yahya Jammeh locked her in a room and raped her. The 23-year-old’s testimony on Thursday concluded three weeks of public hearings dedicated to sexual and gender-based violence under Jammeh’s presidency, part of a broader probe […]
Women Accuse Ex-President Yahyah Jammeh Of Sexual Violence
Three women have accused Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault while he was in office, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International said today. Former Gambian officials said that presidential aides regularly pressured women to visit or work for Jammeh, who then sexually abused many of them. Jammeh is currently in Equatorial […]
Over 20,500 Male And Female Service Members Experienced Some Kind Of Sexual Assault
The military survey estimated 20,500 male and female service members experienced some kind of sexual assault last year The U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military climbed nearly 38 percent in 2018 compared with a survey two years earlier, data that critics say laid bare broken Pentagon […]
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