Central African Republic: Sexual Violence as Weapon of War
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war across the country during nearly five years of conflict. Commanders have tolerated widespread sexual...
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“They Said We Are Their Slaves”
SummaryWe spent a week there. [The anti-balaka] raped us every day…. We had become their “wives.” It was us who prepared the food…. At any moment, they would want to sleep with you and, if you...
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Central African Republic: Sexual Violence as Weapon of War
Armed groups are using rape in a brutal, calculated way to punish and terrorize women and girls. Every day, survivors live with the devastating aftermath of rape, and the knowledge that their attackers...
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Risk of Sexual Violence Around Kenya’s Repeat Election
ExpandWairimu V., 65, was raped by a group of men at an IDP camp. Her husband blames her for the rape, and beats and verbally abuses her including in the presence of their children. She would like to...
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Time to Hear Survivors of Rape in Central African Republic Conflict
When an armed group attacked “Irène’s” home in the Central African Republic, fighters shot her husband in both legs as he tried to flee, and tied their five-year-old daughter to a post when she began...
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Central African Republic: Civilians Targeted as Violence Surges
ExpandAnti-Balaka fighter in Gambo, Mboumou province, Central African Republic, on August 16, 2017. © 2017 Alexis Huguet (Nairobi) – Violence threatening civilians has surged in recent months in the...
View ArticleVideo: Rape Survivors Face New Nightmares in Justice System
Rape survivors in India face significant barriers to obtaining justice and critical support services. Legal and other reforms adopted since the gang rape and murder of a student, Jyoti Singh Pandey, in...
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‘They Said My Character Is Bad’
What should have been a short ride from one village to another in India turned into a nightmare that will haunt Kajal (not her real name), a shy young woman, for the rest of her life. Kajal, who was 23...
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How the Police Pressured a Young Woman into Taking Back Her Rape Complaint
ExpandA protester lights candles during a candlelight vigil to mark the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape, in New Delhi December 16, 2013. © 2013 Reuters/Adnan Abidi “The police beat me up,...
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India: Rape Victims Face Barriers to Justice
Rape survivors in India face significant barriers to obtaining justice and critical support services. Legal and other reforms adopted since the gang rape and murder of a student, Jyoti Singh Pandey, in...
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Doctors in India Continue to Traumatise Rape Survivors with the Two-Finger Test
ExpandA patient sits outside a doctor's room inside Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi January 19, 2015. © 2015 Adnan Abidi/Reuters"The doctor said to my daughter ‘If they had forced...
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One-Stop Centres for Rape Survivors in India Are Now Resolving Marital Disputes
ExpandA rape victim participates in a sit-in protest in New Delhi. © 2016 Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters“Rape victims don’t really come here,” a woman counsellor from the non-governmental organisation...
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Talking About Harvey Weinstein in South Korea
ExpandA woman takes part in a SlutWalk protest, in central Seoul July 16, 2011. About 100 protesters, mostly women, attended the SlutWalk protest march which became a movement of rallies around the...
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“All of My Body Was Pain”
SummaryI was held down by six men and raped by five of them. First, they [shot and] killed my brother … then they threw me to the side and one man tore my lungi [sarong], grabbed me by the mouth and...
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Burma: Widespread Rape of Rohingya Women, Girls
Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State. (New York) – Burmese security...
View ArticleVideo: Widespread Rape in the Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Burma
Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State. Many women described...
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Raising Sons in a Sexist World
ExpandA boy looks at a writing on the ground during a protest in support of women's rights, in New York City, U.S. on October 7, 2017. © 2017 Reuters “Why would anyone do that?” My son asked this as...
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After closure of Yugoslav tribunal, Western Balkans still needs justice
ExpandBosnian Croats in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina hang a flag displaying a portrait of General Slobodan Praljak and a message that reads "Your sacrifice will never be forgotten", as people pray...
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