Government dismisses claims of abuse against Rohingya
Hundreds have been killed in violence across the Muslim-minority Rakhine state since October [File: Simon Lewis/Reuters] A...
Al Jazeera
Aug 6, 2017
Jordan Moves to Repeal Marry-Your-Rapist Law
Women calling for the repeal of a law in Jordan allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims stood outside...
New York Times 1
Aug 2, 2017
Why do some UN peacekeepers rape?
UN peacekeepers are sent to the most war-ravaged countries on Earth, ostensibly to help them transition to peace. But some stand accused...
Al Jazeera
Aug 2, 2017
Tunisia Takes a Big Step to Protect Women From Abuse
By Lilia Blaise A hair salon in Tunis. A new law aimed at protecting Tunisian women has been lauded by human rights groups....
New York Times 1
Aug 1, 2017
South Sudan sexual violence on 'massive scale,' report says
It's been five months since the shy, frail 13-year-old was snatched from his bed, drugged and raped in the middle of the night. The boy...
Associated Press 1
Jul 24, 2017
Yazidi survivor: 'I was raped every day for six months'
Nearly three years ago, so-called Islamic State fighters swept through northern Iraq, where the country’s oldest ethnic minority were...
BBC News
Jul 24, 2017
To escape sexual violence at home, female migrants must risk sexual violence on the way to Europe
Women on their way to Italy sit on the deck of the rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro, after being rescued by Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms...
Rossalyn Warren | The Spoken Man Review
Jul 6, 2017
Rape, Domestic Abuse Among Traumas South Sudan Refugees Carry to Camps
By Halima Athumani The nearly 1 million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda face shortages of food, water and medical care, but they have...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jun 21, 2017
Burmese Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi Has Turned Into an Apologist for Genocide Against Muslim
AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS ONE of the most celebrated human rights icons of our age: Nobel Peace Laureate, winner of the Sakharov Prize,...
Mehdi Hasan | The Intercept
Jun 16, 2017
Central African Republic: Ugandan Troops Harm Women, Girls
(Nairobi) – Ugandan soldiers in the Central African Republic have sexually exploited or abused at least 13 women and girls since 2015,...
Human Rights Watch
May 15, 2017
Girls killed in shelter fire are the latest victims of Guatemala’s war on women
On the morning of March 8 2016, while women around the world were preparing to observe International Women’s Day with a global strike, 43...
The Conversation
Mar 26, 2017
Hounded and ridiculed for complaining of rape
When soldiers went searching for militants in Myanmar's Rakhine state last October, the result for members of the Rohingya minority was...
BBC News
Mar 11, 2017
