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Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening gender-based violence against women
07 May 2025 16:54 GMT
In early 2025, the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group seized control of Goma and then Bukavu, two major cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
M23’s advance and control in eastern DRC, in defiance of ceasefire agreements, has …
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Sex-based violence against women and girls in Myanmar
06 May 2025 08:04 GMT
… killed, some burned alive or executed in custody, … amounts to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings. These acts violate … to sexual violence, including rape, before their deaths. … and worsening sex-based violence against women and girls. Women and …
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Litigating The Maputo Protocol in relation to Conflict-related Sexual Violence Before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Two Steps ahead and One Step Back
07 May 2025 07:59 GMT
… ), such as rapes, including gang rapes, killings, destruction of … disappointing) analysis of conflict-related sexual violence as … that acts of violence against women by private actors can … or acquiescence.”
In light of the wide-spread use of conflict-related …
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Violence against women and girls 'endemic' in London with boys in thrall to figures like Andrew Tate whose influence is like 'terrorism', report warns
29 Apr 2025 01:09 GMT
… they have received explicit pictures or videos they did not … a 13-year-old boy killing a classmate after being radicalised … into the extent to which violence against women and girls (VAWG) is … who has been charged with rape and trafficking offences in Romania …
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Journalist Jineth Bedoya abandons 25 year-long legal fight in Colombia against her presumed kidnappers and rapists, claiming State negligence
01 May 2025 22:12 GMT
… her May 25, 2000 kidnapping, gang rape and torture.
“Today I … Bedoya did not start or end with the tragic … suspected their complicity in her kidnapping.
The journalist was hospitalized … to start talking about sexual violence against women and girls. That is …
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Holly Willoughby's kidnap and murder plot ordeal explained ahead of Channel 5 documentary
01 May 2025 20:15 GMT
… comment on the alleged plot or the suspect's … he can no longer threaten or harm women.
“There is … proved that his plans to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby were … case against those who plan violence against women.“
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ANALYSIS: Conflict-related sexual violence threatens Africa’s peace, security
30 Apr 2025 16:49 GMT
… the highest rates of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) … have been implicated in sexual exploitation and abuse, adding to … humiliate and control communities. Rape is often embedded in … AU Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls so its …
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Conflict-related sexual violence: a threat to Africa’s peace and security
30 Apr 2025 14:43 GMT
… the highest rates of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) … have been implicated in sexual exploitation and abuse, adding to … humiliate and control communities. Rape is often embedded in … AU Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls so its …
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Finland reports EU's highest rate of non-partner violence against women
06 Apr 2025 10:57 GMT
… rate of non-partner violence against women in the European Union … cases).
Sexual Violence (Rape Rates)
Countries with consistently … for victims.
Femicide, or the killing of women due … on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. …
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Musician tells the stories of 10 women imprisoned for killing their abusers
25 Apr 2025 09:20 GMT
… soaring levels of violence against women across Latin America … glorify drugs, violence, violence against women or viewing women as … kidnapped by two men, taken to a hotel and raped. After killing … and explore ongoing violence against women and other kinds of …
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