In India, rape notification every 15 minutes in 2018

Despite the rapid courts established to combat rape and aggravated penalties, it was announced in India in 2018 that every 15 minutes a woman reported a rape. Experts emphasized the majority of men in the administration and the judiciary. Often with news of rape and murder of women IndiaThe latest data released in 2010 will boost …

Harvey Weinstein facing new charges of rape, sexual assault in Los Angeles

Prosecutors in Los Angeles charged Harvey Weinstein on Monday with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013. Weinstein faces new felony charges of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey …

Spain debates bill to scrap forced sterilisation of disabled people

Cristina Paredero was 18 when she was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. The diagnosis came as a relief to the young woman, who had been struggling for years to pinpoint the causes of her difficulties. But it was a shock to her parents, who misunderstood its meaning. From then on, they stopped …

Indian man allegedly rapes girl, five, on embassy grounds

The man was arrested on Sunday after the child’s parents registered a police complaint, police told PTI news agency. The girl, who was assaulted on Saturday morning, is in a stable condition. Doctors have confirmed she was raped. Her family lives on the grounds of the embassy, where her father works as a member of …

UK universities invest $580m in companies complicit in Israel’s crimes

UK universities invest an estimated £450 million ($579.5 million) in companies complicit in Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights, including through supplying weapons and technology to the Israeli military, and investing in Israel’s illegal settlement economy, new research has shown. Research released by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on the week of the UN Day of …

Domestic violence cases jump 30% during lockdown in France

Domestic violence has jumped over 30% in a week in France since the country went in lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Interior Ministry has said. This worrying consequence of the lockdown introduced by the French government on March 17 was reported by Interior Minister Christophe Castaner during a TV interview …

Displaced and stateless women and girls at heightened risk of gender-based violence in the coronavirus pandemic

Amid Coronavirus pandemic the United Nations Refugee Agency said on Monday that the displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during this crisis. The UNHCR said they may be forced into “survival sex” or child marriages. Lockdowns imposed to control the spread of COVID-19 have restricted movement and led to …

Army fires, suspends 14 leaders after systemic failures at Fort Hood, officials say

At least 14 Army leaders, including a general, were fired or suspended for systemic leadership failures at Fort Hood, Army officials said Tuesday, after numerous high-profile deaths and disappearances this year rocked the sprawling Texas installation. The reckoning at Fort Hood came after the disappearance and killing of Spec. Vanessa Guillén, who was killed by …

Probe finds 80 alleged sex abuse cases linked to WHO’s DRC work

An independent investigation commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified more than 80 alleged cases of sexual abuse during the global health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including allegations implicating 20 staff members. The 35-page report released on Tuesday exposed the most widescale sexual …

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