Reports of Military Sexual Assault Rise Sharply
JENNIFER STEINHAUER
2013-11-11
Reports of sexual assault in the military increased sharply during the last fiscal year, new Pentagon figures showed |
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Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda sent to Siberia
Natasha Lennard
2013-11-06
The punk activist's husband says she is being punished for speaking out about harsh penal colony conditions |
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Man found guilty of rape, mutilation that shocked S.Africa
2013-10-31
A South African court found a 21-year-old man guilty of the rape, mutilation and murder of a teenager in a case that shocked a nation with one of the world's highest levels of sexual violence |
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Putin Allies Let Abuse Law Linger Despite Killings
Henry Meyer & Ksenia Galouchko
2013-10-29
Russia is the only member of the Group of Eight nations where family violence or domestic sexual abuse isn’t recognized as a separate crime |
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Kenya: Outcry grows after rape suspects are ordered to cut grass as punishment
Faith Karimi
2013-10-29
Outraged Kenyans are demanding justice for a teenage girl who was allegedly gang-raped, dumped in a sewage ditch, and left for dead |
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Nicaragua law change on gender violence is ‘huge step back for women’ - Amnesty
Anastasia Moloney
2013-10-21
The decision by lawmakers in Nicaragua to change landmark legislation on violence against women to offer victims mediation with their aggressors could put women’s lives in danger |
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Campaign aims to stop violence against women
2013-10-18
Last week the European Parliament called on European Union institutions to insist deals signed with any country included an agreement against gendercide, the forced abortion of female foetuses |
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Mongolian domestic violence victim wins Asian Girl Rights Award
Chen Chih-chung and Elizabeth Hsu
2013-10-17
An 18-year-old Mongolian girl was selected as the winner of the first Asian Girl Rights Award, an event established by the Garden of Hope Foundation to celebrate Taiwan's first Girls' Day |
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'Gita' supports the UNICEF #ENDviolence Against Children Initiative
2013-10-17
Moderat released the official video for their track “Gita,” in support of UNICEF’s #ENDViolence Against Children initiative |
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