Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 2). "The total number of Ukrainians who have suffered sexual violence inflicted by Russian forces is unknown, as most survivors do not report the crimes. The Global Survivors Fund estimates it to be in the thousands" (para 8). "Pramila Patten, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, has accused Russia of using rape as a 'military strategy', citing cases of soldiers 'equipped with Viagra'. Lyudmila Huseynova was one of eight Ukrainian civilians released as part of the first all-female prisoner exchange with...more

Countries: Palestine
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1

"Meanwhile, Israel is continuing to contend with the fallout of the sexual-based attacks committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7; evidence suggests women and girls were subjected to systematic rape and mutilation during the massacre. Investigations into these alleged crimes are ongoing. Israel’s top police investigations unit, Lahav 433, is reviewing more than 50,000 pieces of visual evidence and 1,500 witness testimonies" (para 13-14).

Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"HRW says that up to 30% of Haitian gang members are now children forced into illegal activities as armed soldiers or spies or exploited for sex" (para 3). "Girls are often forced to cook, clean and offer their bodies to gang leaders" (para 11).

Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"As recently as July 5, a report from the UN highlighted the 'conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls forced to flee for their lives' (para 1).

Countries: Serbia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"The lack of statistics on conflict-related violence against women and girls [is a concern]" (11). This data does not currently exist in Serbia (MV-coder comment).

Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"The United States welcomes the first verdict issued by the Special Criminal Court (SCC) on October 31 against Issa Sallet Adoum, Yaouba Ousmane, and Mahamat Tahir, all members of the rebel group known as 3R. In the judgment, the accused were convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes for severe violence committed in a massacre of at least 46 civilians in May 2019" (para 1).

Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"From the very first first days of this war, civilians have been targets of violence, fear and death. Thousands of women have been raped, Tigrayans have 'disappeared' from their places of employment, even in the capitol of Addis Ababa, bodies are being left for the hyenas and millions are at risk. The infant mortality rate, or babies dying within the first month of life is now four times higher than it was just two years ago. Women are dying during pregnancy or within 42 days of giving birth at five times the rate before the war, and children under 5 are dying at twice the prewar rate" (para 6-7).more

Countries: Guyana
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"There were no reports that the government or its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings" (1). "There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities" (2). "There were reports that some displaced Venezuelan women experienced human rights abuses, including sexual exploitation, by government officials" (6).

Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN...More than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher." (Parag. 1, 2)

Countries: Algeria
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"There were no reports that the government or its agents routinely committed arbitrary or unlawful killings… There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities" (2). "The Ministry of Justice did not provide figures about prosecutions of law enforcement officers for abuse during the year" (3).

Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more

Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more

Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"Some victims and humanitarian workers said that some gang leaders use their authority to take the virginity of any young girl in their territory. 'Women’s bodies are weaponised,' said Rosy Auguste Ducena, programmes manager at the National Human Rights Network (RNDDH). 'It’s a symptom of the trivialisation of rape.' Rape was originally used as a weapon of control before Haiti gained independence in 1804, largely by colonial powers that enslaved the population and pillaged the land." (para 39-41).

Countries: Indonesia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"The Committee, however, notes with concern: (a) The continuing climate of insecurity and allegations of gender-based violence being committed against women residing in conflict-affected areas, such as East Java and Papua provinces" (8).

Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1

"There is a “new wave of sexual violence”, with 11 reports from different women [in Ukraine] that they were raped by Russian soldiers in Kershon [in Ukraine], confirmed by a local gynaecologist. Of those 11, only five survived. Other reports of sexual violation by troops are being picked up by the UK media."