Latest items for LRW-DATA-1
Feb. 21, 2025, 6:58 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In the early spring of 2023, the boys launched a cold-blooded attack on a Middle Eastern migrant who had raped the 15-year-old girlfriend of their younger brother. It left the 26-year-old migrant hanging lifeless from a rope on a forest tree" (para 2-3). "And perhaps the most deeply disturbing aspect of this 'tough reality' is that Sweden, once so safe for women, now has a rape rate just behind some Caribbean and Southern African hotspots. One rape, of course, is too many – and in 1975 police received reports of 421. But by 2023, the annual tally had reached 9,300, the highest rape incidence per head of population in Europe....more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In the early spring of 2023, the boys launched a cold-blooded attack on a Middle Eastern migrant who had raped the 15-year-old girlfriend of their younger brother. It left the 26-year-old migrant hanging lifeless from a rope on a forest tree" (para 2-3). "And perhaps the most deeply disturbing aspect of this 'tough reality' is that Sweden, once so safe for women, now has a rape rate just behind some Caribbean and Southern African hotspots. One rape, of course, is too many – and in 1975 police received reports of 421. But by 2023, the annual tally had reached 9,300, the highest rape incidence per head of population in Europe....more
Feb. 21, 2025, 6:25 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The report, based on research by the Polish branch of international group Kantar, includes various types of domestic violence: physical, psychological, sexual, and economic... 5% had suffered sexual violence" (para 1). "With sexual [domestic] violence, 50% of the perpetrators were husbands" (para 5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The report, based on research by the Polish branch of international group Kantar, includes various types of domestic violence: physical, psychological, sexual, and economic... 5% had suffered sexual violence" (para 1). "With sexual [domestic] violence, 50% of the perpetrators were husbands" (para 5).
Feb. 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The amount of gender-based violence recorded across the country is rising, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite a countrywide state of emergency on rape being declared in 2020, the number of rape incidents has increased every year since. In 2022, 65% of women in Nigeria said they had experienced rape in their life" (para 8). "Eseosa’s motivation to create the network, unique in Nigeria, also comes from personal experience. When she was 18, she worked as a waitress in a hotel to finance her education and learned that rape was an integral and unspoken part of the job. She became pregnant after the first time she was abused and had...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The amount of gender-based violence recorded across the country is rising, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite a countrywide state of emergency on rape being declared in 2020, the number of rape incidents has increased every year since. In 2022, 65% of women in Nigeria said they had experienced rape in their life" (para 8). "Eseosa’s motivation to create the network, unique in Nigeria, also comes from personal experience. When she was 18, she worked as a waitress in a hotel to finance her education and learned that rape was an integral and unspoken part of the job. She became pregnant after the first time she was abused and had...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A majority of the cases in 2021, the report said, were of kidnappings and abduction, rapes, domestic violence, dowry deaths and assaults" (para 12). "Last year, police recorded 31,878 rapes - the numbers show a steep rise from the previous year (28,153), but compared to the 39,068 women who were raped in 2016, they show a decline of 18%" (para 16). "Most recently, a Muslim woman who was gang-raped and saw 14 members of her family killed by Hindu neighbours during the 2002 Gujarat riots spoke of her 'searing pain' after her rapists were freed from jail. The story of the unfair treatment Bilkis Bano received made global headlines, reinforcing...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A majority of the cases in 2021, the report said, were of kidnappings and abduction, rapes, domestic violence, dowry deaths and assaults" (para 12). "Last year, police recorded 31,878 rapes - the numbers show a steep rise from the previous year (28,153), but compared to the 39,068 women who were raped in 2016, they show a decline of 18%" (para 16). "Most recently, a Muslim woman who was gang-raped and saw 14 members of her family killed by Hindu neighbours during the 2002 Gujarat riots spoke of her 'searing pain' after her rapists were freed from jail. The story of the unfair treatment Bilkis Bano received made global headlines, reinforcing...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The study examined records from three Mumbai public hospitals from 2008 to 2017 and found that of 1,664 rape survivors, no rape cases were filed by police" (para 37). "According to the 2019-2021 National Family Health Survey by the Government of India, 17.6% of more than 100,000 women ages 15-49 surveyed said they were unable to say no to their husband if they didn’t want sex, while 11% thought husbands were justified in hitting or beating his wife if she refused" (para 65). "According to the 2019-2021 National Family Health Survey, 9.7% of more than 90,000 men ages 15-49 surveyed believed a husband was justified in hitting or beating his...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The study examined records from three Mumbai public hospitals from 2008 to 2017 and found that of 1,664 rape survivors, no rape cases were filed by police" (para 37). "According to the 2019-2021 National Family Health Survey by the Government of India, 17.6% of more than 100,000 women ages 15-49 surveyed said they were unable to say no to their husband if they didn’t want sex, while 11% thought husbands were justified in hitting or beating his wife if she refused" (para 65). "According to the 2019-2021 National Family Health Survey, 9.7% of more than 90,000 men ages 15-49 surveyed believed a husband was justified in hitting or beating his...more
Feb. 14, 2025, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The Crime Survey England and Wales estimates 20% of women and 4% of men have experienced some type of sexual assault since the age of 16, equivalent to an estimated 3.4 million female victims and 631,000 male victims. Annually 510,000 women and 138,000 men aged 16 to 59 experience sexual assault. The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 asked adults aged 16 to 59 whether they had experienced sexual abuse by an adult while a child, and found that 7% had. With the exception of physical abuse, women were significantly more likely to report that they had suffered any form of...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The Crime Survey England and Wales estimates 20% of women and 4% of men have experienced some type of sexual assault since the age of 16, equivalent to an estimated 3.4 million female victims and 631,000 male victims. Annually 510,000 women and 138,000 men aged 16 to 59 experience sexual assault. The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 asked adults aged 16 to 59 whether they had experienced sexual abuse by an adult while a child, and found that 7% had. With the exception of physical abuse, women were significantly more likely to report that they had suffered any form of...more
Feb. 11, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Human Rights Watch and other organizations documented a system of organized rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces of Yezidi women and girls" (1). "This is despite large amounts of documentation by various organizations of crimes against victims including interviews and forensic tests undertaken for instance by the Committee of Gathering Evidence of ISIS’s crimes (Genocide Committee). Even in cases in which defendants have admitted to subjecting Yezidi women to sexual slavery, prosecutors have still neglected to charge them with rape, which carries a sentence of up to 15 years" (1-2).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Human Rights Watch and other organizations documented a system of organized rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces of Yezidi women and girls" (1). "This is despite large amounts of documentation by various organizations of crimes against victims including interviews and forensic tests undertaken for instance by the Committee of Gathering Evidence of ISIS’s crimes (Genocide Committee). Even in cases in which defendants have admitted to subjecting Yezidi women to sexual slavery, prosecutors have still neglected to charge them with rape, which carries a sentence of up to 15 years" (1-2).
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The reform were introduced after Queensland, along with NSW, saw the sharpest rise of sexual assault victims recorded in 2023, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Queensland had a 14 per cent yearly increase to 1,011 victims, while NSW sexual assault victims rose by 19 per cent to 2,296. Nationwide, there was an astonishing 35,138 victims. Women represented 84 per cent - or 30,466 - of victims nationwide" (para 19-22).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The reform were introduced after Queensland, along with NSW, saw the sharpest rise of sexual assault victims recorded in 2023, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Queensland had a 14 per cent yearly increase to 1,011 victims, while NSW sexual assault victims rose by 19 per cent to 2,296. Nationwide, there was an astonishing 35,138 victims. Women represented 84 per cent - or 30,466 - of victims nationwide" (para 19-22).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
In Table 4, titled "Number of women victims of sexual assault and rape in cases of procuring and prostitution," the total number of women victims is recorded for each year from 2011 to 2017. The numbers range from the high in 2013 of 1,286 women and a low in 2015 of 1,022 women (15). "The research covered 13,543 women between the ages of 18 and 64 in different regions. The Ministry announced the preliminary results of this research in 2019, which showed that the prevalence of violence against women was 54.4 per cent in 2018 compared to 62.8 per cent in 2009. The distribution by area shows that women in...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
In Table 4, titled "Number of women victims of sexual assault and rape in cases of procuring and prostitution," the total number of women victims is recorded for each year from 2011 to 2017. The numbers range from the high in 2013 of 1,286 women and a low in 2015 of 1,022 women (15). "The research covered 13,543 women between the ages of 18 and 64 in different regions. The Ministry announced the preliminary results of this research in 2019, which showed that the prevalence of violence against women was 54.4 per cent in 2018 compared to 62.8 per cent in 2009. The distribution by area shows that women in...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"France should update its rape law to add a clear reference to consent, a parliamentary report has found, months after French society was shaken by the trial of 51 men over the repeated drugging and rape of Gisèle Pelicot" (para 1). "Their work began before the biggest rape trial in French history in which Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, and 50 other men were found guilty in December after she was drugged and raped while unconscious in her home" (para 4). "During the Pelicot trial, the court heard how Dominique Pelicot, a 72-year-old retired electrician and estate agent, had crushed sleeping tablets and anti-anxiety medication into his wife’s food and...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"France should update its rape law to add a clear reference to consent, a parliamentary report has found, months after French society was shaken by the trial of 51 men over the repeated drugging and rape of Gisèle Pelicot" (para 1). "Their work began before the biggest rape trial in French history in which Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, and 50 other men were found guilty in December after she was drugged and raped while unconscious in her home" (para 4). "During the Pelicot trial, the court heard how Dominique Pelicot, a 72-year-old retired electrician and estate agent, had crushed sleeping tablets and anti-anxiety medication into his wife’s food and...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention" (4).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"According to estimates by UN Women, one in three women worldwide experiences sexual violence, most often inflicted by their spouse or intimate partner. In international datasets, there are no specific statistics for Iran on this indicator. Sparse studies on sexual assault and harassment in Iran emphasize that such cases are rarely reported. However, Iran’s profile on the UN Women website cites a 2018 study where 18% of women aged 15 to 49 reported experiencing sexual violence at least once in the 12 months preceding the survey" (Para 5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"According to estimates by UN Women, one in three women worldwide experiences sexual violence, most often inflicted by their spouse or intimate partner. In international datasets, there are no specific statistics for Iran on this indicator. Sparse studies on sexual assault and harassment in Iran emphasize that such cases are rarely reported. However, Iran’s profile on the UN Women website cites a 2018 study where 18% of women aged 15 to 49 reported experiencing sexual violence at least once in the 12 months preceding the survey" (Para 5).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1
"The Met recorded 1,213 cases: 514 of violence; two attempted murders; 32 rapes; 310 of forced marriage and 49 of female genital mutilation. Greater Manchester police's tally of 729 cases included 42 of rape, 65 assaults causing actual bodily harm, 56 forced marriage offences, 104 of assault and battery and 153 of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship. West Midlands recorded 729 cases: 115 of coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship; 27 of rape; 19 forced marriages and 90 threats to kill" (Para 10, 11, 12).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1
"The Met recorded 1,213 cases: 514 of violence; two attempted murders; 32 rapes; 310 of forced marriage and 49 of female genital mutilation. Greater Manchester police's tally of 729 cases included 42 of rape, 65 assaults causing actual bodily harm, 56 forced marriage offences, 104 of assault and battery and 153 of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship. West Midlands recorded 729 cases: 115 of coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship; 27 of rape; 19 forced marriages and 90 threats to kill" (Para 10, 11, 12).
Feb. 3, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"One in three women in Kenya has experienced gender-based violence, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, while domestic violence is seen as a minor offence in the country" (Para 46).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"One in three women in Kenya has experienced gender-based violence, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, while domestic violence is seen as a minor offence in the country" (Para 46).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The Committee reiterates its concern about the persistence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including sexual violence. It regrets that the persistence of high levels of insecurity, violence and organized crime in the State party is negatively affecting the enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights" (6). "[T]he Office of the Special Prosecutor for Child Protection registered 6,951 cases for the crime of sexual abuse against children and adolescents between 2016 and 2020" (7). "It also notes with concern... (b) The forced eviction and displacement of Indigenous women and girls, labour exploitation, serious health consequences, and sexual violence and trafficking related to business and development...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The Committee reiterates its concern about the persistence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including sexual violence. It regrets that the persistence of high levels of insecurity, violence and organized crime in the State party is negatively affecting the enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights" (6). "[T]he Office of the Special Prosecutor for Child Protection registered 6,951 cases for the crime of sexual abuse against children and adolescents between 2016 and 2020" (7). "It also notes with concern... (b) The forced eviction and displacement of Indigenous women and girls, labour exploitation, serious health consequences, and sexual violence and trafficking related to business and development...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The prevalence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including femicides, disappearances and psychological and sexual violence" (6). "It is concerned, however, about the high percentage of births to girls and adolescents in which the father is not declared or his age is not registered, suggesting a problem of sexual abuse or acts by adults with children, criminalized in Law No. 9406 on improper unions" (13).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"[I]t notes with concern: (a) The prevalence of gender-based violence against women in the State party, including femicides, disappearances and psychological and sexual violence" (6). "It is concerned, however, about the high percentage of births to girls and adolescents in which the father is not declared or his age is not registered, suggesting a problem of sexual abuse or acts by adults with children, criminalized in Law No. 9406 on improper unions" (13).
Jan. 29, 2025, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Other dangers can also lurk. Some women complain 'of being sexually exploited by other members of their husband’s family, because they have nowhere else to go,' said Rakesh Kumar Garg, the retired judge who until recently headed the state commission on the issue" (para 17).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Other dangers can also lurk. Some women complain 'of being sexually exploited by other members of their husband’s family, because they have nowhere else to go,' said Rakesh Kumar Garg, the retired judge who until recently headed the state commission on the issue" (para 17).
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-DATA-1, WAM-PRACTICE-1
"'With the advent of social media, new forms of abuse are on the increase including girls being blackmailed after being drugged and filmed while they are being raped, sometimes by more than one person. Some of these videos are sold on social media platforms'" (para 18).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-DATA-1, WAM-PRACTICE-1
"'With the advent of social media, new forms of abuse are on the increase including girls being blackmailed after being drugged and filmed while they are being raped, sometimes by more than one person. Some of these videos are sold on social media platforms'" (para 18).
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Port Moresby, the PNG capital, is considered to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world, where 'raskol' crime gangs carry out violent robberies, carjackings and pack rapes" (para 45). "Peter Moses, one of the leaders of the 'Dirty Dons 585' raskol gang, stated that raping women was a 'must' for young members of the gang. Speaking to Vlad Sokhin, the award-winning documentary maker and photographer who chronicled witch burnings and PNG violence a decade ago, Moses boasted about raping women. Moses said: 'And it is better if a boy kills her afterwards; there will be less problems with the police'" (para 47-49). "This time it was in...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Port Moresby, the PNG capital, is considered to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world, where 'raskol' crime gangs carry out violent robberies, carjackings and pack rapes" (para 45). "Peter Moses, one of the leaders of the 'Dirty Dons 585' raskol gang, stated that raping women was a 'must' for young members of the gang. Speaking to Vlad Sokhin, the award-winning documentary maker and photographer who chronicled witch burnings and PNG violence a decade ago, Moses boasted about raping women. Moses said: 'And it is better if a boy kills her afterwards; there will be less problems with the police'" (para 47-49). "This time it was in...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Iraq’s rape laws are not in line with international standards and do not encompass the number of ways that rape was perpetrated and used by Daesh against the Yazidis" (4). "[B]eyond 'sexual intercourse,' Daesh used rape as a tool for recruitment and to erode community cohesion" (4). "Women and girls in Daesh-controlled territory were brought to houses, sometimes by the hundreds, and group-by-group taken for rape" (4). "This breadth allows for the gendered harms perpetrated by Daesh, including rape, sexual assault, trafficking, slavery, forced and child marriage, to be fully captured —and is therefore essential to ensuring full gender justice for Daesh crimes" (6). "Daesh intentionally targeted Yazidi women and...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Iraq’s rape laws are not in line with international standards and do not encompass the number of ways that rape was perpetrated and used by Daesh against the Yazidis" (4). "[B]eyond 'sexual intercourse,' Daesh used rape as a tool for recruitment and to erode community cohesion" (4). "Women and girls in Daesh-controlled territory were brought to houses, sometimes by the hundreds, and group-by-group taken for rape" (4). "This breadth allows for the gendered harms perpetrated by Daesh, including rape, sexual assault, trafficking, slavery, forced and child marriage, to be fully captured —and is therefore essential to ensuring full gender justice for Daesh crimes" (6). "Daesh intentionally targeted Yazidi women and...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The backlash began in the mid-2010s, following a surge of feminist activism. During this time, women took to the streets in protest at sexual violence and the widespread use of hidden cameras that secretly film women using toilets and changing rooms - around 5,000 to 6,000 cases are reported annually" (para 24).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The backlash began in the mid-2010s, following a surge of feminist activism. During this time, women took to the streets in protest at sexual violence and the widespread use of hidden cameras that secretly film women using toilets and changing rooms - around 5,000 to 6,000 cases are reported annually" (para 24).
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In a 2014 Tokyo case, for instance, a man had pinned a 15-year-old girl to a wall and had sex with her while she resisted. He was acquitted of rape as the court ruled his actions did not make it 'extremely difficult' for her to resist. The teenager was treated as an adult" (para 23). "Sexual assault is still a taboo subject in Japan and has gained national attention only in recent years in the wake of high-profile cases such as Shiori Ito's court battle, former member of the Self Defence Force and sexual assault survivor Rina Gonoi's public statements, and the Johnny Kitagawa expose" (para 26).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In a 2014 Tokyo case, for instance, a man had pinned a 15-year-old girl to a wall and had sex with her while she resisted. He was acquitted of rape as the court ruled his actions did not make it 'extremely difficult' for her to resist. The teenager was treated as an adult" (para 23). "Sexual assault is still a taboo subject in Japan and has gained national attention only in recent years in the wake of high-profile cases such as Shiori Ito's court battle, former member of the Self Defence Force and sexual assault survivor Rina Gonoi's public statements, and the Johnny Kitagawa expose" (para 26).
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A police volunteer has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was on duty in Kolkata, a crime that sparked protests across India amid concern about violence against women and girls. The outcry over the killing of the 31-year-old physician in August led to the trial being fast-tracked through the legal system. Judge Anirban Das said the sentence for Sanjay Roy, 33, would be announced on Monday. His punishment could range from life imprisonment to the death penalty. Police discovered the body of the woman in the RG Kar medical college and hospital’s seminar hall on 9 August. An autopsy found she had been...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A police volunteer has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was on duty in Kolkata, a crime that sparked protests across India amid concern about violence against women and girls. The outcry over the killing of the 31-year-old physician in August led to the trial being fast-tracked through the legal system. Judge Anirban Das said the sentence for Sanjay Roy, 33, would be announced on Monday. His punishment could range from life imprisonment to the death penalty. Police discovered the body of the woman in the RG Kar medical college and hospital’s seminar hall on 9 August. An autopsy found she had been...more
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Statistics from the Institut des Politiques Publiques in France suggest that over a 10-year period there were more than 400,000 cases of sexual violence in France" (24).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Statistics from the Institut des Politiques Publiques in France suggest that over a 10-year period there were more than 400,000 cases of sexual violence in France" (24).
Jan. 17, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In 2018, nine women leaders from seven unions in Cambodia, representing the garment sector, conducted interviews and held focus groups with 83 women garment workers to gather information about the scope and incidence of GBV [gender based violence] in garment and apparel sectors. Of these respondents: 48% self- identified as targets of gender-based violence at work; 87% experienced verbal harassment or unwanted touching based on their gender; 47% had a supervisor or manager force them to become their mistress or 'second wife' with the understanding that it would improve working conditions; 28% reported that someone at work forced them to sleep with them to extend a contract, fix their sewing...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In 2018, nine women leaders from seven unions in Cambodia, representing the garment sector, conducted interviews and held focus groups with 83 women garment workers to gather information about the scope and incidence of GBV [gender based violence] in garment and apparel sectors. Of these respondents: 48% self- identified as targets of gender-based violence at work; 87% experienced verbal harassment or unwanted touching based on their gender; 47% had a supervisor or manager force them to become their mistress or 'second wife' with the understanding that it would improve working conditions; 28% reported that someone at work forced them to sleep with them to extend a contract, fix their sewing...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
"Every hour, the Public Ministry registers 3 complaints of rape. In the 2013-2018 period, a total of 124,370 complaints against sexual violence were registered in Peru. 83.4% of the victims were minors; 41.2% of the accused was an acquaintance and 38.2% a relative" (7).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
"Every hour, the Public Ministry registers 3 complaints of rape. In the 2013-2018 period, a total of 124,370 complaints against sexual violence were registered in Peru. 83.4% of the victims were minors; 41.2% of the accused was an acquaintance and 38.2% a relative" (7).
Jan. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"The most recent data from 2022 shows that almost 450,000 crimes against women were reported, up 4% on the previous year, with more than 7% of the alleged crimes rape related" (par. 14).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"The most recent data from 2022 shows that almost 450,000 crimes against women were reported, up 4% on the previous year, with more than 7% of the alleged crimes rape related" (par. 14).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The Peruvian ombudsman’s office said women’s emergency centres dealt with 2,388 rape cases involving girls and adolescents between January and April, or about 20 cases a day" (para 16).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The Peruvian ombudsman’s office said women’s emergency centres dealt with 2,388 rape cases involving girls and adolescents between January and April, or about 20 cases a day" (para 16).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"With regard to cases reported in the period from 2016 to 2020, the Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Protection of Children recorded 6,951 cases for the offence of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in 29 cities" (26).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"With regard to cases reported in the period from 2016 to 2020, the Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Protection of Children recorded 6,951 cases for the offence of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in 29 cities" (26).
Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"According to a World Health Organisation study, Maori girls suffer roughly twice as much sexual abuse as European girls – 30.5 per cent of Maori compared with 17 per cent of Europeans in Auckland, and 35.1 per cent of Maori compared with 20.7 per cent of Europeans in one of our rural areas in northern Waikato" (para 8). "Research shows up to 80 percent of Māori and Pacifica women will experience family and sexual violence in their lifetime" (para 18). "It is well documented that violence against Māori and Pasifika women and children are getting worse. Sexual violence is normalised in New Zealand to the point that violence in all...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"According to a World Health Organisation study, Maori girls suffer roughly twice as much sexual abuse as European girls – 30.5 per cent of Maori compared with 17 per cent of Europeans in Auckland, and 35.1 per cent of Maori compared with 20.7 per cent of Europeans in one of our rural areas in northern Waikato" (para 8). "Research shows up to 80 percent of Māori and Pacifica women will experience family and sexual violence in their lifetime" (para 18). "It is well documented that violence against Māori and Pasifika women and children are getting worse. Sexual violence is normalised in New Zealand to the point that violence in all...more