Latest items for LRW-DATA-1
April 2, 2025, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In 2019, there were… 6,914 complaints of sexual offences" (4).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In 2019, there were… 6,914 complaints of sexual offences" (4).
March 28, 2025, 5:46 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Recently... Daily NK, with the support of the Embassy of Canada to the Republic of Korea, conducted a survey of 30 North Korean women inside the country, as well as 10 North Korean defectors, to delve deeper into the state of women’s rights in North Korea. The results were alarming: More than half of the respondents reported sexual victimization by officials in state institutions such as the national police agency and correctional centers, while a staggering 73 percent said they had encountered instances in the workplace, military, or markets where officials coerced, cajoled, or tricked them into having sex in exchange for promotions or business opportunities. The findings lend credence...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Recently... Daily NK, with the support of the Embassy of Canada to the Republic of Korea, conducted a survey of 30 North Korean women inside the country, as well as 10 North Korean defectors, to delve deeper into the state of women’s rights in North Korea. The results were alarming: More than half of the respondents reported sexual victimization by officials in state institutions such as the national police agency and correctional centers, while a staggering 73 percent said they had encountered instances in the workplace, military, or markets where officials coerced, cajoled, or tricked them into having sex in exchange for promotions or business opportunities. The findings lend credence...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8). "[I]n 2018 the National Victim Registry reported 5,266 cases of sexual abuse and that 201 women and girls had children of their aggressors" (14).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"It remains deeply concerned, however, about the high incidence of intimate partner violence against women, exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, noting that over the past two years the numbers of femicides, sexual violence and disappearances of young women increased exponentially" (8). "[I]n 2018 the National Victim Registry reported 5,266 cases of sexual abuse and that 201 women and girls had children of their aggressors" (14).
March 26, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"'We have received complaints of intimidation, extortion, rape, and theft from the soldiers based here,' Kataliko says. Soldiers who are battling rebels in the region sometimes prey on the population they are supposed to protect, activists say" (para 15). "The UN reported that, in 2021, the military and police were responsible for about 29 percent of conflict-related sexual violence in Congo. 'They say Congo is a rape capital,' says Justine Masika, who leads an association in Goma that advocates for victims of gender-based violence" (para 16-17).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"'We have received complaints of intimidation, extortion, rape, and theft from the soldiers based here,' Kataliko says. Soldiers who are battling rebels in the region sometimes prey on the population they are supposed to protect, activists say" (para 15). "The UN reported that, in 2021, the military and police were responsible for about 29 percent of conflict-related sexual violence in Congo. 'They say Congo is a rape capital,' says Justine Masika, who leads an association in Goma that advocates for victims of gender-based violence" (para 16-17).
March 21, 2025, 5:08 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Operation Soteria, which focuses on perpetrators rather than victim behaviour and was fully rolled out in 2023, came after a rape review in June 2021 exposed the reasons behind a collapse in rape prosecutions – which in 2016/17 stood at 5,190 and fell 60% in four years to 2,102 in 2019/20, even as reports increased" (para 5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Operation Soteria, which focuses on perpetrators rather than victim behaviour and was fully rolled out in 2023, came after a rape review in June 2021 exposed the reasons behind a collapse in rape prosecutions – which in 2016/17 stood at 5,190 and fell 60% in four years to 2,102 in 2019/20, even as reports increased" (para 5).
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. 'We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,' says Koko*. She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar. 'Whenever we tried to scream for help, they used their hands to cover our mouths so that nobody could hear us,' she says. It was her younger sister’s 15th birthday. She...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. 'We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,' says Koko*. She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar. 'Whenever we tried to scream for help, they used their hands to cover our mouths so that nobody could hear us,' she says. It was her younger sister’s 15th birthday. She...more
March 21, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
Countries: Switzerland
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"According to a survey commissioned by Amnesty International in 2019, which involves interviews with 4,495 women and girls aged 16 and over in Switzerland, one in five women surveyed has been subjected to sexual violence, and more than 10 percent of women surveyed had been raped" (2).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"According to a survey commissioned by Amnesty International in 2019, which involves interviews with 4,495 women and girls aged 16 and over in Switzerland, one in five women surveyed has been subjected to sexual violence, and more than 10 percent of women surveyed had been raped" (2).
March 21, 2025, 3:12 p.m.
Countries: Finland
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Annually around 50,000 women in Finland experience sexual violence. However, only around 1,500 sexual crimes against adult women are reported to the police" (6).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Annually around 50,000 women in Finland experience sexual violence. However, only around 1,500 sexual crimes against adult women are reported to the police" (6).
March 20, 2025, 2:27 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There, with the ease of a smartphone, parents and other adults can connect with pedophiles in the United States and elsewhere who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior" (para 6). "The apps had not been a focus of the agency’s work, the agent said, but the criminal activity mirrored that on dating websites he had investigated. There, men search for women, typically in Southeast Asia, who charge to sexually abuse children on camera... 'The number one customer base paying...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There, with the ease of a smartphone, parents and other adults can connect with pedophiles in the United States and elsewhere who pay to watch — and direct — criminal behavior" (para 6). "The apps had not been a focus of the agency’s work, the agent said, but the criminal activity mirrored that on dating websites he had investigated. There, men search for women, typically in Southeast Asia, who charge to sexually abuse children on camera... 'The number one customer base paying...more
March 20, 2025, 2:27 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera. With a few swipes on their phones, men entered a livestream where they paid $150 to watch the mother sexually abuse the girl for 10 minutes. The horrendous activity wasn’t hidden on some dark corner of the internet. It was available for anyone with an iPhone or Android to download from the Apple or Google app store" (para 1-3). "The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There,...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera. With a few swipes on their phones, men entered a livestream where they paid $150 to watch the mother sexually abuse the girl for 10 minutes. The horrendous activity wasn’t hidden on some dark corner of the internet. It was available for anyone with an iPhone or Android to download from the Apple or Google app store" (para 1-3). "The livestream apps downloaded from Apple and Google illustrate an even darker aspect of the social media technology boom, particularly for children living in poverty in developing countries. There,...more
March 20, 2025, 2 p.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, PRN-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1
"One profile identified by The Times showed a woman in Vietnam offering 'HOT VIDEO' and listed possible participants as two young sisters, a little girl, three little boys and a dog. Another woman in Vietnam described sex acts she could perform along with an invitation to 'see mother and daughter, son.' A woman in the Philippines advertised “lil&Mom” and showed a preview video of a young girl. The profiles did not include abuse, which required payment to be viewed" (para 21-22).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, PRN-PRACTICE-1, DV-DATA-1
"One profile identified by The Times showed a woman in Vietnam offering 'HOT VIDEO' and listed possible participants as two young sisters, a little girl, three little boys and a dog. Another woman in Vietnam described sex acts she could perform along with an invitation to 'see mother and daughter, son.' A woman in the Philippines advertised “lil&Mom” and showed a preview video of a young girl. The profiles did not include abuse, which required payment to be viewed" (para 21-22).
March 20, 2025, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Domestic violence, rape (as well as marital rape), and other forms of harmful practices against women remain highly prevalent" (1). "[S]exual violence and rape continues to be a problem in the country" (2).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Domestic violence, rape (as well as marital rape), and other forms of harmful practices against women remain highly prevalent" (1). "[S]exual violence and rape continues to be a problem in the country" (2).
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"On September 3, 2017, the police report identified that 12 of the women, had been raped or sexually assaulted before they were brutally murdered with some having sticks inserted into their private parts" (2). "According to statistics provided by the Ugandan Womys Network, about 77.7% of primary school children and 82% of secondary school students experience sexual abuse while at school; 8% of girls are subjected to defilement" (5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"On September 3, 2017, the police report identified that 12 of the women, had been raped or sexually assaulted before they were brutally murdered with some having sticks inserted into their private parts" (2). "According to statistics provided by the Ugandan Womys Network, about 77.7% of primary school children and 82% of secondary school students experience sexual abuse while at school; 8% of girls are subjected to defilement" (5).
March 19, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In the 12 months prior to a 2018 survey: 1 in 10 women aged 15024 from the provinces had been sexually assaulted" (para 24). "With regard to sexual assault, the vast majority (91%) of victims said that one person was responsible for the most serious sexual assault they experienced. Almost all (95%) women stated that the most serious sexual assault they experienced was perpetrated by a man, while slightly more than half (56%) of men said that a woman was responsible for the most serious incident" (para 42). "Women most commonly cited a commercial or institutional establishment as the location of their self-reported most serious sexual assault (38%), followed by...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In the 12 months prior to a 2018 survey: 1 in 10 women aged 15024 from the provinces had been sexually assaulted" (para 24). "With regard to sexual assault, the vast majority (91%) of victims said that one person was responsible for the most serious sexual assault they experienced. Almost all (95%) women stated that the most serious sexual assault they experienced was perpetrated by a man, while slightly more than half (56%) of men said that a woman was responsible for the most serious incident" (para 42). "Women most commonly cited a commercial or institutional establishment as the location of their self-reported most serious sexual assault (38%), followed by...more
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The rise of ISIS, which rapidly expanded across seven of Iraq’s 19 governates in 2014, and the ensuing mass displacement and campaign to eliminate the group from Iraq’s territories have had both direct and wider negative effects on women. Women were subjected to grave violations including sexual violence, slavery and killings. Minority women have been particularly vulnerable and targeted" (2). "Women belonging to minorities, including Yezidis, Christians, Turkmen, Shabak, and others, have been particularly affected. ISIS has perpetrated mass killings, arbitrary punishments, sexual violence and forced conversions. Women have been targeted and sold as sexual slaves or forcibly married to ISIS fighters and have been subjected to violations including rape,...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The rise of ISIS, which rapidly expanded across seven of Iraq’s 19 governates in 2014, and the ensuing mass displacement and campaign to eliminate the group from Iraq’s territories have had both direct and wider negative effects on women. Women were subjected to grave violations including sexual violence, slavery and killings. Minority women have been particularly vulnerable and targeted" (2). "Women belonging to minorities, including Yezidis, Christians, Turkmen, Shabak, and others, have been particularly affected. ISIS has perpetrated mass killings, arbitrary punishments, sexual violence and forced conversions. Women have been targeted and sold as sexual slaves or forcibly married to ISIS fighters and have been subjected to violations including rape,...more
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Research conducted with over 700 women who inject drugs across 5 cities in Indonesia, the Women Speak Out study, reported that 76% of women who inject drugs experienced violence from an intimate partner in the past year... In addition, 38% of respondents reported experiencing sexual violence, 5% of which involved force such as hitting, pushing, and using weapons to force sexual intercourse" (11).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Research conducted with over 700 women who inject drugs across 5 cities in Indonesia, the Women Speak Out study, reported that 76% of women who inject drugs experienced violence from an intimate partner in the past year... In addition, 38% of respondents reported experiencing sexual violence, 5% of which involved force such as hitting, pushing, and using weapons to force sexual intercourse" (11).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
According to Table 1, titled “Cases involving crimes specified in the Act on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence: Office of the Public Prosecutor,” there were 1,276 sexual violence cases in 2014. There were 1,141 cases in 2015, 877 cases in 2016, 775 cases in 2017, 593 cases in 2018, 517 cases in 2019, and 334 cases in 2020 (12).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
According to Table 1, titled “Cases involving crimes specified in the Act on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence: Office of the Public Prosecutor,” there were 1,276 sexual violence cases in 2014. There were 1,141 cases in 2015, 877 cases in 2016, 775 cases in 2017, 593 cases in 2018, 517 cases in 2019, and 334 cases in 2020 (12).
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "San young women live in overcrowded houses where our children are exposed to adult sexual life and adult problems because of the lack of privacy. This puts our children at risk of sexual abuse" (16). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "San young women live in overcrowded houses where our children are exposed to adult sexual life and adult problems because of the lack of privacy. This puts our children at risk of sexual abuse" (16). This information applies specifically to San communities (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
March 13, 2025, 4:09 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"A High Court judge in London has made an order aimed at protecting an American woman from being harassed by her estranged British husband, despite the woman never living in the UK. The woman, who lives in the United States, had asked Mrs Justice Knowles to make a Forced Marriage Protection Order to protect her from 'harassment and intimidation' from her husband. She said she was married under 'duress' nearly a decade ago and her husband had subsequently 'raped' her" (para 1-3).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"A High Court judge in London has made an order aimed at protecting an American woman from being harassed by her estranged British husband, despite the woman never living in the UK. The woman, who lives in the United States, had asked Mrs Justice Knowles to make a Forced Marriage Protection Order to protect her from 'harassment and intimidation' from her husband. She said she was married under 'duress' nearly a decade ago and her husband had subsequently 'raped' her" (para 1-3).
March 11, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A Malawian woman who was lured to Oman with the offer of work was enslaved and raped while getting as little as two hours' sleep a night" (para 1).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A Malawian woman who was lured to Oman with the offer of work was enslaved and raped while getting as little as two hours' sleep a night" (para 1).
March 11, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, UVAW-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-DATA-1
"Despite being considered a global leader on gender equality, topping the 2023 World Economic Forum’s global gender gap rankings for the 14th consecutive year, in some professions Icelandic women still earn 21% less than men, and more than 40% of women have experienced gender-based or sexual violence" (par. 5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, UVAW-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-DATA-1
"Despite being considered a global leader on gender equality, topping the 2023 World Economic Forum’s global gender gap rankings for the 14th consecutive year, in some professions Icelandic women still earn 21% less than men, and more than 40% of women have experienced gender-based or sexual violence" (par. 5).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The judicial branch assigned top priority to the pre-trial investigation and prosecution of crimes committed at any time against children and adolescents that violate their sexual and reproductive integrity. Between 2014 and 2019, 9,743 cases of sexual violence were reported" (24). "[T]he Clinical Practice Guide for Therapeutic Abortion (2015) was issued in order to provide care, diagnose, evaluate and offer timely treatment of therapeutic abortion, thus contributing to a reduction in maternal morbidity and mortality in Ecuador and improving health care for women in these situations. From January to July 2020, services relating to 74 cases of sexual violence and 13 pregnancies that ended in abortion were provided" (29). "For...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The judicial branch assigned top priority to the pre-trial investigation and prosecution of crimes committed at any time against children and adolescents that violate their sexual and reproductive integrity. Between 2014 and 2019, 9,743 cases of sexual violence were reported" (24). "[T]he Clinical Practice Guide for Therapeutic Abortion (2015) was issued in order to provide care, diagnose, evaluate and offer timely treatment of therapeutic abortion, thus contributing to a reduction in maternal morbidity and mortality in Ecuador and improving health care for women in these situations. From January to July 2020, services relating to 74 cases of sexual violence and 13 pregnancies that ended in abortion were provided" (29). "For...more
March 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"There are also many concurring testimonies of women from the HM being raped in prisons and detention centers, notably in the aftermath of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt. A medical doctor, assigned to conduct physical examination in a gymnasium turned into a detention center, run by the Ankara Police Department, made public for the first time what he saw: harsh methods of torture such as rape, sexual assault, severe beatings … Male detainees also claimed they heard women being raped in detention centers" (9).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"There are also many concurring testimonies of women from the HM being raped in prisons and detention centers, notably in the aftermath of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt. A medical doctor, assigned to conduct physical examination in a gymnasium turned into a detention center, run by the Ankara Police Department, made public for the first time what he saw: harsh methods of torture such as rape, sexual assault, severe beatings … Male detainees also claimed they heard women being raped in detention centers" (9).
March 3, 2025, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A poll for St John Ambulance revealed almost a quarter of 18 to 43-year-olds believe they too have been a victim of spiking" (para 4). "‘I have no idea who did it nor what their motivation was. I didn’t feel anything jab me - but the thought of that person watching me lose control of my body, presumably with the intention of sexually assaulting me, is so horrendous, I still feel a deep anxiety about it'" (para 7). "While tens of thousands of people apparently believe they have been a victim, relatively few report it. Figures show that police in England and Wales received 6,732 reports of spiking in the...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"A poll for St John Ambulance revealed almost a quarter of 18 to 43-year-olds believe they too have been a victim of spiking" (para 4). "‘I have no idea who did it nor what their motivation was. I didn’t feel anything jab me - but the thought of that person watching me lose control of my body, presumably with the intention of sexually assaulting me, is so horrendous, I still feel a deep anxiety about it'" (para 7). "While tens of thousands of people apparently believe they have been a victim, relatively few report it. Figures show that police in England and Wales received 6,732 reports of spiking in the...more
March 3, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The appalling case in France of Gisele Pelicot and her husband Dominque, who invited more than 80 men to rape her while she was comatose, is an obviously extreme example" (para 73).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The appalling case in France of Gisele Pelicot and her husband Dominque, who invited more than 80 men to rape her while she was comatose, is an obviously extreme example" (para 73).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The precariousness of girls’ schooling is also due to a hostile school environment due to physical assaults by male students, teachers and also by those with malicious intent on the girls’ way to school… In 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern about the risk of sexual violence by teachers and school staff, particularly in rural areas" (8).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The precariousness of girls’ schooling is also due to a hostile school environment due to physical assaults by male students, teachers and also by those with malicious intent on the girls’ way to school… In 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern about the risk of sexual violence by teachers and school staff, particularly in rural areas" (8).
Feb. 28, 2025, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Hundreds of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed into the Congolese city of Goma, it has emerged" (para 1).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Hundreds of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed into the Congolese city of Goma, it has emerged" (para 1).
Feb. 27, 2025, 8:53 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Women arrested by the Taliban have said that they are being subjected to 'brutal' rapes and beatings in Afghan prisoners. They said they were arrested for begging by Taliban officials enforcing draconian new anti-begging laws before being sexually abused, tortured and forced to work in prison. Children were allegedly also detained, abused and some were even beaten to death" (para 1-2). "The woman then allegedly spent three days and nights in a Taliban prison, where she was forced to cook, clean and do laundry for the men employed there at first before officials told her that she would be fingerprinted and have her biometric details recorded. Her resistance resulted in...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Women arrested by the Taliban have said that they are being subjected to 'brutal' rapes and beatings in Afghan prisoners. They said they were arrested for begging by Taliban officials enforcing draconian new anti-begging laws before being sexually abused, tortured and forced to work in prison. Children were allegedly also detained, abused and some were even beaten to death" (para 1-2). "The woman then allegedly spent three days and nights in a Taliban prison, where she was forced to cook, clean and do laundry for the men employed there at first before officials told her that she would be fingerprinted and have her biometric details recorded. Her resistance resulted in...more
Feb. 27, 2025, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The killing and rape of a trainee doctor in the city of Kolkata in August was a fresh reminder for Indian women who work of the dangers lurking in public spaces where women are far less visible than men, from the deserted corners of a hospital or corporate park, in public transport or on city streets. The 31-year-old was found dead in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital after she went on break during a night shift. A volunteer at the hospital has been arrested as a suspect" (para 6-7). "A decade ago, Indian laws dealing with crimes against women were overhauled in the wake of the gang-rape of...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The killing and rape of a trainee doctor in the city of Kolkata in August was a fresh reminder for Indian women who work of the dangers lurking in public spaces where women are far less visible than men, from the deserted corners of a hospital or corporate park, in public transport or on city streets. The 31-year-old was found dead in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital after she went on break during a night shift. A volunteer at the hospital has been arrested as a suspect" (para 6-7). "A decade ago, Indian laws dealing with crimes against women were overhauled in the wake of the gang-rape of...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In a case worked on by a contributor to this submission involving a 16 year old girl who was raped on a train by two train attendants, the investigators interrogated residents from the girl’s village which served to re-traumatise her. There was no awareness or appreciation that in asking all residents about information pertaining to the case, this would publicise the girl’s personal ordeal and force her to relive the traumatic experience. In another case, a 16 year old girl committed suicide two years after she reported that her step-father had raped her. In her suicide note, she wrote 'nobody believes me'" (4-5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"In a case worked on by a contributor to this submission involving a 16 year old girl who was raped on a train by two train attendants, the investigators interrogated residents from the girl’s village which served to re-traumatise her. There was no awareness or appreciation that in asking all residents about information pertaining to the case, this would publicise the girl’s personal ordeal and force her to relive the traumatic experience. In another case, a 16 year old girl committed suicide two years after she reported that her step-father had raped her. In her suicide note, she wrote 'nobody believes me'" (4-5).