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Latest items for LRW-DATA-1

Oct. 27, 2025, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"A woman was tied between two trees and gang-raped by six men amid a horrific new outbreak of violence between warring Congo and Rwanda rebels, a human rights group has revealed. A devastating Amnesty International report reveals harrowing testimonies of sexual violence, torture and extrajudicial killings carried out between March and May of this year. One survivor told of a women being tied between two trees and gang-raped by six Wazalendo fighters: 'Let them be punished so they don't do such acts to someone else,' she said. During another rape by Wazalendo fighters, Kinyarwanda-speaking men, believed to be fighters belonging to the armed Nyatura group, accused the woman of supporting...more
Oct. 27, 2025, 9:08 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"The researchers released a statement on their findings: "In October 2021, Dr. Shahar Shoham and Dr. Yahel Kurlander submitted a working paper to the Knesset's Special Committee for Foreign Workers entitled Working Paper: Gender Based Sexual Violence Against Migrant Workers in the Agricultural Sector in Israel. "The document is based on the researchers' long-term study, during which they interviewed dozens of interviewees, including migrant workers from Thailand who were employed in agriculture in Israel, as well as representatives of manpower agencies, farmers, and civil society organizations. The document points to the structural conditions of the Israeli migration regime, indicating that migrant workers from Thailand employed in agriculture are liable to...more
Oct. 25, 2025, 7:08 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"A Brazilian tourist who thought she would be safe in France says she no longer dares leave her home after a shocking attempted rape by an Arab attacker on a morning commuter train" (para 1). "[Jhordana, a Brazilian tourist that was attacked on a train in Paris]'s concerns come amid growing alarm over the safety of women on French buses and trains. According to the National Observatory on Violence against Women (Miprof), the number of victims of sexual violence on public transport has risen by 86 percent in the last 10 years. In 2024 alone, 3,374 people were victims of sexual violence on public transport – 6 percent more than...more
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:56 p.m.
Countries: Madagascar
Variables: LRW-LAW-2, LRW-DATA-1

"A court in Madagascar has sentenced a man to surgical castration for the rape of a child in 2024, a judicial official said, in the first such measure on the Indian Ocean island. The case arose from the rape and attempted murder of a six-year-old girl in Imerintsiatosika, a municipality 30 km west of the capital Antananarivo, Didier Razafindralambo, the attorney general at the Court of Appeal, said on Thursday" (para 1-2).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Rape and attempted sexual offenses from October to December last year declined by 3% compared to 2023, according to the latest crime statistics published in February by the police ministry. However, sexual assault and contact sexual assault cases reported increased during the same period. Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes. A fifth took place in public spaces while night clubs, schools and universities were also places of violence, according to those statistics." (para 12-15).
Oct. 17, 2025, 5:08 p.m.
Countries: Madagascar
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"The punishment [chemical castration] was introduced last year as part of a 2024 law in Madagascar addressing rapes of minors aged 10 and below. The government said it introduced the law because the courts had recorded many such cases" (para. 4-5).
Oct. 17, 2025, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Child sex abuse in India has become a massive concern in India. According to an analysis by Child Rights and You, sexual violence shot up by a staggering 96% from 2016 to 2022. In 2022 alone, there were nearly 39,000 reported cases of child rape and sexual assaults" (para. 14-16).
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Contrary to media narratives of shared commitment to recovery after disaster, sexual violence persists even then. Researchers discovered that after the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima in 2011, women were subjected to sexual assault by men who were trading essential supplies in exchange for sex, in addition to a general increased incidence of domestic assault and rape" (para. 32-33).
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Official statistics on the number of sexual assault cases reported in 2022 have not yet been released" (para 5).
Oct. 10, 2025, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"An estimated 34% of women have experienced physical violence at some point in their lives, with 13% having experienced sexual violence, according to the country’s latest demographic and health survey" (para. 5).
July 10, 2025, 3:32 p.m.
Countries: Brazil
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"There were about 51,400 reports of rapes of women and girls from January through September. In 2023, girls under 14 were victims of three-quarters of all reported rapes. Black girls were twice as likely to be victims of rape as white girls, a study found" (Para 36).
May 30, 2025, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"A study by the University of Iceland in 2021 indicating that 40 per cent of the 32,811 women who participated were victims of physical and/or sexual violence and nearly 25 per cent were victims of rape or attempted rape" (7). "The Committee, however, notes with concern...The increase in gender-based violence against women, including domestic violence, especially during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic...Information received that gender-based violence against women is underreported, indicating that while 1,256 new intakes were registered by the family justice centres for victims of violence and the Centre for Survivors of Sexual Violence, only approximately 100 cases of rape were reported to the police in the capital and...more
May 1, 2025, 5:12 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2

"At the same time, more than 4 out of 5 Indigenous women experience violence in their lifetimes. They are two to three times more likely than other women to experience violence, stalking or sexual assault" (par. 8).
May 1, 2025, 3:11 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Meanwhile, disposal of crimes against women worsened even as they accounted for about a tenth of all the crimes registered. Over 365,000 cases of crimes against women were recorded in 2022, or an average of 1,001 cases daily. This is a 2 per cent rise compared to the average in 2021 (chart 5). . .While cases of 'kidnapping and abduction' and 'assault with an intent to outrage a woman's modesty' made up 23 per cent each, rape accounted for 8.6 per cent of these cases" (par. 18-20, 22). "While the conviction rate for cases of rape/gang rape was 69.4 per cent, it was 17.7 per cent for cases of cruelty...more
April 17, 2025, 5:10 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"One in 5 American women will be raped or be the victim of an attempted rape in their lifetime. One in 3 of those survivors will be between the ages of 11 and 17 when the attack occurs, so being a child is actually a risk factor for females" (para 2). "In 2022, she courageously testified against once-super-mogul Harvey Weinstein in his Los Angeles rape trial, detailing how he had assaulted her in an L.A. hotel room in 2005" (para 23).
April 17, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-DATA-1, MURDER-DATA-1

"Nevertheless, the Committee notes with concern… The high incidence of gender-based violence, in particular femicide and sexual violence, as well as widespread impunity for perpetrators" (7).
April 16, 2025, 10:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"Iranian security forces used rape and sexual violence to torture, punish and inflict lasting physical and psychological damage on protesters as young as 12 during the country’s nationwide protests last year, a report says. The report by Amnesty International is based on the testimonies of 12 women, 26 men, one girl and six boys who survived rape or other forms of sexual violence. Six survivors of rape were subjected to gang rapes by up to 10 male state agents, according to Amnesty" (para 1-2). "Some of the victims interviewed by Amnesty said they were sexually assaulted at the time of arrest, in police vehicles while they were being taken to...more
April 11, 2025, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Bhutan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"The NCWC Survey found that 8.7% of women and girls between the ages of 15 - 64 in Bhutan had ever experienced sexual violence in their lifetime" (4). "The Statistical Yearbook of Bhutan - 2020 notes that there were 54 cases of rape recorded with the Royal Bhutan Police in 2019 and 49 cases of rape recorded in 2018. The highest number of rape cases were recorded against minors between the ages of 12 to 18 in both 2018 (30 cases) and 2019 (40 cases) demonstrating the particular vulnerability of adolescent girls to sexual violence" (4).
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation of Indonesia Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK) reported in 2017-2018, sexual violence against women and girls occurred in education sector, at University/College, and all levels of education, from primary to high school. The perpretators are male supervisors of the female teachers or students, which have institutional power. They can command sexual services" (4). "A research by Indonesian Association of Women with Disabilities found 85 cases of sexual violence spread across 22 provinces related to sexual violence experienced by women with disabilities" (5).
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"The Committee notes with concern… Information received indicating that women and girls in education institutions are being subjected to sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment" (9).
April 10, 2025, 10:05 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"As footage emerged last week of two women in the state of Manipur being forcibly stripped, paraded naked, publicly molested and allegedly gang raped, everyone from prime minister Narendra Modi to the chief justice of India publicly expressed their shock and disgust" (para 1). "Since violence erupted in the north-eastern state in early May, between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki tribes, activists and academics believe rape and sexual violence has been systematically used as a weapon in 'revenge attacks' against women from the Kuki community by Meitei mobs" (para 3). "The use of rape as a weapon has been systemic, academics claim. On 4 May, the same day that...more
April 4, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"The Public Prosecution Service reports that 6,868 cases involving acts of violence against women were brought before the ordinary courts between June 2019 and July 2020; of these… 30 per cent were offences against the sexual freedom of women" (27).
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).
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
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).
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).
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).
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
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).
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).