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).

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

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).

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

Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"In 2019, there were… 6,914 complaints of sexual offences" (4).

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).

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).

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).

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

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).

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).

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

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).

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).

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).