Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Reports of sexual abuse against children in Cape Verde continue to worry authorities and civil society, as ICCA data indicates 84 cases in 2024, with 75 victims being female" (para 1). "'They [the rapist] took my dignity when I was 11 years old and nobody did anything. The rapist was seen as a hero and I, as a criminal. We live in a society that protects the aggressor and silences the victim,' she [a rape victim in Cape Verde] denounced. Today, as an adult, the same source struggles to overcome the pain and has appealed to society to listen to, support, and protect [rape] victims, recognizing that silence is complicit...more

Countries: Austria
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"In Austria, 36 % of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by any perpetrator since the age of 15. This is 5 percentage points higher than the EU-27 average (31 %)... Around 26 % of women who have experienced physical or sexual violence by any perpetrator in the past 12 months have not told anyone" (para 4-6).

Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"14% (2.8 million) of people aged 18 years and over have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. 1 in 9 women (11% or 1.1 million) have experienced sexual violence by a male intimate partner since the age of 15. 1 in 20 (4.9% or 489,000) women have experienced sexual violence by a male friend or housemate" (para 1). "Based on the 2021–22 PSS, 14% (2.8 million) of people aged 18 years and over have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. A higher proportion of women have experienced sexual violence compared with men: over 1 in 5 (22% or 2.2 million) women have experienced sexual violence since...more

Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Zimbabwe does not keep specific data on femicides, but according to government statistics, nearly 40% of Zimbabwean women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence and an estimated 12% to 25% of them have been sexually assaulted" (para 9).

Countries: Pakistan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Two days later, on 7 June, an unconscious 17-year-old girl in Jhang, Punjab, was dumped at a hospital by three men. Police arrested suspects using CCTV footage from the hospital. They said the girl had been kidnapped, drugged and gang-raped. She later died. Also in June, shortly before dying from complications related to multiple abortions, an 18-year-old housemaid told police in Lahore that she had been repeatedly raped by her employer’s son and his driver" (para 4-5).

Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“Sexual violence has been perpetrated against villagers, particularly women and girls, in Southeast Burma (Myanmar) in the past, and has remained ongoing. A weak rule of law and multiple barriers to access justice have hindered villagers’ protection and the eradication of such violence. Since the 2021 coup, the military conflict in Southeast Burma has exacerbated such challenges, worsening the enactment of the rule of law in many areas and impeding justice. Barriers that villagers face include weakened law enforcement, particularly against armed actors; inaccessible justice systems in areas with active conflict; fears of the perpetrator’s retaliation; no avenues for prosecution of Burma Army soldiers; financial burdens; social stigma; or long...more

Countries: Burkina Faso
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“Recently, the AFJ/BF legal clinic recorded 795 cases of GBV in just two years (2018 and 2019), with a growing number of cases of rape and unwanted pregnancies, especially among young girls aged 13 to 17” (para 6).

Countries: Bulgaria, Romania
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“48% of Bulgarian women who have experienced physical or sexual violence by any perpetrator in the past 12 months have not told anyone, while the figure in Romania is 34%” (para 6).

Countries: Brunei
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“The government reported rape cases, but there were no data available on the prevalence of the crime” (23).

Countries: Brazil
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-DATA-1

“Black children and adolescents represent about 40% of registered rape cases in Brazil, with double the incidence compared to white girls. This is despite them representing only 13% of the population, according to the 2022 Census” (para 1-2).

Countries: Brazil
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"In 2022, the registered number of rape cases in Brazil reached 74,930. Of these, a staggering 88.7% of victims were female, 56.8% were of Afro-Brazilian ethnicity, and 60% were aged 14 years or younger" (para 1).

Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“Finally, with regards to sexual assault, according to the ABS, 83% of victims of sexual assault in 2014 were female, 17% were male. The ABS 2016 Personal Safety Survey found that: One in five women (18% or 1.7 million) and one in twenty men (4.7% or 428,800) experienced sexual violence. Women were eight times more likely to experience sexual violence by a partner than men (5.1% or 480,200 women compared to 0.6% or 53,000 men). According to the ABS Recorded Crime Study, the majority (93%) of offenders whose principle offence was sexual assault were male” (para 11-15). In the chart, titled, “VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, Proportion of victims by sex...more

Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

“The UN has today warned that women in Sudan are suffering 'horrors no one should ever endure', with rape, murder and the abduction of their children rife in the war-torn country… Sexual violence was widespread, she said, adding: 'There is mounting evidence that rape is being deliberately and systematically used as a weapon of war'. 'Women's bodies become a crime scene in Sudan. There are no safe spaces that are left, nowhere for women to gather safely, to seek protection or even access even the most basic psychosocial care,' she added. Around 11 million women and girls are facing acute food insecurity in famine-struck Darfur, and UN Women warned they...more

Countries: Norway
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"But at its core the case [of Marius Borg Høiby, a convicted sex offender] also highlights a dark universal truth, one that has resonated with Norwegians and people around the world: the prevalence of violence, particularly sexual violence, in daily life, even in one of the world’s supposedly most gender equal countries, and how it has been exacerbated by the digital age. It has also exposed, despite important changes to Norway’s consent law last year, a severe lack of understanding of the issue across Norwegian society, experts say, from children to teenagers to prosecutors" (para 3). "Despite Norway’s reputation as a global leader on gender equality, one in five women...more

Countries: Botswana
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"However, the GBV Indicator Study Botswana cited one married [Botswanan] woman who relates her rape ordeal at the hands of her husband as follows: 'I was sleeping with my three children when my husband arrived. I was on my way to open the door when I heard a loud bang on the door … he was drunk and did not utter a word until we reached the bedroom. Just as I was climbing into bed he held me down and raped me and afterwards he told me to go back to my mother’s house … it was a painful experience.' A similar story by another married [Botswanan] woman is told...more