Latest items for LRW-PRACTICE-2
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The Attorney General’s Office has 308 gender-competent prosecutors’ offices (235 multipurpose unit and 73 gender units) throughout the country. For its part, the Ministry of the Interior has 1,575 community policing units and 16 community surveillance units for the country. The Council of the Judiciary has 37 judicial units specializing in violence, covering 23 provinces and 49 cantons; five criminal law judicial units on violence against women, covering four provinces and nine cantons; 23 criminal multipurpose judicial units covering 13 provinces and 34 cantons and 107 multipurpose judicial units. In 2019, the Council of the Judiciary incorporated 111 new judges, reaching a total of 807 officials in specialized units, including...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The Attorney General’s Office has 308 gender-competent prosecutors’ offices (235 multipurpose unit and 73 gender units) throughout the country. For its part, the Ministry of the Interior has 1,575 community policing units and 16 community surveillance units for the country. The Council of the Judiciary has 37 judicial units specializing in violence, covering 23 provinces and 49 cantons; five criminal law judicial units on violence against women, covering four provinces and nine cantons; 23 criminal multipurpose judicial units covering 13 provinces and 34 cantons and 107 multipurpose judicial units. In 2019, the Council of the Judiciary incorporated 111 new judges, reaching a total of 807 officials in specialized units, including...more
March 3, 2025, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"‘So many women, and men, have broken down in my arms, telling me of the horrific ways they’ve been raped after being spiked. Often it’s something they recall only in flashbacks or are aware of because of injuries they’ve sustained. 'They don’t know if they’ve been filmed. They don’t know who did it. They could be drinking with them in the pub and wouldn’t realise. It’s utterly tormenting.’ One 18-year-old woman who turned to the charity for support last year had woken up naked on a bed in a strange room in South London, surrounded by used condoms – one was still inside her - and with no memory of...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"‘So many women, and men, have broken down in my arms, telling me of the horrific ways they’ve been raped after being spiked. Often it’s something they recall only in flashbacks or are aware of because of injuries they’ve sustained. 'They don’t know if they’ve been filmed. They don’t know who did it. They could be drinking with them in the pub and wouldn’t realise. It’s utterly tormenting.’ One 18-year-old woman who turned to the charity for support last year had woken up naked on a bed in a strange room in South London, surrounded by used condoms – one was still inside her - and with no memory of...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, IIP-PRACTICE-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. This is more common in rural areas where girls and their parents are afraid to report violence against girls, which is considered taboo" (8).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, IIP-PRACTICE-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. This is more common in rural areas where girls and their parents are afraid to report violence against girls, which is considered taboo" (8).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"Launched in 2020, the Plan has led to some legal reforms and improved support for survivors of gender-based violence through one-stop care centres and the establishment of a national fund to address gender-based violence and femicide" (para 11).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"Launched in 2020, the Plan has led to some legal reforms and improved support for survivors of gender-based violence through one-stop care centres and the establishment of a national fund to address gender-based violence and femicide" (para 11).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Such legal provisions deny justice to survivors, because the survivor, rather than the state, is required to bear the burden of the criminal proceedings, including when it comes to the collection of evidence required to prove the circumstances of the crime. These provisions also give space to local law enforcement authorities to discourage women from filing such claims and to postpone the initiation of the investigation, anticipating in practice that one way or another, a woman is likely to withdraw her claim. Moreover, there is often also pressure from relatives or family members on the victim to withdraw her complaint, and local groups report there have often been situations where...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Such legal provisions deny justice to survivors, because the survivor, rather than the state, is required to bear the burden of the criminal proceedings, including when it comes to the collection of evidence required to prove the circumstances of the crime. These provisions also give space to local law enforcement authorities to discourage women from filing such claims and to postpone the initiation of the investigation, anticipating in practice that one way or another, a woman is likely to withdraw her claim. Moreover, there is often also pressure from relatives or family members on the victim to withdraw her complaint, and local groups report there have often been situations where...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Others have stated that the stigma surrounding the victims of sexual violence and harassment prevents women and girls from seeking redress. Survivors of sexual assault lack the language itself to describe what happened to them, an issue compounded by the lack of public sex education in the country" (par. 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Others have stated that the stigma surrounding the victims of sexual violence and harassment prevents women and girls from seeking redress. Survivors of sexual assault lack the language itself to describe what happened to them, an issue compounded by the lack of public sex education in the country" (par. 6).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Among the judgments analysed, the best results were obtained in cases in which the crime was committed in provinces that had a Unit for the Care of Victims of Domestic and Gender-based Violence and Rape of the Attorney General’s Office, an office of the National Institute of Forensic Science and interview centres for vulnerable persons, and in which support was provided by lawyers from the Ministry of Women" (7-8). "The emergency telephone helpline, which can be reached by dialling *212, 809 689-7212 or 809-200-7212, is available 24 hours a day, all year round. It was established in 2012 to provide assistance to and enable the rescue of women victims of...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Among the judgments analysed, the best results were obtained in cases in which the crime was committed in provinces that had a Unit for the Care of Victims of Domestic and Gender-based Violence and Rape of the Attorney General’s Office, an office of the National Institute of Forensic Science and interview centres for vulnerable persons, and in which support was provided by lawyers from the Ministry of Women" (7-8). "The emergency telephone helpline, which can be reached by dialling *212, 809 689-7212 or 809-200-7212, is available 24 hours a day, all year round. It was established in 2012 to provide assistance to and enable the rescue of women victims of...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"Women told the ECP how having a prostitute’s caution on their record also deterred them from reporting rape, domestic violence and other crimes" (para 12).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"Women told the ECP how having a prostitute’s caution on their record also deterred them from reporting rape, domestic violence and other crimes" (para 12).
Feb. 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Last year, Eseosa also opened a helpline called Ms Smart. The news quickly spread and in its first five months, counsellors received hundreds of calls from women seeking an abortion or help to escape domestic or sexual violence" (para 8). "'Before we refer women to our partners who help on sexual violence cases, we check if they are pregnant and ensure they are able to make informed decisions on their body autonomy,' says Eseosa" (para 8). "Zara and Faith did not have abortions. Both are 18. Both became pregnant as a result of rape and, after being rejected by their families, were promised a place to stay by the only...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Last year, Eseosa also opened a helpline called Ms Smart. The news quickly spread and in its first five months, counsellors received hundreds of calls from women seeking an abortion or help to escape domestic or sexual violence" (para 8). "'Before we refer women to our partners who help on sexual violence cases, we check if they are pregnant and ensure they are able to make informed decisions on their body autonomy,' says Eseosa" (para 8). "Zara and Faith did not have abortions. Both are 18. Both became pregnant as a result of rape and, after being rejected by their families, were promised a place to stay by the only...more
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-2
"With tens of thousands of rape cases reported annually, India has earned the moniker 'the rape capital of the world'. It's not because India is an exception - many countries report equal or higher numbers of rapes. But critics say the world's largest democracy gets a bad name because of the way the victims and survivors are treated - they are stigmatised by the society, and often shamed by the police and judiciary too" (para 17-19).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-2
"With tens of thousands of rape cases reported annually, India has earned the moniker 'the rape capital of the world'. It's not because India is an exception - many countries report equal or higher numbers of rapes. But critics say the world's largest democracy gets a bad name because of the way the victims and survivors are treated - they are stigmatised by the society, and often shamed by the police and judiciary too" (para 17-19).
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"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).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"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).
Feb. 14, 2025, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"We currently have 44 member Rape Crisis Centres, providing services in 54 locations. Rape Crisis Centres provide frontline specialist, independent and confidential services for women and girls of all ages who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any time in their lives. Last year, Centres provided over 650,000 sessions of counselling, advocacy and support. Rape Crisis Centres are women-led and offer a range of services in women-only safe space. Over half our members also provide separate space and services for male sexual violence survivors" (1). "There are only 44 Rape Crisis Centres across the whole of England and Wales (down from 68 in 1984) serving approximately 4 million...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"We currently have 44 member Rape Crisis Centres, providing services in 54 locations. Rape Crisis Centres provide frontline specialist, independent and confidential services for women and girls of all ages who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any time in their lives. Last year, Centres provided over 650,000 sessions of counselling, advocacy and support. Rape Crisis Centres are women-led and offer a range of services in women-only safe space. Over half our members also provide separate space and services for male sexual violence survivors" (1). "There are only 44 Rape Crisis Centres across the whole of England and Wales (down from 68 in 1984) serving approximately 4 million...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Five women police officers on pink Vespa-style scooters ride through a series of ever-narrowing lanes and alleys in the concrete-and-dust town of Gujranwala in the Pakistani province of Punjab. They are part of a pilot program launched in September called 'Pink Wheels,' which aims to address crimes against women and children by bringing help directly to their homes. Here, like much of Pakistan, police say many women shy away from reporting crimes such as domestic violence or sexual assault. The main barrier? 'She would likely encounter a police officer with a mustache,' says Muhammad Ayyax Saleem, deputy inspector general for Gujranwala, who developed the Pink Wheels program. He says a...more
Feb. 7, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Statistics show only an estimated 16 per cent of Australians who experienced sexual violence in 2021-22 contacted police within 12 months, and more than one-third of recent rape trials ended with a guilty verdict" (para 30).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Statistics show only an estimated 16 per cent of Australians who experienced sexual violence in 2021-22 contacted police within 12 months, and more than one-third of recent rape trials ended with a guilty verdict" (para 30).
Feb. 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The 24-hour sexual assault response team in Townsville will been extended and expanded to two more locations" (para 18).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The 24-hour sexual assault response team in Townsville will been extended and expanded to two more locations" (para 18).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Women may be reticent to make a complaint of sexual harassment or other sexual violence out of fear of being charged with a violation of article 490 of the Penal Code, which sanctions sexual relations outside of marriage" (7). "[The State needs to] Strengthen support services for women victims of gender-based violence, including by ensuring sufficient availability and accessibility of shelters and psychological support for victims and survivors of violence, as well as by setting up treatment centres for aggressors, allocating sufficient human and financial resources to ensure the effective functioning of these services, and ensuring that the privacy of women who are victims of gender-based violence is respected at...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Women may be reticent to make a complaint of sexual harassment or other sexual violence out of fear of being charged with a violation of article 490 of the Penal Code, which sanctions sexual relations outside of marriage" (7). "[The State needs to] Strengthen support services for women victims of gender-based violence, including by ensuring sufficient availability and accessibility of shelters and psychological support for victims and survivors of violence, as well as by setting up treatment centres for aggressors, allocating sufficient human and financial resources to ensure the effective functioning of these services, and ensuring that the privacy of women who are victims of gender-based violence is respected at...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"[In addressing violence against women there are] National, regional and local committees to provide care to women victims of violence; Central and non-centralized care cells in the courts; the sectors in charge of justice, health, youth and women; the General Directorate of National Security and the High Command of the Royal Gendarmerie" (49, 51). "A significant amendment was made to the Criminal Code in 2011 regarding protection against crimes of violence against women. A section was added on the protection of victims and witnesses containing the following protective measures for victims: physical protection for the victim and her family members; changing her place of residence; non-disclosure of the details of...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"[In addressing violence against women there are] National, regional and local committees to provide care to women victims of violence; Central and non-centralized care cells in the courts; the sectors in charge of justice, health, youth and women; the General Directorate of National Security and the High Command of the Royal Gendarmerie" (49, 51). "A significant amendment was made to the Criminal Code in 2011 regarding protection against crimes of violence against women. A section was added on the protection of victims and witnesses containing the following protective measures for victims: physical protection for the victim and her family members; changing her place of residence; non-disclosure of the details of...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Criminalization of sex outside marriage has a discriminatory gender impact, including because rape survivors risk prosecution if they file charges that are not later sustained. Women and girls also face prosecution if they are found to be pregnant or have children outside marriage" (4).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Criminalization of sex outside marriage has a discriminatory gender impact, including because rape survivors risk prosecution if they file charges that are not later sustained. Women and girls also face prosecution if they are found to be pregnant or have children outside marriage" (4).
Feb. 4, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"While a change to the wording of the law would 'not be enough on its own' to combat the difficulties of victims in getting a case prosecuted and obtaining justice, they said, it could be one of the building blocks in a 'paradigm shift' being called for by feminist groups, professionals and public opinion" (para 14). "Darian said drugging happened 'in all walks of life', and survivors had to fight to produce proof. She said she was now campaigning to improve prevention of the crime, and to encourage survivors to speak out" (para 23).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"While a change to the wording of the law would 'not be enough on its own' to combat the difficulties of victims in getting a case prosecuted and obtaining justice, they said, it could be one of the building blocks in a 'paradigm shift' being called for by feminist groups, professionals and public opinion" (para 14). "Darian said drugging happened 'in all walks of life', and survivors had to fight to produce proof. She said she was now campaigning to improve prevention of the crime, and to encourage survivors to speak out" (para 23).
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The fallout from an attack is often magnified by the stigma attached to rape. Survivors are shunned by their families; husbands leave if they find out what has happened" (Para 22). Because of the stigma attached to rape, where survivors are often shunned by their families and abandoned by their husbands, women are less likely to report the injustices they have experienced (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The fallout from an attack is often magnified by the stigma attached to rape. Survivors are shunned by their families; husbands leave if they find out what has happened" (Para 22). Because of the stigma attached to rape, where survivors are often shunned by their families and abandoned by their husbands, women are less likely to report the injustices they have experienced (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee remains concerned about… (c) Legal illiteracy among many women and girls and the persistent reluctance of women to file complaints owing to judicial gender bias and discriminatory attitudes among law enforcement personnel; (d) The lack of an effective witness protection programme" (4). "Ensure the availability of a dedicated hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for victims of domestic and sexual violence" (8). Given that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is recommending that Honduras create a hotline, it can be infered that there is not currently one in operation (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The Committee remains concerned about… (c) Legal illiteracy among many women and girls and the persistent reluctance of women to file complaints owing to judicial gender bias and discriminatory attitudes among law enforcement personnel; (d) The lack of an effective witness protection programme" (4). "Ensure the availability of a dedicated hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for victims of domestic and sexual violence" (8). Given that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is recommending that Honduras create a hotline, it can be infered that there is not currently one in operation (ELW - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Human Rights Watch has found that the lack of strong laws on gender-based violence and of institutions to provide assistance to victims, along with social pressures and stigma, dissuade Mauritanian women and girls from seeking help and remedies when they are abused. The criminalization of consensual adult sexual relations outside marriage (called zina) further deters girls and women from reporting assaults because they can find themselves charged if the judiciary views the act in question as consensual, Human Rights Watch found" (2). "The lack of shelters in Nouakchott and lack of government support left Rouhiya with no alternative to living in her abusive home, taking care of her newborn, with...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Human Rights Watch has found that the lack of strong laws on gender-based violence and of institutions to provide assistance to victims, along with social pressures and stigma, dissuade Mauritanian women and girls from seeking help and remedies when they are abused. The criminalization of consensual adult sexual relations outside marriage (called zina) further deters girls and women from reporting assaults because they can find themselves charged if the judiciary views the act in question as consensual, Human Rights Watch found" (2). "The lack of shelters in Nouakchott and lack of government support left Rouhiya with no alternative to living in her abusive home, taking care of her newborn, with...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Finally, from the APG23 experience, women with disabilities who are victims of violence do not have adequate training and information on whom to turn to for help. Anti-violence centres do not have trained staff to help disabled women in reporting, as they do not know, among others, how to relate with disabled people and with disability, to communicate through other languages, and so on" (5). "Moreover, with difficulty they stay in the anti-violence centres and they recover an autonomous life because they are not adequately followed by operators and psychologists who do not know sign language. Finally, women suffer violence from other women in the centres because of their disability....more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Finally, from the APG23 experience, women with disabilities who are victims of violence do not have adequate training and information on whom to turn to for help. Anti-violence centres do not have trained staff to help disabled women in reporting, as they do not know, among others, how to relate with disabled people and with disability, to communicate through other languages, and so on" (5). "Moreover, with difficulty they stay in the anti-violence centres and they recover an autonomous life because they are not adequately followed by operators and psychologists who do not know sign language. Finally, women suffer violence from other women in the centres because of their disability....more
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"In conservative societies like Iraq, women face societal barriers in reporting sexual violence crimes, including fear of retribution from, or against, family members" (4). "The sheer volume of rape occurring at the hands of Daesh, coupled with the fact that many victims do not know and have no way of identifying their rapists, means that victim-initiated complaints are next to impossible in practice" (4-5). "[V]ictims of sexual or domestic violence 'did not usually report it to authorities or pursue legal remedies' because of social stigma and risk of familial retribution or because they feared family protection units 'would immediately inform their families of their testimonies'" (8).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"In conservative societies like Iraq, women face societal barriers in reporting sexual violence crimes, including fear of retribution from, or against, family members" (4). "The sheer volume of rape occurring at the hands of Daesh, coupled with the fact that many victims do not know and have no way of identifying their rapists, means that victim-initiated complaints are next to impossible in practice" (4-5). "[V]ictims of sexual or domestic violence 'did not usually report it to authorities or pursue legal remedies' because of social stigma and risk of familial retribution or because they feared family protection units 'would immediately inform their families of their testimonies'" (8).
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, LRW-LAW-1
"The biggest and most significant change to the laws is the one that redefines rape from 'forcible sexual intercourse' to 'non-consensual sexual intercourse' - effectively making legal room for consent in a society where the concept is still poorly understood. Activists argue that Japan's narrow definition has led to even narrower interpretations of the law by prosecutors and judges, setting an impossibly high bar for justice and fostering a culture of scepticism that deters survivors from reporting their attacks" (para 21-22).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, LRW-LAW-1
"The biggest and most significant change to the laws is the one that redefines rape from 'forcible sexual intercourse' to 'non-consensual sexual intercourse' - effectively making legal room for consent in a society where the concept is still poorly understood. Activists argue that Japan's narrow definition has led to even narrower interpretations of the law by prosecutors and judges, setting an impossibly high bar for justice and fostering a culture of scepticism that deters survivors from reporting their attacks" (para 21-22).
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"It follows multiple rape acquittals in 2019 that caused national outcry and helped spur a nationwide Flower Demo campaign against sexual violence. On the 11th day of every month since April 2019, activists have gathered throughout Japan to demand justice and show solidarity with sexual assault survivors" (para 12). "Survivors of sexual assault who go public also often receive threats and nasty comments online. Even if the reforms are enacted, survivors must feel empowered to report their attacks, activists say. In Japan, survivors of sexual violence are often reluctant to come forward because of stigma and shame. A 2021 survey by the government showed that only about 6 per cent...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"It follows multiple rape acquittals in 2019 that caused national outcry and helped spur a nationwide Flower Demo campaign against sexual violence. On the 11th day of every month since April 2019, activists have gathered throughout Japan to demand justice and show solidarity with sexual assault survivors" (para 12). "Survivors of sexual assault who go public also often receive threats and nasty comments online. Even if the reforms are enacted, survivors must feel empowered to report their attacks, activists say. In Japan, survivors of sexual violence are often reluctant to come forward because of stigma and shame. A 2021 survey by the government showed that only about 6 per cent...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-2
"Many cases of crimes against women go unreported in India due to the stigma surrounding sexual violence, as well as a lack of faith in the police. Women’s rights activists say the problem is particularly acute in rural areas, where people sometimes shame the victims of sexual assault and families worry about their social standing" (para 9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-2
"Many cases of crimes against women go unreported in India due to the stigma surrounding sexual violence, as well as a lack of faith in the police. Women’s rights activists say the problem is particularly acute in rural areas, where people sometimes shame the victims of sexual assault and families worry about their social standing" (para 9).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"This year [2024] has also seen Australia pause to mark the 50th anniversary of several landmark moments in its now five decades-long struggle to eradicate men’s violence against women. This included the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Elsie, Australia’s first domestic violence refuge, in March, and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Sydney rape crisis centre in October, Australia’s first (9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"This year [2024] has also seen Australia pause to mark the 50th anniversary of several landmark moments in its now five decades-long struggle to eradicate men’s violence against women. This included the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Elsie, Australia’s first domestic violence refuge, in March, and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Sydney rape crisis centre in October, Australia’s first (9).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Funding for shelters, personnel training, and other infrastructure to protect women is also unlikely to be forthcoming, in part due to the severe financial problems of the Lebanese state" (para 7).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"Funding for shelters, personnel training, and other infrastructure to protect women is also unlikely to be forthcoming, in part due to the severe financial problems of the Lebanese state" (para 7).
Jan. 17, 2025, 11:50 a.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"It is notoriously difficult to map out the full extent of gender-based violence in the world of work since the subject is culturally taboo and it is often difficult for victims to speak up" (9). "Women workers also have limited systems in place for women to raise concerns and also expressed their hesitation to report harassment and gender-based violence due to negative community attitudes and assumptions about them from others in their community, such as not being a ‘proper woman,’ shunning traditional values, or being sexually promiscuous when away from their home communities for work. A culture of victim-blaming, from both officials and peers, has also been cited as a...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"It is notoriously difficult to map out the full extent of gender-based violence in the world of work since the subject is culturally taboo and it is often difficult for victims to speak up" (9). "Women workers also have limited systems in place for women to raise concerns and also expressed their hesitation to report harassment and gender-based violence due to negative community attitudes and assumptions about them from others in their community, such as not being a ‘proper woman,’ shunning traditional values, or being sexually promiscuous when away from their home communities for work. A culture of victim-blaming, from both officials and peers, has also been cited as a...more