Latest items for LRW-PRACTICE-3
May 28, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-3
"The news of a young girl giving birth in the city of Aghjabedi in Azerbaijan is the most recent harrowing example of a lack of protection mechanisms for underage girls, and persisting negligence by authorities to address the issue of early marriages and underage birth. This time, at the heart of the story that has sent shockwaves across the society, is a 15-year-old girl whose “husband” got away with statutory rape when she was just 13. While the legal marriage age in Azerbaijan is 18 years old, the girl's family and the family of the assailant organized a small “wedding” ceremony for the family and close relatives shortly after learning...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-3
"The news of a young girl giving birth in the city of Aghjabedi in Azerbaijan is the most recent harrowing example of a lack of protection mechanisms for underage girls, and persisting negligence by authorities to address the issue of early marriages and underage birth. This time, at the heart of the story that has sent shockwaves across the society, is a 15-year-old girl whose “husband” got away with statutory rape when she was just 13. While the legal marriage age in Azerbaijan is 18 years old, the girl's family and the family of the assailant organized a small “wedding” ceremony for the family and close relatives shortly after learning...more
May 28, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Despite rape under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act being a non-compoundable criminal offence, social forces push for these coerced marriages. Family members, village arbitrators, and even magistrates sometimes enforce marriages “to preserve dignity” and avoid court proceedings. This effectively allows rapists legal and social forgiveness, punishing survivors instead. One survivor’s tragic story from Sylhet in 2023 underscores this: a rape-induced pregnancy led to a forced marriage; instead of safety, she endured beatings, forced abortion, abandonment, and had to flee to protect her child" (para 3-4).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Despite rape under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act being a non-compoundable criminal offence, social forces push for these coerced marriages. Family members, village arbitrators, and even magistrates sometimes enforce marriages “to preserve dignity” and avoid court proceedings. This effectively allows rapists legal and social forgiveness, punishing survivors instead. One survivor’s tragic story from Sylhet in 2023 underscores this: a rape-induced pregnancy led to a forced marriage; instead of safety, she endured beatings, forced abortion, abandonment, and had to flee to protect her child" (para 3-4).
May 28, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking directives on the government to ban the practice of marrying rape victims to their rapists — saying that it normalises sexual violence... Citing various incidents, the lawyer told The Daily Star that there have been numerous cases where marriages between rapists and their victims were arranged in jail to help offenders obtain bail or avoid punishment through compromise. These marriages effectively legitimise rape and allow perpetrators to escape justice, Rakibul [the advocate that submitted the public interest litigation] said. The petition includes several newspaper reports documenting such instances, including a recent case involving singer Mainul Ahsan...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"A Supreme Court lawyer has filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking directives on the government to ban the practice of marrying rape victims to their rapists — saying that it normalises sexual violence... Citing various incidents, the lawyer told The Daily Star that there have been numerous cases where marriages between rapists and their victims were arranged in jail to help offenders obtain bail or avoid punishment through compromise. These marriages effectively legitimise rape and allow perpetrators to escape justice, Rakibul [the advocate that submitted the public interest litigation] said. The petition includes several newspaper reports documenting such instances, including a recent case involving singer Mainul Ahsan...more
May 28, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"When a young girl from Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet became pregnant, it came to light that she had been raped by a young man from the same village. The incident occurred in early 2023. The girl’s family filed a rape case against the accused. To avoid prosecution, the young man’s family proposed marriage. The girl, under pressure, agreed" (para 1-2). "Bilkis Jahan, a lawyer at the Sylhet District and Sessions Judge’s Court, is handling two similar cases—including that of the girl from Dakshin Surma [who was pressured to marry her rapist]. On 21 April, she told Prothom Alo about another teenager who was raped by a man already married...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"When a young girl from Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet became pregnant, it came to light that she had been raped by a young man from the same village. The incident occurred in early 2023. The girl’s family filed a rape case against the accused. To avoid prosecution, the young man’s family proposed marriage. The girl, under pressure, agreed" (para 1-2). "Bilkis Jahan, a lawyer at the Sylhet District and Sessions Judge’s Court, is handling two similar cases—including that of the girl from Dakshin Surma [who was pressured to marry her rapist]. On 21 April, she told Prothom Alo about another teenager who was raped by a man already married...more
April 1, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Elaha [Afghan woman who was raped by a Taliban member then forced into marriage with him] says that Saeed Khosty, then a spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, met her while she was in custody. In the video, Elaha pleads for help with teary eyes and says that after insulting and humiliating her as well as spitting on her face, Khosty took her to the “Directorate 08, Department 104” of the Taliban intelligence. 'I was raped there. I didn’t know what to do, Saeed Khosty took a video of me and threatened to share the video.'Elaha says that the next day,Taliban officials forced her to record 12 confession videos...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Elaha [Afghan woman who was raped by a Taliban member then forced into marriage with him] says that Saeed Khosty, then a spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, met her while she was in custody. In the video, Elaha pleads for help with teary eyes and says that after insulting and humiliating her as well as spitting on her face, Khosty took her to the “Directorate 08, Department 104” of the Taliban intelligence. 'I was raped there. I didn’t know what to do, Saeed Khosty took a video of me and threatened to share the video.'Elaha says that the next day,Taliban officials forced her to record 12 confession videos...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"She [Salma, Sudanese woman who fled to Libya with her family] says a doctor then told her it was too late for an abortion [cause by being raped by multiple traffickers], and when her husband found out she was pregnant he abandoned her and the children, leaving them to sleep rough, eating leftovers from rubbish bins and begging in the street" (para 26). This information shows the woman who has to go through the punishment of being abandened although being the victim of rape in this situation (MR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"She [Salma, Sudanese woman who fled to Libya with her family] says a doctor then told her it was too late for an abortion [cause by being raped by multiple traffickers], and when her husband found out she was pregnant he abandoned her and the children, leaving them to sleep rough, eating leftovers from rubbish bins and begging in the street" (para 26). This information shows the woman who has to go through the punishment of being abandened although being the victim of rape in this situation (MR-CODER COMMENT).
March 9, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"I [the author] hear the situation [of sex-based victims] is more horrible in some areas and provinces, where women don’t have access to the internet, mobile phones, or any education. There are reports the Taliban has taken cruel actions such as kidnapping, targeted killings, killing by stoning, and forced marriages" (para 31).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"I [the author] hear the situation [of sex-based victims] is more horrible in some areas and provinces, where women don’t have access to the internet, mobile phones, or any education. There are reports the Taliban has taken cruel actions such as kidnapping, targeted killings, killing by stoning, and forced marriages" (para 31).
Feb. 17, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Algeria [has] laws permitting rapists and/or abductors to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. Civil society advocacy has driven the repeal of so-called “marry your rapist” provisions in several countries, but implementation remains inconsistent. Survivors, especially minors, are still sometimes coerced by family, law enforcement, and the judiciary into marrying their rapists" (2).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Algeria [has] laws permitting rapists and/or abductors to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. Civil society advocacy has driven the repeal of so-called “marry your rapist” provisions in several countries, but implementation remains inconsistent. Survivors, especially minors, are still sometimes coerced by family, law enforcement, and the judiciary into marrying their rapists" (2).
Feb. 2, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, LRW-LAW-4
"[T]he ['marry your rapist'] law in Morocco was repealed following widespread outrage when a young woman killed herself after she was forced to marry her rapist" (para 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, LRW-LAW-4
"[T]he ['marry your rapist'] law in Morocco was repealed following widespread outrage when a young woman killed herself after she was forced to marry her rapist" (para 6).
Feb. 1, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Countries: Palestine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, LRW-LAW-4
"Palestine abolished its 'marry your rapist' law in 2018, Hamas has continued to force women living in the Gaza Strip, where it is the de facto governing authority, to marry their rapists" (20).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, LRW-LAW-4
"Palestine abolished its 'marry your rapist' law in 2018, Hamas has continued to force women living in the Gaza Strip, where it is the de facto governing authority, to marry their rapists" (20).
Feb. 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Ethiopia, India, Somalia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, LRW-LAW-4
"Though ‘marry-your-rapist’ laws now only exist in a tenth of the countries in the world, the absence of such a law doesn’t always translate to the end of such practices. There is a gulf between de jure provisions and de facto practices. In countries like India, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and Somaliland, where no such laws exist, the practice still continues" (para 10).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, LRW-LAW-4
"Though ‘marry-your-rapist’ laws now only exist in a tenth of the countries in the world, the absence of such a law doesn’t always translate to the end of such practices. There is a gulf between de jure provisions and de facto practices. In countries like India, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and Somaliland, where no such laws exist, the practice still continues" (para 10).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Unfortunately, this is not implemented and when such acts are committed by members of the teaching staff, the perpetrators are often simply transferred to another school or remain without punishment if they agree to take the girl victim as their wife" (9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Unfortunately, this is not implemented and when such acts are committed by members of the teaching staff, the perpetrators are often simply transferred to another school or remain without punishment if they agree to take the girl victim as their wife" (9).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"In the case of adolescent girls and statutory rape, their relatives and parents negotiate with the police to arrange the marriage with the perpetrator. The police are seen to try to resolve statutory rape cases in this way without filing a case. In rural communities, local groups report that there have been cases of gang-rape where a victim would be forced to ‘marry’ one of the men who raped her in an attempt to ‘keep the village peace’. In some cases, they may later divorce. For relatives in these communities it is perceived as more important that the victim has been ‘married’ than have her family honour destroyed as a...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"In the case of adolescent girls and statutory rape, their relatives and parents negotiate with the police to arrange the marriage with the perpetrator. The police are seen to try to resolve statutory rape cases in this way without filing a case. In rural communities, local groups report that there have been cases of gang-rape where a victim would be forced to ‘marry’ one of the men who raped her in an attempt to ‘keep the village peace’. In some cases, they may later divorce. For relatives in these communities it is perceived as more important that the victim has been ‘married’ than have her family honour destroyed as a...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-3
"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).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-3
"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).
Jan. 18, 2025, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"The proposed legislation [a bill against VAW] contains strong provisions to end exemptions for certain sectarian communities regarding crimes and offenses such as 'honor crimes,' rape, and marital violence that limit women’s rights and safety (para 2). This means that there are currently exemptions for these crimes (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"The proposed legislation [a bill against VAW] contains strong provisions to end exemptions for certain sectarian communities regarding crimes and offenses such as 'honor crimes,' rape, and marital violence that limit women’s rights and safety (para 2). This means that there are currently exemptions for these crimes (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 10, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Girls and young women who are deemed to not be ‘virgins’ are outcast by their families or even murdered and there are limited options for women to earn an independent living" (para 9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Girls and young women who are deemed to not be ‘virgins’ are outcast by their families or even murdered and there are limited options for women to earn an independent living" (para 9).
Jan. 9, 2025, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"[WALSH] The 700-page report found that in the absence of women, vulgar and sexist comments were being made in front of the male recruits. MONTGOMERY: To objectify women, to describe acts with women's bodily parts, to condone tacit violence against women. WALSH: These images were even written into company training documents found at San Diego, which only began training women after a congressional mandate" (par. 8-10). "WALSH: After the report came out, Lieutenant General Kevin Iiams, who heads the Marine Corps Training and Education Command, traveled to both boot camps to say the Marine Corps does not condone the language. Critics say training men and women separately fosters attitudes that...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"[WALSH] The 700-page report found that in the absence of women, vulgar and sexist comments were being made in front of the male recruits. MONTGOMERY: To objectify women, to describe acts with women's bodily parts, to condone tacit violence against women. WALSH: These images were even written into company training documents found at San Diego, which only began training women after a congressional mandate" (par. 8-10). "WALSH: After the report came out, Lieutenant General Kevin Iiams, who heads the Marine Corps Training and Education Command, traveled to both boot camps to say the Marine Corps does not condone the language. Critics say training men and women separately fosters attitudes that...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:59 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"In the mid-1960s, a brave young Italian woman, Franca Viola, was abducted and violated for a week, then fought a centuries-old tradition that would have her marry her abuser to “restore” her honor" (para 1). "Article 544 of the Italian criminal code recognized a kind of marriage, the matrimonio riparatore, that would forgive the man for his crime and restore to the 'damaged' victim her honor and that of her family. Should she refuse to marry her abductor, the young woman would be further victimized as an unmarriagable outcast somehow to blame for her unfortunate circumstances" (para 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"In the mid-1960s, a brave young Italian woman, Franca Viola, was abducted and violated for a week, then fought a centuries-old tradition that would have her marry her abuser to “restore” her honor" (para 1). "Article 544 of the Italian criminal code recognized a kind of marriage, the matrimonio riparatore, that would forgive the man for his crime and restore to the 'damaged' victim her honor and that of her family. Should she refuse to marry her abductor, the young woman would be further victimized as an unmarriagable outcast somehow to blame for her unfortunate circumstances" (para 6).
Jan. 8, 2025, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Rape is always devastating, but in Sudan it is also particularly stigmatizing. Of the four women who were publicly raped in Suad’s village, three were then divorced by their husbands; the other was single and will have difficulty marrying, Suad said. One man, Isaak Abdulrahman, whom I met at the border as he arrived after his village had been attacked, wavered when I asked if he would ever allow his son to marry a woman who had been raped. His wife, Samira, piped up to say that she would never tolerate a family marriage to such a girl. 'It would be a shame for our family,' she explained" (para 12-14).more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Rape is always devastating, but in Sudan it is also particularly stigmatizing. Of the four women who were publicly raped in Suad’s village, three were then divorced by their husbands; the other was single and will have difficulty marrying, Suad said. One man, Isaak Abdulrahman, whom I met at the border as he arrived after his village had been attacked, wavered when I asked if he would ever allow his son to marry a woman who had been raped. His wife, Samira, piped up to say that she would never tolerate a family marriage to such a girl. 'It would be a shame for our family,' she explained" (para 12-14).more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"He says many patients he's treated have been not only traumatized but deeply stigmatized because of the sexual assault. 'When a mother is raped, her husband will throw her out of his house,' he says through an interpreter" (para 15).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"He says many patients he's treated have been not only traumatized but deeply stigmatized because of the sexual assault. 'When a mother is raped, her husband will throw her out of his house,' he says through an interpreter" (para 15).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"The walk to school can be dangerous in Karamoja. In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had" (para 1). "'Courtship rape' is commonplace, says Akello. 'Many women who are married are survivors of courtship rape and believe that men have a right to rape them as a sign of affection or expression of interest,' she says. In some cases, family members hold women down or help plot the abduction. Alice Nakiru was...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"The walk to school can be dangerous in Karamoja. In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had" (para 1). "'Courtship rape' is commonplace, says Akello. 'Many women who are married are survivors of courtship rape and believe that men have a right to rape them as a sign of affection or expression of interest,' she says. In some cases, family members hold women down or help plot the abduction. Alice Nakiru was...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"A day after her post, she was reportedly arrested and transferred to the notorious Evin prison. The state judiciary’s Mizan news agency announced that Ghalibaf will face legal action and refuted her allegations of sexual assault" (par. 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"A day after her post, she was reportedly arrested and transferred to the notorious Evin prison. The state judiciary’s Mizan news agency announced that Ghalibaf will face legal action and refuted her allegations of sexual assault" (par. 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Accounts of sexual violence are difficult to verify because of the victims’ feelings of shame and fear, and CNN reported that the authorities sometimes film assaults to blackmail protesters into silence" (para 5). It is the police that are raping the victims (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Accounts of sexual violence are difficult to verify because of the victims’ feelings of shame and fear, and CNN reported that the authorities sometimes film assaults to blackmail protesters into silence" (para 5). It is the police that are raping the victims (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Accounts of sexual violence are difficult to verify because of the victims’ feelings of shame and fear, and CNN reported that the authorities sometimes film assaults to blackmail protesters into silence" (para 5). It is the police that are raping the victims (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Accounts of sexual violence are difficult to verify because of the victims’ feelings of shame and fear, and CNN reported that the authorities sometimes film assaults to blackmail protesters into silence" (para 5). It is the police that are raping the victims (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). "Michel works in one of the only hospitals in Cite Soleil, the epicenter of the gang wars in Port-au-Prince. There, she sees mothers who were gang-raped after their husbands were killed; sexual violence survivors living on the streets, unable to return home out of fear that it could happen again; and survivors suffering from sexually transmitted infections" (para 22).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). "Michel works in one of the only hospitals in Cite Soleil, the epicenter of the gang wars in Port-au-Prince. There, she sees mothers who were gang-raped after their husbands were killed; sexual violence survivors living on the streets, unable to return home out of fear that it could happen again; and survivors suffering from sexually transmitted infections" (para 22).
June 14, 2023, 7:56 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
" [N]o institution that handles complaints, nor the staff of that institution, can encourage conciliation or formulate agreements between a woman and her abuser" (12).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
" [N]o institution that handles complaints, nor the staff of that institution, can encourage conciliation or formulate agreements between a woman and her abuser" (12).
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:58 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-LAW-5
"She continued, 'The military is pushing me toward death. It’s leaving me alone to withstand everything by myself even though it won’t even provide me adequate protection,' expressing her dissatisfaction with the inadequacy of the military’s response to her case" (Para.9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-LAW-5
"She continued, 'The military is pushing me toward death. It’s leaving me alone to withstand everything by myself even though it won’t even provide me adequate protection,' expressing her dissatisfaction with the inadequacy of the military’s response to her case" (Para.9).
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Last year, the tennis player Peng Shuai disappeared from public view after accusing a high-ranking former Chinese leader of coercing her into sex" (Para.6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Last year, the tennis player Peng Shuai disappeared from public view after accusing a high-ranking former Chinese leader of coercing her into sex" (Para.6).
Jan. 6, 2023, 5:48 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-2, LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Under Iranian law, the death penalty can be imposed for financial crimes, rape and armed robbery" (para 18).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-2, LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Under Iranian law, the death penalty can be imposed for financial crimes, rape and armed robbery" (para 18).
Dec. 29, 2022, 1:35 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Observers are concerned that the crackdown has also hit women's rights activism: vocal feminists have been arrested and high-profile MeToo court battles dismissed.The recent case involving tennis player Peng Shuai has also prompted fears that sexual assault accusers are being silenced" (para 39-40).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3
"Observers are concerned that the crackdown has also hit women's rights activism: vocal feminists have been arrested and high-profile MeToo court battles dismissed.The recent case involving tennis player Peng Shuai has also prompted fears that sexual assault accusers are being silenced" (para 39-40).