Politics Feb 10 WATCH: Angelina Jolie urges Senate to pass new deal on domestic violence bill By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press
World Mar 20 India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape Four men sentenced to death for the gruesome gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 were hanged Friday, concluding a case that exposed the scope of sexual violence in India and prompted horrified… By Sheikh Saaliq, Rishabh Jain, Associated Press
World Aug 22 UN report: Myanmar military committed war crimes against Rohingya minority The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said it found the country's soldiers "routinely and systematically" forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in "blatant violation of international human rights law."… By Grant Peck, Associated Press
World Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners urge global action against sexual violence The Congolese doctor who shares this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of war on Monday called for strong international action against the abuse, including reparations for victims. By David Keyton, Jim Heintz, Associated Press
World Oct 05 Watch 5:32 Nobel Peace Prize winners fight rape as ‘a weapon of war’ The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday in Oslo, Norway. The winners are two people fighting sexual violence. Twenty-five-year-old Nadia Murad, from Iraq, escaped enslavement, rape, and torture. She says she hopes to be “the last girl with a story…
Oct 05 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad, Denis Mukwege for fight against sexual violence By Larisa Epatko “Each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 4:56 Sexual assault ‘myths and misinformation’ could muddy Kavanaugh hearing, psychologist warns President Trump’s tweet challenging Christine Blasey Ford’s claims because she didn’t report it when it happened set off alarms for survivors and advocates. In fact, most victims never report the sexual assault to law enforcement, says clinical psychologist Veronique Valliere. Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 7:30 Pain, stigma and little justice for victims of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo By PBS NewsHour Bukavu, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is slowly emerging from a long, violent conflict that has spared no one. Special correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports on how health workers and local law enforcement are struggling to confront… Continue watching
Oct 03 State investigators dismissed prisoners’ complaints of sexual abuse By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — When inmates at a notorious Alabama women's prison came forward to complain of sexual abuse and harassment, state investigators time and again classified the complaints as unfounded or unsubstantiated and often recommended that the matters be closed without… Continue reading
Dec 15 One year since the brutal New Delhi gang rape, has change come to India? Indian protesters shout anti-government slogans during a protest against rape in New Delhi on January 2, 2013. Credit: RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the gruesome gang rape of an Indian woman on a bus in New Delhi. Continue reading