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World Mar 20

India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape

By Sheikh Saaliq, Rishabh Jain, Associated Press

World Aug 22

Myanmar military troops take part in a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018. Photo byLynn Bo Bo/Pool via Reuters
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

The Peace Prize laureates Iraqi Nadia Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo Town Hall in Oslo, Norway. Photo by NTB Scanpix/Haakon Mosvold Larsen via Reuters
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

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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…

World Oct 05

Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Illustration by Niklas Elmehed/Nobel Media
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad, Denis Mukwege for fight against sexual violence

“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.

By Larisa Epatko

Sep 21

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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.

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Jul 15

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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…

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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…

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Dec 15

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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.

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May 07

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Report on Military’s Growing Number of Sexual Assaults Draws Presidential Rebuke

Report on Military's Growing Number of Sexual Assaults Draws Presidential Rebuke…

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