Dec 12, 2024 · In Ecuador one in four women experience sexual violence. Until April 2021, abortion after rape was criminalized unless the pregnant person had an intellectual disability.

Dec 16, 2024 · Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state …

Jul 29, 2024 · Sudan’s warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang rape, and forced women and girls into …

Aug 15, 2024 · The laws against rape and sexual abuse were strengthened after a 2012 gang rape and murder in Delhi sparked nationwide protests.

Apr 22, 2024 · Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023.

Nov 25, 2024 · Criminal groups in Haiti have intensified attacks against the population in recent weeks, including by subjecting girls and women to horrific sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch …

Nov 16, 2017 · This report documents the Burmese military’s gang rape of Rohingya women and girls and further acts of violence, cruelty, and humiliation. Many women described witnessing …

Oct 30, 2025 · France's Parliament has adopted a landmark law -that defines rape as any non-consensual sexual act, a significant milestone in the fight against sexual violence in the country.

Jan 31, 1999 · Daniel Lockwood, an expert on prison rape, has posited that sexual aggression in prison can be traced to men's sexist attitudes toward women, which, in prison, translate into a …

Nov 9, 2017 · (New York) – Rape survivors in India face significant barriers to obtaining justice and critical support services, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Legal and …