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Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, UN says
August 15, 2025 9:05 am
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ annual report said more than 4,600 people survived sexual violence in 2024, with armed groups carrying out the majority of the abuse but some by government forces.
Across India, sexual violence prevails, with impunity. It's not just a legal problem
July 04, 2025 12:18 pm
India has laws. But laws are only as good as the systems that uphold them—and the values that animate them. A society that tolerates impunity, blames victims and protects the powerful cannot claim to be just
International Day of Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025: Know the date, theme, history, and significance
June 21, 2025 7:46 am
International Day of Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025: This year will mark 11th year of the observance, falling on Thursday, June 19, 2025, under the theme of Breaking the Cycle, Healing the Scars: Addressing the Intergenerational Effects of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.
French women rally to support Gisele Pelicot, woman at the centre of a mass rape trial
September 14, 2024 10:59 pm
Feminist associations have called for some 30 gatherings in cities from Marseille to Paris, where on the Place de la Republique banners read "Support to Gisele" and "Victims we believe you".
Ukraine launches national sexual assault registry for victims of Russian forces
June 19, 2024 6:43 pm
Litvinova said 303 cases of conflict-related sexual violence had been registered since the start of the full-scale invasion in early 2022, with 112 involving male and 191 involving female victims. Some of the victims have suffered from multiple assaults, she said.
Chennai man arrested for entering houses, harassing women
November 08, 2023 1:40 pm
Residents of several localities near Irumbuliyur in Tambaram had lodged a police complaint, saying that a man was spying on houses in the area. They also alleged that he had sexually abused a few women at knife-point.
Five-year-old Bihar girl’s rape-murder shakes Kerala; hundreds attend funeral
July 31, 2023 7:46 am
Hundreds of people turned up at a primary school near Aluva, where her body was placed for public homage, and at the burial ground.
Hundreds pay respects to child raped, strangulated to death in Kerala; demand death for accused
July 30, 2023 1:52 pm
Kerala police chief Shaik Darvesh Saheb had rejected the charges and said there were no lapses on behalf of the investigators.
Man booked for ‘raping’ minor, sending objectionable video to kin
July 29, 2023 8:18 am
The complainant alleged that the accused had sent her daughter’s video to her relative.
Pratiksha Baxi writes: After Manipur, disturbing questions before Supreme Court
July 26, 2023 11:37 am
Will the suffering of survivors be at the heart of judicial decision making? Or will these body blows to feminist constitutionalism remain an academic matter for jurists?
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