Sexual violence
Educational institutions seeing increase in sexual violence - Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele on Friday said that certain categories of sexual offences recorded had decreased while other categories were on the increase.
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Nigerians mass online to demand '#justice' for abuses
The latest outpouring of anger has been unleashed by the cases of three women and girls who were killed or raped in incidents activists say showcase the sexual violence and police brutality widespread in Nigeria.
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Soaring sexual violence pushes S.Leone to face 'rape culture'
Thousands of children and young girls were raped last year in Sierra Leone - a silent epidemic of suffering in one of the world's poorest countries.
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Hundreds march in Sierra Leone against sexual violence
The first ladies of Liberia, Niger, Ghana, Chad and Gambia gave their backing to the initiative.
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[OPINION] Sexual violence as weapon of war: Why Nobel Prize for Peace matters
Forms of conflict-related sexual violence include – but are not limited to – rape, forced pregnancy, slavery and torture.
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Nobel Peace Prize to honour champions of struggle against sexual violence
Murad and Mukwege will be jointly presented with the prize in Oslo after they were announced as winners by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October.
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[ANALYSIS] Nobel Peace Prize awarded for campaigns against sexual violence
This year's prize recognises that violence against women has become a weapon of war.
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Dept of Higher Education to host summit on sexual violence at universities
Minister Naledi Pandor recently revealed over 40 incidents of sexual violence were reported on campuses last year.
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Angelina Jolie urges Nato to tackle sexual violence in war
Jolie made her appeal to the US-led alliance’s top decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, in Brussels, and later met Nato military commanders.
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Angelina Jolie urges UN to crack down on sexual violence
Angelina Jolie referenced the recent sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood while asking United Nations peacekeepers to crack down on sexual violence
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[OPINION] Sexual violence is a ‘global pandemic’
Gender-based violence transcends national borders and class boundaries to touch the lives of roughly 33% of all women worldwide.
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Feminist icons join bid to upend Congo's rape capital reputation
More than 400,000 women are raped in Congo every year, and much of the sexual violence is considered to be a by-product of years of fighting.
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[OPINION] Women in power are complicit in SA’s gender-based violence
South Africa has one of the worst records of violence against women in the world. But not all women in the country seem to want to change this.
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[ANALYSIS] Why home is the most dangerous place for women
Nearly a third of women worldwide in intimate relationships will experience violence at the hands of their partners.
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[ANALYSIS] The UN’s problem: it’s not just gender violence, it’s child rape
The UN has confirmed that UN staff perpetrated 145 cases of sexual exploitation and abuse involving 311 victims in 2016 alone, with many of them children.
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[FACT CHECK] Unpacking levels of child sexual abuse in SA
Africa Checks looks at the claim by an SA activist that a quarter of girls and 17% of boys would be sexually abused before their 18th birthday.
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Kenyan female survivors of sexual violence live harmoniously in all-woman village
Umoja a town located outside of Nairobi was founded by a group of Samburu women in 1990.
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#RedMyLips: Anti–rape campaign aims to end victim blaming
The global campaign against sexual violence begins tomorrow.
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OPINION: Rape in SA - Why the system is failing women
Numerous studies have unmasked examples of misogynist stereotyping within police ranks.
