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May 15, 2017 Report

Central African Republic: Ugandan Troops Harm Women, Girls

Repeated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

“Karin,” a 15-year-old girl in Obo who was eight months pregnant at the time of photo.
May 5, 2017 Commentary

Indian Women Have Right to Live Without Fearing Sexual Assault

Effective Strategy Needed to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Violence

Demonstrators hold candles during a candlelight vigil for Jyoti Singh, who was gang raped on December 16, 2012 and subsequently died. © 2012 Reuters
April 24, 2017 Dispatches

Honduras Should Give Women More Access to Abortion

Lawmakers Set to Discuss Loosening Notoriously Strict Anti-Abortion Law

April 13, 2017 Dispatches

How Boosted US Defense Funds Could Support Military Rape Survivors

More Resources for Review Boards Could Aid Those Wrongfully Discharged

Gary Noling holding dogtags belonging to his daughter, Carri Goodwin, a rape victim who died of acute alcohol intoxication less than a week after receiving an Other Than Honorable discharge from the Marines.
April 4, 2017 Commentary

“My heart is always scared”: The Simmering Mental Health Crisis for Rape Victims in War

March 24, 2017 Commentary

UK must keep up pressure on Burma over rapes of women and girls

A Rohingya Muslim woman walks at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2017.
March 15, 2017 Commentary

A New Wave of Atrocities is Being Committed Against Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State

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March 7, 2017 Commentary

Kenya: Hope for Survivors of Political Violence

Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.
February 20, 2017 Report

Iraq: Sunni Women Tell of ISIS Detention, Torture

Describe Forced Marriage, Rape

A woman fleeing the fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces in Intisar neighbourhood in eastern Mosul on November 7, 2016.
February 14, 2017 Dispatches

‘I Don’t Think Her Heart Will Ever Like This Baby’

Protecting Children of Rape, the Invisible Victims of Conflict and Political Violence

Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.
February 6, 2017 News Release

Burma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls

New Eyewitness Accounts Show Systematic Attacks Based on Ethnicity, Religion

A Rohingya Muslim woman walks at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on February 4, 2017.
January 26, 2017 Dispatches

Marrying Your Rapist in Malaysia

Men Try to Avoid Rape Charges Through Forced Child Marriage

A woman walks past birdcages after she crossed the border from Malaysia into Thailand in Sungai Kolok in southern Narathiwat province March 8, 2013.
January 16, 2017 News Release

Burma: Kachin Christians Feared ‘Disappeared’

Urgently Report on Whereabouts, Well-Being; Allow UN Expert Access

January 12, 2017 News Release

Pakistan: Government Fails to Ensure Rule of Law

Women, Religious Groups, Refugees Endure Violence, Intimidation

Supporters of the Gender Interactive Alliance dance and chant slogans as they pose with a national flag ahead of the Independence Day in Karachi, August 13, 2016.
January 12, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Adopt Task Force’s Justice Proposals

Consultations Highlight Broad Accountability Concerns

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