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July 27, 2016 Report

Burundi: Gang Rapes by Ruling Party Youth

Attacks by Members of Youth League, Police on Relatives of Perceived Opponents

Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village, Kigoma, in western Tanzania on May 17, 2015.

July 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: India’s Cow Hotline Underlines Misplaced Political Priorities

Authorities Should Redouble Efforts to End Abuses Against Women, Girls

Activists from All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) shout slogans as they carry placards outside the Haryana Bhawan during a protest in New Delhi, India, February 29, 2016 demanding a probe into what they said were rapes and sexual assaults in

June 21, 2016 Commentary

UN Panel Reports on ISIS Crimes on Yezidis

“Unimaginable Horrors”

June 19, 2016 Commentary

Central African Republic: Raped and Abandoned as War Rages

A sign emphasizing the importance of healthcare and protection for survivors of sexual violence at a hospital in Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic.

June 8, 2016 Impact

Holding Abusive UN Peacekeepers to Account

Women walk by a United Nations peacekeeping armored vehicle guarding the outer perimeter of a school used as an electoral center at the end of the presidential and legislative elections, in the mostly muslim PK5 neighborhood of Bangui.

June 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: US Navy to Protect Soldiers With Mental Health Conditions

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.

May 19, 2016 Witness

Witness: Raped in the US Military, Retaliated Against for Life

Liz on the day she spoke in front of Congress about rape in the military as part of Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN). Washington D.C. 2013 .

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Discounting Retaliation Against US Military Rape Victims

The Pentagon, Washington, DC, United States.

April 28, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Glimmer of Hope for US Military Rape Victims

April 28, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: How Archaic US Laws Punish Rape Victims

April 25, 2016 Letter

Letter to the Board of Directors of the ICC Trust Fund for Victims

Victims of Kenya’s Post-Election Violence in Urgent Need for Assistance

Kamene F. stands outside her house in a slum in Nairobi with her 7-year-old son born from rape.

April 18, 2016 Commentary

Yezidi Women After Slavery: Trauma

April 14, 2016 Commentary

Why has the World Forgotten Islamic State's Female Sex Slaves?

A Sunni Muslim woman who fled the Islamic State's strongholds.

April 5, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Women Suffer Under ISIS

For Sunnis, Lives Curtailed; for Yezidis, New Accounts of Brutal Rapes

April 1, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The Kenyan President’s Failed Promises to Rape Victims

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

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