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RAPE

Swedish prosecutors interview new witnesses in Assange rape case
Article
/ 9 September 2019

Swedish prosecutors interview new witnesses in Assange rape case

Swedish prosecutors said a total of seven witnesses had been interviewed over the summer

By Agency
Swedish prosecutors interview new witnesses in Assange case
Article
/ 9 September 2019

Swedish prosecutors interview new witnesses in Assange case

The Swedish investigation concerns events which took place in August 2010 when a Swedish woman accused Assange of rape

By Agency
The other Goliath trips up but dusts himself off
Article
/ 7 September 2019

The other Goliath trips up but dusts himself off

In a country still smouldering from its self-immolation, how does a comedian stick to the ideals of his craft, which demand he speaks his truth

By Kwanele Sosibo
The chain between words and violence
Article
/ 6 September 2019

The chain between words and violence

Boys should be taught how to speak to and about women, because language  informs mindsets

By Eusebius McKaiser
Rape stats unreliable
Article
/ 6 September 2019

Rape stats unreliable

South Africa has the highest rape numbers in the world

By Jacques Coetzee 1
Violence erodes democracy and rights
Article
/ 6 September 2019

Violence erodes democracy and rights

We must create cultures and norms
in all spheres of society that condemn gendered attacks

By Danielle Hoffmeester
Ramaphosa calls for calm amid protests against gender-based violence, promises action
Article
/ 5 September 2019

Ramaphosa calls for calm amid protests against gender-based violence, promises action

The president says the state should oppose bail and parole for rapists and killers of women and children

By Lester Kiewit
Women must be allowed to determine their own future
Article
/ 30 August 2019

Women must be allowed to determine their own future

Women can best express their problems and solutions to the system we have today

By Vuyolwethu Zungula 1
Men should embrace feminism
Article
/ 16 August 2019

Men should embrace feminism

The feminist project is about equality and justice for all human beings, including men and boys

By Eusebius McKaiser
Rapists who prey on the mentally ill
Article
/ 29 July 2019

Rapists who prey on the mentally ill

Mentally ill men and women are easy targets for rapists, who are often known to them, and they don’t always report such incidents through fear

By Rolivhuwa Sadiki
Cristiano Ronaldo will not face rape charges in US
Article
/ 23 July 2019

Cristiano Ronaldo will not face rape charges in US

A district attorney in the state of Nevada said it would not prosecute the Portugueseplayer because it cannot be proven that sexual assault occurred.

By Andrew Marszal
Yes, victims can bring Gambia’s dictator to justice
Article
/ 20 July 2019

Yes, victims can bring Gambia’s dictator to justice

Gambian President Adama Barrow has said that he will await the report of the country’s truth commission before pursuing Jammeh’s possible extradition

By Reed Brody and Comment Author
R. Kelly arrested on child pornography charges: report
Article
/ 12 July 2019

R. Kelly arrested on child pornography charges: report

Kelly has a decades-long history of abuse allegations, especially of underage girls, and was acquitted in a child porn trial over a decade ago

By Agency
Nigeria’s poisonous patriarchy
Africa
/ 2 July 2019

Nigeria’s poisonous patriarchy

Many in Nigeria believe that familial and even societal honor depends on women’s complicity, purity, and silence

By Ibitoye Segun Emmanuel
Former Gambian dictator Jammeh was a ‘serial sexual predator’
Africa
/ 26 June 2019

Former Gambian dictator Jammeh was a ‘serial sexual predator’

Former president Yahya Jammeh allegedly used his position to rape and sexually assault young women, claims new report

By Simon Allison
There’s another, more prevalent violence at schools
Article
/ 21 June 2019

There’s another, more prevalent violence at schools

The minute girls walk into the school environment, they face numerous difficulties, including discrimination on the basis of sex

By Siphokuhle Mkancu
In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war
Africa
/ 27 April 2019

In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war

70% of all illness deaths are due to easily treatable malaria, acute watery diarrhoea and respiratory infections in Udier Village

By Agency
UN backs weakened resolution on sexual violence in conflicts
Article
/ 24 April 2019

UN backs weakened resolution on sexual violence in conflicts

Washington threatened a veto if the text spoke of reproductive rights

By Philippe Rater
The village where men are banned
Article
/ 2 April 2019

The village where men are banned

Inside the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence.

By Julie Bindel and Bhekisisa Team
Widespread torture and rape documented in Libya’s refugee camps
Africa
/ 28 March 2019

Widespread torture and rape documented in Libya’s refugee camps

An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found.

By Nermin Ismail
W. Cape education dept clarifies school rape incident
Article
/ 20 March 2019

W. Cape education dept clarifies school rape incident

The Western Cape education department responds to an article in the Mail & Guardian

By Western Cape Education and Department 1
Silence cloaks boy-on-boy sex abuse
Article
/ 8 February 2019

Silence cloaks boy-on-boy sex abuse

What the effect will be is not yet known but the children themselves will never be the same again

By Carl Collison
Omotoso rape trial postponed pending ConCourt outcome
Article
/ 4 February 2019

Omotoso rape trial postponed pending ConCourt outcome

Controversial televangelist Timothy Omotoso applied last year to have the judge presiding over his trial recused

By Mashadi Kekana
Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape claim — security sources
Article
/ 22 January 2019

Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape claim — security sources

A woman has accused Brown, alongside with his bodyguard and a friend, of raping her in the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Paris

By Agency
A lone gay man says ‘enough’ to hate rapes in Cape wheatlands
Videos
/ 16 January 2019

A lone gay man says ‘enough’ to hate rapes in Cape wheatlands

Marchillino Ambraal explains why he refuses to drop charges against the gang members who have been terrorising the community in which he lives.

By Carl Collison
Soaring sexual violence pushes Sierra Leone to face ‘rape culture’
Africa
/ 14 January 2019

Soaring sexual violence pushes Sierra Leone to face ‘rape culture’

Many attacks go unpunished, and those that are reported often fail to end in indictments or make it through the judicial system, rights groups say

By Saidu Bah
A lone gay man says ‘enough’ to hate rapes in Cape wheatlands
Article
/ 11 January 2019

A lone gay man says ‘enough’ to hate rapes in Cape wheatlands

After ​Marchillino Ambraal was gang-raped a second time and a friend was killed, he wants to see justice done

By Carl Collison
‘I didn’t think it was necessary to use condoms because I was only 15.’
Article
/ 14 December 2018

‘I didn’t think it was necessary to use condoms because I was only 15.’

This province reported skyrocketing rates of teen pregnancy but behind the figures lies a story about sex, knowledge and data.

By Joan Van Dyk
Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege?
Africa
/ 10 December 2018

Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege?

The gynecologist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping victims of sexual violence in the DRC

By Deutsche Welle 1
Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime — Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege
Africa
/ 9 December 2018

Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime — Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege

The Congolese doctor won the Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war and is considered an expert on gang rape in conflict

By Kelly Macnamara and Pierre-Henry Deshayes
A humane court is not a bad court
Article
/ 26 October 2018

A humane court is not a bad court

A lawyer can be tough in their cross-examination of a rape survivor without retraumatising them

By Eusebius McKaiser
Lawyers differ over rape grilling
Article
/ 19 October 2018

Lawyers differ over rape grilling

​Counsel for rape accused Timothy Omotoso has faced outrage for his cross-examination of Cheryl Zondi

By Sarah Smit
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