A Malaysian MP has drawn outrage for saying it can be OK for rapists to marry their victims and that some 12-year-old girls were "physically and spiritually" ready to get married. Shabudin Yahaya...
A German tourist has accused two men of taking her captive and raping her in southern India, police said Monday, just weeks after the rape and murder of an Irish woman in Goa. The woman told police...
Europe is becoming the global hub for the hosting of child sexual abuse images and videos, suggests a report. The annual report by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found that 60% of worldwide...
Chicago police have arrested a 14-year-old boy in a group sexual assault on a teenage girl that was broadcast on Facebook live. The teen faces charges including aggravated criminal sexual assault and...
When a new style of seat suddenly appeared on Mexico City's metro system, it was labelled as inappropriate, uncomfortable, humiliating and embarrassing. It was supposed to be. The seat, moulded to...
Police in Chicago arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the alleged gang rape of a teenage girl that was broadcast on Facebook Live, police and local news reported. "CPD arrested 1st of...
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remanded one William Kwasi Okyere, a driver into police custody for defiling a 14 year-old girl at Teshie in Accra. William pleaded not guilty to the charge and was...
120 million Africans are on social media. 1.5 million of them are in Ghana. That is power. It connects us, engages us and enables us to share information, tell stories and totally reimagine our...
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the arrest of the Administrator of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for releasing an accused person who was referred to the facility for medical care. The...
A Circuit Court in Accra has acquitted and discharged the 26-year-old student Queenie Akuffo who was facing trial for allegedly sexually assaulting her co-tenant with a dildo. The judge Abena Adjin...
Gender Minister, Otiko Djaba, says there is nothing wrong with her advice to girls that inappropriate dressing could invite rape. She said, contrary to criticisms that the advice reflected a warped...
Prompted by a huge scandal that shook US gymnastics, several senators on Tuesday pushed for a bill that would criminalize the failure of amateur athletics governing bodies to report suspected sex...
Social media has been abuzz with reactions from the public regarding Otiko Djaba’s rape comments, but the Gender Minister has this to say… Minister of Gender and social Protection has responded...
Dear Otiko! It was shocking to read portions of the speech you gave to the impressionable girls at the Krobo Girls Secondary School over the weekend. You took my breathe away when I saw you on TV...
Gender minister Otiko Djaba has justified her call for school girls to desist from wearing skimpy dresses because they appeal to rapists. According to her, the caution was a sincere advice from a...
Dear Otiko! It was shocking to read portions of the speech you gave to the impressionable girls at the Krobo Girls Secondary School over the weekend. You took my breathe away when I saw you on TV...
Would you say the nature of a lady's dress has the potential to attract rapists? In other words, can a lady be handing out invitations to rapists based on how she dresses? Well, the subject matter...
Otiko’s rape comments seem to have taken people’s mind back to the ugly scenarios, where female rape victims are subjected to horrible stigma by the public who misjudge their predicament....
The Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, over the weekend urged girls not to “attract” rape by wearing provocative clothing to the outrage of some Ghanaians. During her...
A boy of 10 was forced to lie face down while his mother was subjected to a four-hour rape ordeal in a Johannesburg taxi, reports from South Africa say. He and his mother were allegedly tricked into...
