Myanmar’s Rohingya Abandoned After Rapes
Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped ...
Tag: Wartime sexual violence
Japan Protests S.Korea’s ‘comfort Women’ Heritage Bid
Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with South Korea over its support for registering with the United Nations documents related ...
Rape On the Rise At Ledzokuku-Krowor
Women and young girls in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipality (LEKMA) in the Greater Accra Region continue to live in fear of ...
S.Korea, Japan Seek To Lower Tensions Over ‘comfort Women’
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with a senior South Korean envoy on Thursday, as the two countries try to ...
French Prosecutors Want Central Africa Child-Rape Case Dropped
Prosecutors in Paris have called for the case to be dropped against French soldiers facing allegations they raped children in ...
China ‘comfort Women’ History Buried As Brothels Fall
With its red-painted window frames and sooty facade, the empty two-storey building on Gongping Road is typical of many of ...
#BringBackOurGirls and Violent Exploitation of Women in Conflict Zones
The well publicized campaign #bringbackourgirls helped to bring global attention to the often ignored issue of sexual and gender based ...