Was Tess Durbeyfield raped or seduced? The answer depends on which version of Tess of the D'Urbervilles we refer to. For all the changes Thomas Hardy has made to the story, and the web of...
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Afghanistan’s policewomen suffer sexual assault by male colleagues, often inside police stations, a rights group said on Thursday, calling for women-only toilets and changing facilities to curb...
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I have always been a huge believer in free trade, but I did not expect that humans could be traded like some kind of merchandise as well. This report certainly raises our awareness of sex slavery...
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For the past nine months the Vine Church has been researching this issue as background for our project STOP (Stop sex trafficking of people) which is preparing a draft legislative framework more...
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The majority of sex-crime victims never tell the police. Only about half of such reports result in a case going to court. And, in all but one of the past 12 years, the majority of rape cases that...
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Whether it is India, Hong Kong, Australia or the US, the question of how women should dress or what clothes are "provocative" has been raised in cases of rape or molestation.
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Every Wednesday a group of elderly Korean women hold a meeting in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. They are the few surviving "comfort women", victims of Japanese colonisation, and they...
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, after years of legal battles, released files on on Thursday of priests accused of molesting children and removed a top clergyman who had been linked to...
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The gang rape and subsequent death of the 23-year-old student in New Delhi last month sparked large-scale protests in India and outrage elsewhere. The widespread discrimination and violence...
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The rape of a young Indian medical student who subsequently died from her injuries unleashed heartfelt angry street demonstrations, especially from women who have suffered sexual abuse, along with...
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The recent gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in Delhi has rocked India. While India's economic growth may be slowing, there has been no such effect on the growth in the number of rapes...
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Sporting a long leather coat and jeans as well as a headscarf, Soosan Feroz looks like many modern women in Kabul.
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