Latest items for GEW-DATA-1
Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities" (2).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities" (2).
July 30, 2023, 5:34 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN...More than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher." (Parag. 1, 2)
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN...More than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher." (Parag. 1, 2)
July 12, 2023, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN...More than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher." (Parag. 1, 2)
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN...More than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher." (Parag. 1, 2)
June 27, 2023, 11:15 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There were no reports that the government or its agents routinely committed arbitrary or unlawful killings… There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities" (2). "The Ministry of Justice did not provide figures about prosecutions of law enforcement officers for abuse during the year" (3).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"There were no reports that the government or its agents routinely committed arbitrary or unlawful killings… There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities" (2). "The Ministry of Justice did not provide figures about prosecutions of law enforcement officers for abuse during the year" (3).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"As per the provision of the Act, the two commissions have made special arrangements to facilitate filing of complaints by children, senior citizens, PWDs and survivors of sexual violence, and to give testimony to the commission. The commissions are mandated to provide the service for witness and victim protection. The TRC has registered more than 58,000 complaints." (19).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"As per the provision of the Act, the two commissions have made special arrangements to facilitate filing of complaints by children, senior citizens, PWDs and survivors of sexual violence, and to give testimony to the commission. The commissions are mandated to provide the service for witness and victim protection. The TRC has registered more than 58,000 complaints." (19).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:42 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:41 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 10:25 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Some victims and humanitarian workers said that some gang leaders use their authority to take the virginity of any young girl in their territory. 'Women’s bodies are weaponised,' said Rosy Auguste Ducena, programmes manager at the National Human Rights Network (RNDDH). 'It’s a symptom of the trivialisation of rape.' Rape was originally used as a weapon of control before Haiti gained independence in 1804, largely by colonial powers that enslaved the population and pillaged the land." (para 39-41).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Some victims and humanitarian workers said that some gang leaders use their authority to take the virginity of any young girl in their territory. 'Women’s bodies are weaponised,' said Rosy Auguste Ducena, programmes manager at the National Human Rights Network (RNDDH). 'It’s a symptom of the trivialisation of rape.' Rape was originally used as a weapon of control before Haiti gained independence in 1804, largely by colonial powers that enslaved the population and pillaged the land." (para 39-41).
Oct. 7, 2022, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The world was horrified on Sunday by a picture taken by the photographer Mikhail Palinchak on a highway 20km outside the capital, Kyiv, in which the bodies of one man and three women were piled under a blanket. The women were naked and their bodies had been partially burned, the photographer said. The harrowing image adds to a mounting body of evidence that summary executions, rape and torture have been used against civilians in areas under Russian control since the Kremlin launched the invasion of its neighbour on 24 February." (2,3) "Rape and sexual assault are considered war crimes and a breach of international humanitarian law, and both Ukraine’s prosecutor...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The world was horrified on Sunday by a picture taken by the photographer Mikhail Palinchak on a highway 20km outside the capital, Kyiv, in which the bodies of one man and three women were piled under a blanket. The women were naked and their bodies had been partially burned, the photographer said. The harrowing image adds to a mounting body of evidence that summary executions, rape and torture have been used against civilians in areas under Russian control since the Kremlin launched the invasion of its neighbour on 24 February." (2,3) "Rape and sexual assault are considered war crimes and a breach of international humanitarian law, and both Ukraine’s prosecutor...more
June 29, 2022, 11:33 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The Committee, however, notes with concern: (a) The continuing climate of insecurity and allegations of gender-based violence being committed against women residing in conflict-affected areas, such as East Java and Papua provinces" (8).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The Committee, however, notes with concern: (a) The continuing climate of insecurity and allegations of gender-based violence being committed against women residing in conflict-affected areas, such as East Java and Papua provinces" (8).
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The audio clip opens with the blue and yellow title: 'SECURITY SERVICE INTERCEPT: Wives of Russian invaders allow their men to rape Ukrainian women.' A women's voice is then heard: 'So yeah, do it over there,' she says. It then becomes clear what she is agreeing to. 'Ukrainian women there. Rape them. Yeah. 'Don't tell me anything, understand,' she adds with a shy laugh. A man's voice is then heard. 'Uh-huh,' he says. 'So I should rape and not tell you anything,' he asks, clarifying that the woman is giving him permission. 'Yes, so that I wouldn't know anything,' the women's voice says, before they are both heard laughing this...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The audio clip opens with the blue and yellow title: 'SECURITY SERVICE INTERCEPT: Wives of Russian invaders allow their men to rape Ukrainian women.' A women's voice is then heard: 'So yeah, do it over there,' she says. It then becomes clear what she is agreeing to. 'Ukrainian women there. Rape them. Yeah. 'Don't tell me anything, understand,' she adds with a shy laugh. A man's voice is then heard. 'Uh-huh,' he says. 'So I should rape and not tell you anything,' he asks, clarifying that the woman is giving him permission. 'Yes, so that I wouldn't know anything,' the women's voice says, before they are both heard laughing this...more
March 17, 2022, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"There is a “new wave of sexual violence”, with 11 reports from different women [in Ukraine] that they were raped by Russian soldiers in Kershon [in Ukraine], confirmed by a local gynaecologist. Of those 11, only five survived. Other reports of sexual violation by troops are being picked up by the UK media."
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"There is a “new wave of sexual violence”, with 11 reports from different women [in Ukraine] that they were raped by Russian soldiers in Kershon [in Ukraine], confirmed by a local gynaecologist. Of those 11, only five survived. Other reports of sexual violation by troops are being picked up by the UK media."
Feb. 24, 2022, 10:11 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Violence against women, as well as impunity for perpetrators, continued to be a problem. Members of illegal armed groups, including former paramilitary members and guerrillas, also continued to rape and abuse women and children sexually" (24).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Violence against women, as well as impunity for perpetrators, continued to be a problem. Members of illegal armed groups, including former paramilitary members and guerrillas, also continued to rape and abuse women and children sexually" (24).
Feb. 11, 2022, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Romania
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"According to the United Nations, three allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Romanian peacekeepers reported in 2017 and 2018 were pending. All cases involved military observers deployed in UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One case involved the alleged sexual abuse (rape) of a minor...The other two cases involved alleged sexual exploitation (transactional sex)" (4).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"According to the United Nations, three allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Romanian peacekeepers reported in 2017 and 2018 were pending. All cases involved military observers deployed in UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One case involved the alleged sexual abuse (rape) of a minor...The other two cases involved alleged sexual exploitation (transactional sex)" (4).
Jan. 10, 2022, 10:08 a.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Leftist and human rights activists continued to report harassment by local security forces, including abuse of detainees by police and prison officials. Rape was not generally used as a weapon of war, but the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict identified three cases of rape by the Maute Group in 2018" (14).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Leftist and human rights activists continued to report harassment by local security forces, including abuse of detainees by police and prison officials. Rape was not generally used as a weapon of war, but the UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict identified three cases of rape by the Maute Group in 2018" (14).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Crimes against women and girls such as rape during the civil war was very common during the civil war - countless women were raped" (1).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Crimes against women and girls such as rape during the civil war was very common during the civil war - countless women were raped" (1).
July 22, 2021, 4:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In February and March 2021, Amnesty International interviewed 22 people in a cluster of villages in northern Borno State that Boko Haram has repeatedly attacked since late 2019." (Para 2) "Survivors and witnesses described attacks involving sexual violence in at least five villages in the Magumeri local government area of Borno State. During raids, usually at night, Boko Haram fighters raped women and girls who were caught at home or trying to flee" (Para 8). "The same healer had previously treated two other survivors, including one who was under 18 years old, after a Boko Haram attack on another village. She said: 'I could see the pain on their faces....more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"In February and March 2021, Amnesty International interviewed 22 people in a cluster of villages in northern Borno State that Boko Haram has repeatedly attacked since late 2019." (Para 2) "Survivors and witnesses described attacks involving sexual violence in at least five villages in the Magumeri local government area of Borno State. During raids, usually at night, Boko Haram fighters raped women and girls who were caught at home or trying to flee" (Para 8). "The same healer had previously treated two other survivors, including one who was under 18 years old, after a Boko Haram attack on another village. She said: 'I could see the pain on their faces....more
June 29, 2021, 4:07 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"During violence that followed presidential elections in 2019, police were deployed to a township in the capital Lilongwe. Security personnel used teargas and attacked the public. The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) documented accounts from women and girls from the area who said they had been sexually assaulted by officers" (para 5-6).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"During violence that followed presidential elections in 2019, police were deployed to a township in the capital Lilongwe. Security personnel used teargas and attacked the public. The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) documented accounts from women and girls from the area who said they had been sexually assaulted by officers" (para 5-6).
June 29, 2021, 11:26 a.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"As of October 24, the United Nations reported that it had received 15 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against military, police, and civilian personnel deployed with MONUSCO during the year. Nine of these cases involved allegations of transactional sex; four involved allegations of an exploitative relationship; one involved the sexual assault of a child; and one involved the alleged rape of a child. As of October 24, all investigations were pending" (p 6). "The United Nations reported that it received one allegation during the year of sexual exploitation and abuse against DRC peacekeepers serving outside the DRC. The allegation of transactional sex, alleged to have taken place at an...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"As of October 24, the United Nations reported that it had received 15 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against military, police, and civilian personnel deployed with MONUSCO during the year. Nine of these cases involved allegations of transactional sex; four involved allegations of an exploitative relationship; one involved the sexual assault of a child; and one involved the alleged rape of a child. As of October 24, all investigations were pending" (p 6). "The United Nations reported that it received one allegation during the year of sexual exploitation and abuse against DRC peacekeepers serving outside the DRC. The allegation of transactional sex, alleged to have taken place at an...more
June 25, 2021, 6:47 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The woman, 27, is among hundreds who have reported that they were subjected to horrific sexual violence by Ethiopian and allied Eritrean soldiers after fighting broke out in November in the mountainous northern region of Ethiopia. Eight other doctors at five public hospitals said most of the rape victims described their attackers as either Ethiopian government soldiers or Eritrean troops" (para 13-14). "At least 829 cases of sexual assault have been reported at the five hospitals since the conflict in Tigray began, though Fasika believes these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, especially because of the stigma surrounding rape" (para 17).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The woman, 27, is among hundreds who have reported that they were subjected to horrific sexual violence by Ethiopian and allied Eritrean soldiers after fighting broke out in November in the mountainous northern region of Ethiopia. Eight other doctors at five public hospitals said most of the rape victims described their attackers as either Ethiopian government soldiers or Eritrean troops" (para 13-14). "At least 829 cases of sexual assault have been reported at the five hospitals since the conflict in Tigray began, though Fasika believes these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, especially because of the stigma surrounding rape" (para 17).
June 25, 2021, 6:09 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"As they recuperated at home, government officials were sent to live with them to watch for signs of discontent; one woman described having to endure her minder’s groping" (para 7). "If they had too many children or refused contraceptive procedures, they faced steep fines or, worse, detention in an internment camp. In the camps, the women were at risk of even more abuse. Some former detainees say they were made to take drugs that stopped their menstrual cycles. One woman said she had been raped in a camp" (para 8). "Tursunay Ziyawudun was detained in a camp in Ili Prefecture for 10 months for traveling to Kazakhstan. She said that...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"As they recuperated at home, government officials were sent to live with them to watch for signs of discontent; one woman described having to endure her minder’s groping" (para 7). "If they had too many children or refused contraceptive procedures, they faced steep fines or, worse, detention in an internment camp. In the camps, the women were at risk of even more abuse. Some former detainees say they were made to take drugs that stopped their menstrual cycles. One woman said she had been raped in a camp" (para 8). "Tursunay Ziyawudun was detained in a camp in Ili Prefecture for 10 months for traveling to Kazakhstan. She said that...more
June 24, 2021, 5:40 p.m.
Countries: Eritrea
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3, GEW-DATA-1
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3, GEW-DATA-1
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
June 24, 2021, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Women have been gang-raped at gunpoint and men forced to rape their own family members amid a wave of horrifying sexual violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the United Nations has been told. Wafaa Said, aid coordinator in Ethiopia, told member states that more than 500 rape cases have been reported at five medical centres in the northern state - but that the true number is likely to be far higher. 'Women say they have been raped by armed actors, they also told stories of gang rape, rape in front of family members and men being forced to rape their own family members under the threat of violence,' she said" (para...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Women have been gang-raped at gunpoint and men forced to rape their own family members amid a wave of horrifying sexual violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the United Nations has been told. Wafaa Said, aid coordinator in Ethiopia, told member states that more than 500 rape cases have been reported at five medical centres in the northern state - but that the true number is likely to be far higher. 'Women say they have been raped by armed actors, they also told stories of gang rape, rape in front of family members and men being forced to rape their own family members under the threat of violence,' she said" (para...more
March 16, 2021, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
“During the Genocide, Rwandan women were subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale, perpetrated by members of the infamous Hutu militia group known as the Interahamwe. Although the exact number of women raped will never be known, a great number of them were infected with HIV/Aids” (para 23-24). “Testimonies from survivors confirm that rape was extremely widespread and that thousands of women were individually raped, gang-raped or tortured with crude objects being inserted in their private parts. These crimes were frequently part of a pattern in which Tutsi women were raped after they had witnessed the torture and killings of their relatives and the destruction and looting of their...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
“During the Genocide, Rwandan women were subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale, perpetrated by members of the infamous Hutu militia group known as the Interahamwe. Although the exact number of women raped will never be known, a great number of them were infected with HIV/Aids” (para 23-24). “Testimonies from survivors confirm that rape was extremely widespread and that thousands of women were individually raped, gang-raped or tortured with crude objects being inserted in their private parts. These crimes were frequently part of a pattern in which Tutsi women were raped after they had witnessed the torture and killings of their relatives and the destruction and looting of their...more
Feb. 15, 2021, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"One of the most infamous characteristic of the Bosnian war — the high level of violence perpetrated against women — was virtually ignored in the transitional political and economic arrangements" (para 3).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"One of the most infamous characteristic of the Bosnian war — the high level of violence perpetrated against women — was virtually ignored in the transitional political and economic arrangements" (para 3).
Feb. 10, 2021, 10:28 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"'Rape and sexual assault are being used on a mass scale as a weapon of war'" (para 6).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"'Rape and sexual assault are being used on a mass scale as a weapon of war'" (para 6).
Dec. 31, 2020, 4:42 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Earlier, in June 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a 30-year-old woman from Meerwala village of South Punjab, was allegedly gang raped on the order of the village council. The ill-fate dawned upon her after her young brother was seen with a woman of a powerful clan of the village. To avenge, the elders of the clan decided to shame the family by raping one of their women. On the insistence of village cleric, Mukhtar Mai and her family decided to report the incident to the police and a case was filed against 14 men of the village" (para 4-5).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"Earlier, in June 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a 30-year-old woman from Meerwala village of South Punjab, was allegedly gang raped on the order of the village council. The ill-fate dawned upon her after her young brother was seen with a woman of a powerful clan of the village. To avenge, the elders of the clan decided to shame the family by raping one of their women. On the insistence of village cleric, Mukhtar Mai and her family decided to report the incident to the police and a case was filed against 14 men of the village" (para 4-5).
Dec. 5, 2020, 3:42 p.m.
Countries: Liberia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
“It was the resulting sense of impunity and the legacy of the 14-year civil war between 1989 and 2003, when rape was commonplace, that had created the current problem, it said” (para 11).
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
“It was the resulting sense of impunity and the legacy of the 14-year civil war between 1989 and 2003, when rape was commonplace, that had created the current problem, it said” (para 11).