Latest items for LRW-PRACTICE-1
Oct. 22, 2024, 11 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Gold, cash, property, cars and women’s salaries are being demanded by the families of some grooms in the South Asian-Australian community, despite dowries being banned in India. Demands for gifts 'were continuous and abusive, including instances of sexual extortion', research on Australia’s community of Indian and South Asian people has found" (para 1-2). "A 2018 Senate inquiry into dowry abuse heard it had resulted in violence, extortion and a spate of suicides and murders" (para 19).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Gold, cash, property, cars and women’s salaries are being demanded by the families of some grooms in the South Asian-Australian community, despite dowries being banned in India. Demands for gifts 'were continuous and abusive, including instances of sexual extortion', research on Australia’s community of Indian and South Asian people has found" (para 1-2). "A 2018 Senate inquiry into dowry abuse heard it had resulted in violence, extortion and a spate of suicides and murders" (para 19).
Oct. 18, 2024, 10:24 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Non-consensually removing a condom during sex — an act known as 'stealthing' — is set to be criminalised in South Australia, with those found guilty facing penalties of up to life imprisonment. A bill to outlaw the practice, reportedly committed against one in three women, yesterday passed SA parliament's upper house, and is now set to pass the lower house with government support" (1-2).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Non-consensually removing a condom during sex — an act known as 'stealthing' — is set to be criminalised in South Australia, with those found guilty facing penalties of up to life imprisonment. A bill to outlaw the practice, reportedly committed against one in three women, yesterday passed SA parliament's upper house, and is now set to pass the lower house with government support" (1-2).
Oct. 17, 2024, 6:46 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"According to a report by The Telegraph, the victims of sexual abuse said that after they sought help from the military’s departments of community mental health (DCMH), they were 'written off' with emotional disorders. The women were later eventually medically discharged" (par. 2). "The chief executive of Salute Her UK, a charity organisation working to assist military women who have experienced sexual assault, Paula Edwards said that victims are being 'overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed' to get rid of the problem" (par. 4).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"According to a report by The Telegraph, the victims of sexual abuse said that after they sought help from the military’s departments of community mental health (DCMH), they were 'written off' with emotional disorders. The women were later eventually medically discharged" (par. 2). "The chief executive of Salute Her UK, a charity organisation working to assist military women who have experienced sexual assault, Paula Edwards said that victims are being 'overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed' to get rid of the problem" (par. 4).
Oct. 17, 2024, 6:44 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
""The ONS said: 'The increases in police recorded sexual offences seen in recent years largely reflect improvements made by the police in how they record these crimes and an increased willingness of victims to come forward and report.' It added that high-profile incidents, media coverage and campaigns are 'likely to have affected people's willingness to report both recent and historical incidents'" (par. 10-11). This demonstrates that there has been an increase in enforcement of laws against rape and it has become more acceptable to report (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
""The ONS said: 'The increases in police recorded sexual offences seen in recent years largely reflect improvements made by the police in how they record these crimes and an increased willingness of victims to come forward and report.' It added that high-profile incidents, media coverage and campaigns are 'likely to have affected people's willingness to report both recent and historical incidents'" (par. 10-11). This demonstrates that there has been an increase in enforcement of laws against rape and it has become more acceptable to report (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Society and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being assaulted and are expected to sacrifice freedom and opportunity in exchange for personal safety. This culture contaminates public life — in movies and television; in bedrooms, where female sexual consent is unknown; in the locker room talk from which young boys learn the language of rape. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent" (Para 4). "Indian men may face persecution because they are Muslims, Dalits (untouchables) or ethnic minorities or for daring to challenge the corrupt powers that be. Indian women suffer because they...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Society and government institutions often excuse and protect men from the consequences of their sexual violence. Women are blamed for being assaulted and are expected to sacrifice freedom and opportunity in exchange for personal safety. This culture contaminates public life — in movies and television; in bedrooms, where female sexual consent is unknown; in the locker room talk from which young boys learn the language of rape. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent" (Para 4). "Indian men may face persecution because they are Muslims, Dalits (untouchables) or ethnic minorities or for daring to challenge the corrupt powers that be. Indian women suffer because they...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:08 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women" (para 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-1
"Women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be heard, which will increase the deepening violence against women" (para 6).
Oct. 11, 2024, 5:16 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Women brought together by FiLiA at Cardiff in 2022, demand the following; 1. An end to the use of Community Resolution Orders for all offences of sexual assault. It is outrageous and a public scandal that police forces are using Community Resolution Orders as an outcome for sexual offences, sometimes even in cases of rape. Offenders given such an order can be dealt with by receiving advice, providing an apology to their victim, or ‘repairing or paying’ for damage done. This must stop. Community Resolution Orders are In the words of the College of Policing, the body responsible for setting standards for the police service in the UK, 'a...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Women brought together by FiLiA at Cardiff in 2022, demand the following; 1. An end to the use of Community Resolution Orders for all offences of sexual assault. It is outrageous and a public scandal that police forces are using Community Resolution Orders as an outcome for sexual offences, sometimes even in cases of rape. Offenders given such an order can be dealt with by receiving advice, providing an apology to their victim, or ‘repairing or paying’ for damage done. This must stop. Community Resolution Orders are In the words of the College of Policing, the body responsible for setting standards for the police service in the UK, 'a...more
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
In the conflict in the DRC, people rape women in front of their children. Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. There are four steps to helping these women: psychological help, judicial help (they go after their aggressors), medical help, and reintegration back into society. The first step is psychological help. Because the women who have been raped or experienced sexual violence are very traumatized, they don’t respond when they see a man. They scream and run and try to hide. Thus, in Kinshasa and in the provinces, the...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
In the conflict in the DRC, people rape women in front of their children. Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. There are four steps to helping these women: psychological help, judicial help (they go after their aggressors), medical help, and reintegration back into society. The first step is psychological help. Because the women who have been raped or experienced sexual violence are very traumatized, they don’t respond when they see a man. They scream and run and try to hide. Thus, in Kinshasa and in the provinces, the...more
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The Spotlight Initiative is in the process of updating the guidelines of the referral and counter referral system for violence against women which was developed under the 2014 BA1 project. The update is deemed as important since the Sexual and Reproductive Health Assessment (2018) conducted by UNFPA raised concerns that females and males with disabilities were experiencing high rates of forced sex. Therefore, the updated referral system will include vulnerable social groups such as persons with disabilities" (9).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The Spotlight Initiative is in the process of updating the guidelines of the referral and counter referral system for violence against women which was developed under the 2014 BA1 project. The update is deemed as important since the Sexual and Reproductive Health Assessment (2018) conducted by UNFPA raised concerns that females and males with disabilities were experiencing high rates of forced sex. Therefore, the updated referral system will include vulnerable social groups such as persons with disabilities" (9).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, [The School of Judicial Studies] adopted a working protocol for virtual hearings in the criminal justice system and a protocol for virtual hearings with a victim-centred approach in coordination with magistrates’ courts, tribunals and courts specialized in trying the crime of femicide, sexual violence and other forms of violence against women. From 2020 to November 2021, the courts responsible for trying cases of femicide and other forms of violence against women held 12,560 virtual hearings" (3).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2020, [The School of Judicial Studies] adopted a working protocol for virtual hearings in the criminal justice system and a protocol for virtual hearings with a victim-centred approach in coordination with magistrates’ courts, tribunals and courts specialized in trying the crime of femicide, sexual violence and other forms of violence against women. From 2020 to November 2021, the courts responsible for trying cases of femicide and other forms of violence against women held 12,560 virtual hearings" (3).
April 30, 2024, 5:55 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"South Africa has notoriously high levels of violence against women. The country has among the highest rape incidences in the world. In the first quarter of 2022 alone, police figures showed that 10,818 rape cases were reported" (para 4) If rape is being reported at such an incredibly high rate in just one quarter, it must mean that laws against rape are not being properly enforced (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "She argued that interventions focusing on ontological violence – men’s sense of entitlement to women’s bodies and hypermasculinity – were key. Ontological violence is difficult to address, however, because its origins are diffuse" (para 6).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"South Africa has notoriously high levels of violence against women. The country has among the highest rape incidences in the world. In the first quarter of 2022 alone, police figures showed that 10,818 rape cases were reported" (para 4) If rape is being reported at such an incredibly high rate in just one quarter, it must mean that laws against rape are not being properly enforced (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "She argued that interventions focusing on ontological violence – men’s sense of entitlement to women’s bodies and hypermasculinity – were key. Ontological violence is difficult to address, however, because its origins are diffuse" (para 6).
April 9, 2024, 10:09 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The recommendations presented to the justice minister come after a series of rape acquittals that sparked outcry, and will form the basis for draft amendments that could be enacted by parliament later this year" (para 3). "Japanese protestors take to streets of Tokyo amid a series of acquittals in rape cases" (para 6). "Protesters gather at the rally called 'Flower Demo' to criticise acquittals in court cases of alleged rape in Japan" (para 8). "This has meant even teen rape survivors face the same high bars to prosecuting perpetrators that adults do" (para 10). "In practice, regional ordinances banning 'lewd' acts with minors are sometimes seen as effectively raising the...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The recommendations presented to the justice minister come after a series of rape acquittals that sparked outcry, and will form the basis for draft amendments that could be enacted by parliament later this year" (para 3). "Japanese protestors take to streets of Tokyo amid a series of acquittals in rape cases" (para 6). "Protesters gather at the rally called 'Flower Demo' to criticise acquittals in court cases of alleged rape in Japan" (para 8). "This has meant even teen rape survivors face the same high bars to prosecuting perpetrators that adults do" (para 10). "In practice, regional ordinances banning 'lewd' acts with minors are sometimes seen as effectively raising the...more
April 9, 2024, 9:31 p.m.
Countries: Cuba
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"January has once again raised the dust and sadness of the pending debts on gender-based violence in Cuba. The discussion, at least on social networks, has brought back the issue of a comprehensive law against gender-based violence, shelters, the level of severity in sentences, impunity, the invisibility of disappeared women, the lack of accompaniment of the institutions involved and the scant coverage in the press" (para 1).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"January has once again raised the dust and sadness of the pending debts on gender-based violence in Cuba. The discussion, at least on social networks, has brought back the issue of a comprehensive law against gender-based violence, shelters, the level of severity in sentences, impunity, the invisibility of disappeared women, the lack of accompaniment of the institutions involved and the scant coverage in the press" (para 1).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Girls are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, in school by teachers" (10). "Women working in artisanal mining are forced into prostitution and are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence" (15). "The environmental and sanitary impacts of the industrial exploitation of copper and cobalt from the Frontier Mine, near Sakania, lead to the drying up of the river, affecting access for women and girls to safe water and to education, exposing them to rape and sexual violence and depriving them of their incomes earned from their agricultural activities" (16).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Girls are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, in school by teachers" (10). "Women working in artisanal mining are forced into prostitution and are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence" (15). "The environmental and sanitary impacts of the industrial exploitation of copper and cobalt from the Frontier Mine, near Sakania, lead to the drying up of the river, affecting access for women and girls to safe water and to education, exposing them to rape and sexual violence and depriving them of their incomes earned from their agricultural activities" (16).
Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Whilst women hotel workers across the world face a disproportionate risk of gender-based violence compared to other industries, rights groups say that those working in Qatar could find it particularly difficult to report the abuse they may face. A report published this year by Equidem, a labor rights organization, said gender-based violence and harassment are 'a fact of life for women' at some Fifa World Cup hotel partners. Equidem’s researchers contacted more than 800 migrant workers across the region, male and female, but only 10% agreed to have their experiences recorded" (para 20). "The country’s penal code also criminalises sex outside marriage. Police often do not believe women who report...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Whilst women hotel workers across the world face a disproportionate risk of gender-based violence compared to other industries, rights groups say that those working in Qatar could find it particularly difficult to report the abuse they may face. A report published this year by Equidem, a labor rights organization, said gender-based violence and harassment are 'a fact of life for women' at some Fifa World Cup hotel partners. Equidem’s researchers contacted more than 800 migrant workers across the region, male and female, but only 10% agreed to have their experiences recorded" (para 20). "The country’s penal code also criminalises sex outside marriage. Police often do not believe women who report...more
Feb. 16, 2024, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"This small measure would leave the existing ban for most women, as only a tiny percentage of rape survivors seek out medical attention" (para 8). "More complicated is the issue of femicide, which preliminary data shows continues at a slightly reduced rate under Castro’s government compared with last year. Two bills aimed at combatting violence against women have so far stalled in Congress" (para 11).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"This small measure would leave the existing ban for most women, as only a tiny percentage of rape survivors seek out medical attention" (para 8). "More complicated is the issue of femicide, which preliminary data shows continues at a slightly reduced rate under Castro’s government compared with last year. Two bills aimed at combatting violence against women have so far stalled in Congress" (para 11).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:38 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
""Yasmin Sooka said the incidents of gang rapes have been happening from 2013" (para 1). "A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3). "'Nowhere in the world do you find so many women who experience conflict by being repeatedly gang raped... while the men responsible are promoted and rewarded,' said Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the panel" (para 5). "'This year we have seen the most dehumanising...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
""Yasmin Sooka said the incidents of gang rapes have been happening from 2013" (para 1). "A UN panel of experts on human rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and prosecute top officials for their alleged role in sexual violence. It said the government should immediately remove from office and investigate state governors and county commissioners linked to systematic rape" (para 2-3). "'Nowhere in the world do you find so many women who experience conflict by being repeatedly gang raped... while the men responsible are promoted and rewarded,' said Yasmin Sooka, the chairperson of the panel" (para 5). "'This year we have seen the most dehumanising...more
Feb. 5, 2024, 1:29 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The United States welcomes the first verdict issued by the Special Criminal Court (SCC) on October 31 against Issa Sallet Adoum, Yaouba Ousmane, and Mahamat Tahir, all members of the rebel group known as 3R. In the judgment, the accused were convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes for severe violence committed in a massacre of at least 46 civilians in May 2019. The verdict, which is subject to appeal, comes on the heels of other successes for the SCC and Central African authorities, including the arrest of two former Central African Armed Forces members and one ex-Séléka militia general on charges of crimes against humanity. The achievements of...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The United States welcomes the first verdict issued by the Special Criminal Court (SCC) on October 31 against Issa Sallet Adoum, Yaouba Ousmane, and Mahamat Tahir, all members of the rebel group known as 3R. In the judgment, the accused were convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes for severe violence committed in a massacre of at least 46 civilians in May 2019. The verdict, which is subject to appeal, comes on the heels of other successes for the SCC and Central African authorities, including the arrest of two former Central African Armed Forces members and one ex-Séléka militia general on charges of crimes against humanity. The achievements of...more
Feb. 4, 2024, 5:28 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"But it has also revised the scope of potential minimum and maximum prison sentences, allowing some convicted sex offenders to appeal against their sentences and have them reduced. By the end of December, 129 convicted offenders had benefited from the sentencing changes" (para 13).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"But it has also revised the scope of potential minimum and maximum prison sentences, allowing some convicted sex offenders to appeal against their sentences and have them reduced. By the end of December, 129 convicted offenders had benefited from the sentencing changes" (para 13).
Jan. 31, 2024, 12:37 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"A disabled 14-year-old who was raped by her own uncle has been refused an abortion in Poland, sparking outrage in the conservative country" (para 1).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"A disabled 14-year-old who was raped by her own uncle has been refused an abortion in Poland, sparking outrage in the conservative country" (para 1).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-2
"[W]ar crimes, including sexual crimes [are slowly persecuted]" (4).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-2
"[W]ar crimes, including sexual crimes [are slowly persecuted]" (4).
Jan. 28, 2024, 7:26 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"PORT-AU-PRINCE/GENEVA (14 October 2022) - Children as young as 10 and elderly women have been subjected to sexual violence – including collective rapes for hours in front of their parents or children by more than half a dozen armed elements – amid an explosion of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a UN human rights report published today finds" (para 1). '"Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear, and alarmingly the number of cases increases by the day as the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti deepens,' Nada Al-Nashif, the Acting Human Rights Chief said" (para 3). "The report painstakingly documents sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"PORT-AU-PRINCE/GENEVA (14 October 2022) - Children as young as 10 and elderly women have been subjected to sexual violence – including collective rapes for hours in front of their parents or children by more than half a dozen armed elements – amid an explosion of gang violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, a UN human rights report published today finds" (para 1). '"Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear, and alarmingly the number of cases increases by the day as the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti deepens,' Nada Al-Nashif, the Acting Human Rights Chief said" (para 3). "The report painstakingly documents sexual crimes perpetrated against women, girls and boys...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:54 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"'I was sentenced and put in prison for choices I made — I was not sent to prison to be raped and abused,' said Briane Moore, who was repeatedly assaulted by an official at a women’s prison in West Virginia who threatened to block a transfer to a facility closer to her family if she resisted (para 5). "A committee analysis of court filings and prison records over the past decade found that male and female inmates had made 5,415 allegations of sexual abuse against prison employees, of which 586 were later substantiated by investigators" (para 8). "'Our findings are deeply disturbing and demonstrate, in my view, that the B.O.P....more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"'I was sentenced and put in prison for choices I made — I was not sent to prison to be raped and abused,' said Briane Moore, who was repeatedly assaulted by an official at a women’s prison in West Virginia who threatened to block a transfer to a facility closer to her family if she resisted (para 5). "A committee analysis of court filings and prison records over the past decade found that male and female inmates had made 5,415 allegations of sexual abuse against prison employees, of which 586 were later substantiated by investigators" (para 8). "'Our findings are deeply disturbing and demonstrate, in my view, that the B.O.P....more
Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The full, unqualified repeal of marital immunity for rape will equally protect all women from sexual abuse, regardless of their relationship to the perpetrator" (35).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"The full, unqualified repeal of marital immunity for rape will equally protect all women from sexual abuse, regardless of their relationship to the perpetrator" (35).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"It would be a setback if the jilbab rule is to be amended. Our girls will go back to being naked. It will increase rape cases" (59). It is implied that removing the jilbab will result in an increase in rape occurrences of girls (MV-coder comment).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"It would be a setback if the jilbab rule is to be amended. Our girls will go back to being naked. It will increase rape cases" (59). It is implied that removing the jilbab will result in an increase in rape occurrences of girls (MV-coder comment).
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"As Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women’s bodies in their war for control" (para 5). "'They’re running out of tools to control people,' said Renata Segura, deputy director for Latin America and the Caribbean for International Crisis Group. 'They extort, but there’s only so much money that can be extorted from people that are really poor. This is the one thing they have they can inflict on the population'" (para 11). "That fear has rippled across Port-au-Prince. Parents hesitate to send their children to school, worried they could be...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"As Haiti’s toxic slate of gangs continue to plunder the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation, kidnapping, displacing and extorting civilians with nothing left to give, they are increasingly weaponizing women’s bodies in their war for control" (para 5). "'They’re running out of tools to control people,' said Renata Segura, deputy director for Latin America and the Caribbean for International Crisis Group. 'They extort, but there’s only so much money that can be extorted from people that are really poor. This is the one thing they have they can inflict on the population'" (para 11). "That fear has rippled across Port-au-Prince. Parents hesitate to send their children to school, worried they could be...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
“Ana hasn't been able to sleep properly since she heard about the ministry's abolition. She credits it with saving her life. From a safe house, she recounts - in a voice so quiet it is almost inaudible - how she was failed by everyone in her life she trusted to protect her. Six years ago, she was raped by her college professor. When she called her father to tell him, he hung up the phone. She had brought the family shame, he told her” (para 21). “Then last month, Yuna, the bank clerk, got a call from the government. Their investigation concluded the bank had broken the law, by committing...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
“Ana hasn't been able to sleep properly since she heard about the ministry's abolition. She credits it with saving her life. From a safe house, she recounts - in a voice so quiet it is almost inaudible - how she was failed by everyone in her life she trusted to protect her. Six years ago, she was raped by her college professor. When she called her father to tell him, he hung up the phone. She had brought the family shame, he told her” (para 21). “Then last month, Yuna, the bank clerk, got a call from the government. Their investigation concluded the bank had broken the law, by committing...more
Oct. 5, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Women who manage to get informal work, at neighbourhood restaurants for example, are often abused. We have heard of cases where women have been groped and raped. Bosses know the women would struggle to find work elsewhere. The victims do not report their employers because they need the work" (para 18, 19). Since the power dynamics between employer and employee are this abusive, and victims are severely disincentivized from reporting their abuse, we can assume that the proper enforcement of sexual assault is not carried out (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Women who manage to get informal work, at neighbourhood restaurants for example, are often abused. We have heard of cases where women have been groped and raped. Bosses know the women would struggle to find work elsewhere. The victims do not report their employers because they need the work" (para 18, 19). Since the power dynamics between employer and employee are this abusive, and victims are severely disincentivized from reporting their abuse, we can assume that the proper enforcement of sexual assault is not carried out (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 26, 2023, 10:17 a.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Aboriginal women face racism and sexism at every turn. The implicit messages they receive from the systems that are supposed to keep us all safe and supported, from the media and from the broader community, is that they are not worthy of safety and equality" (para 8).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Aboriginal women face racism and sexism at every turn. The implicit messages they receive from the systems that are supposed to keep us all safe and supported, from the media and from the broader community, is that they are not worthy of safety and equality" (para 8).