sexual violence

The rape and murder of a female doctor in India sets off an outcry over women's safety

12:58pm August 26, 2024

The young woman was raped and murdered while on break from a 36-hour hospital shift. Women who work in health care — and other fields — are calling for changes to protect them from sexual violence.

Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege has spent nearly 25 years campaigning against sexual violence and aiding survivors. On Thursday, he won the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. In his remarks, he paid tribute to the survivors. "These women stand up again after being subjected to extreme violence and not only reclaim their own strength but also extend a helping hand to others."

Health & Safety

He fights sexual violence. He's won a Nobel and now a $1 million honor. Is he hopeful?

11:37am May 10, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel peace prize in 2018, is the recipient of the $1 million Aurora humanitarian prize. In an interview with NPR, he reflects on how his campaign is faring.

British U.S. former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (center) and his brother Tristan Tate (back right) speak to journalists after having been released from detention in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday.

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Controversial influencer Andrew Tate will be extradited to U.K., after Romania trial

4:41pm March 12, 2024

The self-proclaimed misogynist — who faces several allegations of sexual assault in multiple jurisdictions — will be extradited to the U.K. after facing trial in Romania.

Chaim Otmazgin, 50, poses for a portrait in his home in Petah Tikva, Israel.

An Israeli responder's work on Oct. 7 shows the challenges of investigating atrocities

1:20pm March 08, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

Israel says Palestinian attackers committed sexual violence on Oct. 7. Some accounts of rape were substantiated by a U.N. report, but the allegations continue to face intense scrutiny.

Illustration for story on conflict-related sexual violence.

Sexual violence is an ancient and often unseen war crime. Is it inevitable?

11:32am February 08, 2024

by Jill Langlois

"Conflict-related sexual violence" is as old as the Bible and as topical as current wars around the world. We talk to three experts about why it persists, why it's underreported and how to stop it.

A woman walks in front of a house damaged by shelling in the city of Wukro, in Tigray, Ethiopia. A new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women.

Whatever happened in Ethiopia: Did the cease-fire bring an end to civilian suffering?

9:39am August 29, 2023

by Ari Daniel

The civil war in northern Ethiopia officially ended in November. But a new report indicates that military forces have engaged in hundreds of sexual assaults on girls and women.

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Almost 60% of teen girls in the U.S. had depressive symptoms in the past year, according to new survey data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And nearly 1 in 3 said they'd seriously considered suicide.

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Teen girls and LGBTQ+ youth plagued by violence and trauma, survey says

7:43pm February 13, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Nearly one in three girls reported seriously considering suicide in the past year – a 60% rise from a decade ago, according to the CDC survey data.

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Demonstrators in Krakow, Poland, hold a banner reading "Legal Abortion Without Compromise" at a December 2021 protest. Poland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.

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U.N. and advocates raise concerns of abortion access for Ukrainian refugees in Poland

9:10pm May 17, 2022

by Patrick Adams

Poland's abortion laws are among the strictest in Europe. Advocates are seeking to help Ukrainian refugees who wish to terminate a pregnancy — including women raped by Russian soldiers during the war.

California's governor has signed a new law against removing a condom without a sexual partner's consent.

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California is the first state to ban 'stealthing,' nonconsensual condom removal

9:37pm October 07, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Stealthing can result in pregnancy or the transmission of an STI, but advocates say nonconsensual condom removal is itself a violation. Victims will be able to sue the perpetrators in civil court.

Activists demanding justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed last week shout slogans during a protest on Thursday in Kolkata, India.

World News

Woman Heading To Testify At Rape Trial Set On Fire In India

11:27pm December 05, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The woman says one of the men who attacked her on Thursday is the same man who raped her last year. It's another horrifying incident in a country grappling with high levels of sexual violence.