The medical test reports will be sent to police soon
NHRC team visits the survivor in hospital, takes her statement
5.7% of the country’s children are subjected to sexual violence before reaching age 10, speakers...
Government data shows reported cases of crime against women rose by 83% between 2007 and 2016, when there...
A separate report published last month by the coalition of rights groups found similar abuse of women...
Guterres said, in the UN report, most victims are 'politically and economically marginalized women and...
How learning self-defense empowers women against sexual repression
Police said they were able to apprehend the rape suspect quickly because of National Help Desk...
Sudipta Chowdhury Emu, 19, died under mysterious circumstances in Cox's Bazar on December 26, 2017
Between 2012 and October 2017, a total of 2,788 minor girls and 1,597 women were raped, Odhikar
The UN envoy said widespread atrocities have been orchestrated and perpetrated by Myanmar’s military...
A rape victim should never be blamed or shamed for her plight
Accusations of organised mass rape and other crimes against humanity were leveled at the Myanmar military...
On Tuesday the court found Nazrul Islam guilty of rape and attempted murder, among other offences
India has a grim record of sexual violence
70% of cases of violence against domestic workers are settled outside court
The motive for the attack was not clear, but levels of sexual violence are relatively high in India and...
The results of the survey were based on responses from 20 women’s rights experts in each of the 19 cities...
The court also charged him with a fine of Tk1 lakh, and three additional years in prison in case of...
It is time to reaffirm our pledge of peacekeeping to the world, and we can do so by taking a strong and...
Time and again, the legal system has failed to throw rapists behind bars, encouraging the crime to continue...
