Israeli forces have been committing the crimes of rape, strip searches, arbitrary detention, and arbitrary executions against Palestinian women and girls in the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip, the United Nations reported on February 19.“We are...

The rise in sexual assaults by minors in Spain, including several recent gang rapes, has worried officials and experts, who warn about the impact of ever-younger children being exposed to pornography."For the past few years, at least since 2015, ther...

Over 6,500 cases of sexual assaults and rapes have been reported in UK hospitals over more than three years, revealed a new study conducted by the Women Rights Network (WRN), a UK organization that defends women’s rights.Assault cases were also repor...

By AFPA woman in New York state has filed a civil suit against Mike Tyson, accusing the former boxing champion of raping her in a limousine in the early 1990s, according to court filings.The woman, who asked the court to remain anonymous, filed her c...

By AFP Ten years ago the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus horrified the world and shone a spotlight on high rates of sexual violence in India.Jyoti Singh, 23, and a male friend boarded a bus on the evening of December 16, 2...

Dozens of women’s rights activists protested in Morocco to demand the right to abortion after the death of a 14-year-old girl who underwent a secret abortion operation in a rural village.The protest, called for by the Federation of Women's Rights Lea...

A junior minister in French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Friday denied allegations she had raped patients during gynaecological examinations, after a third woman filed a criminal complaint."As a woman and a doctor, I am shocked and deepl...