sexual abuse

#Perspective / Why do we blame victims instead of holding abusers accountable?

Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 exposed how society punishes silence, mirroring real-world abuse victims’ struggles. Women endure mistreatment yet face blame for not resisting. Vulnerability isn’t consent. Change starts by holding perpetrators accountable, not victims. Will we finally act?

United in misogyny?

Our misogynistic attitude towards women is so normalised that it moves seamlessly across political parties, economic classes, and generational divides.

Speaking to parents about your sexual abuse experience

It took a year, perhaps two before I mustered the courage to tell my mother, thanks to the support of friends who had urged me to speak out.

Make people aware of 109 hotline

The national helpline for women and children who are victims of violence is not serving its intended purpose.

Sexual harassment in universities and the struggle for justice

The recent case of Fairuz Abontika is a painful reminder of how incompetent universities are in dealing with sexual harassment complaints

The cost of a complaint

When a complaint of sexual violence comes as a formal allegation, how we hear the stories in those complaints matters.

11 books to read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Trigger Warning: This article mentions sexual and domestic abuse, trauma, and issues of mental health

Child sexual abuse: When home is also not a safe place

Sexual abuse can be the most traumatising experience a child has to go through. The memory of how helpless they felt, to be too young to raise their voices haunts them for the rest of their lives;

Attempted rape charge against Man Utd star Greenwood dropped

Charges of attempted rape and assault against Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood have been dropped by prosecutors, British police said on Thursday.

December 25, 2015
December 25, 2015

United Hospital’s ‘sex offender’ nurse arrested

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest a staff nurse of United Hospital in Dhaka, suspected of sexually harassing a female patient, from the capital's airport area.

August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015

2 school girls killed 'after rape' in Madaripur

Miscreants kill two school girls allegedly after raping them in Madaripur Sadar upazila.

August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015

Pakistan child sex abuse: Seven arrested in Punjab

Seven people have been arrested in eastern Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in a child sexual abuse and extortion scandal.

July 31, 2015
July 31, 2015

Girl gang-raped in Dhaka

A female worker is gang-raped allegedly by one of her colleagues and his two cohorts in Uttara area of Dhaka.

July 23, 2015
July 23, 2015

13yr Mumbai schoolgirl's letter to teacher exposes rapist dad

In a discreet letter slipped to a teacher last week, a young schoolgirl in Mumbai writes that her father has been raping her and her mother, who was witness to these sexual assaults, did nothing to help, reports NDTV.

June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015

Forensic report confirms rape of female cop

Forensic report of the policewoman allegedly gang-raped by her estranged husband and his cohorts on June 14 at Khilgaon finds evidence of sexual intercourse with the victim.

June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015

Rape–another crime of human traffickers at sea

An investigative report by this paper has unraveled the horrifying sexual abuse of Rohingya women while they make their perilous trips at sea.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

Women trafficking victims are sexually abused all the way

Afia (not her real name) was not accompanied by any of her family members, but she showed no signs of jitters. While many in the vessel turned pale in panic due to want of food and water in the perilous sea, the beautiful young girl held her nerves.

May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015

Outrageous gang-rape again

Amid countrywide outrage and concern over sexual abuse against women, a girl has been gang-raped in Gazipur’s Kaliganj.

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

Pakistan's Punjab okays bill to protect women

Punjab cabinet gave its nod to bill for protecting female victims of violence and setting up vigilance committees to monitor implementation of steps proposed under National Action Plan.