Mar 12, 2026 · In Ecuador one in four women experience sexual violence. Until April 2021, abortion after rape was criminalized unless the pregnant person had an intellectual disab

Feb 1, 2023 · South Korea’s Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has announced plans to revise its legal definition of rape to include nonconsensual sex. But within hours, Sou

Dec 13, 2019 · What were your favorite Human Rights Watch videos of 2019? There was a clear trend in what grabbed the attention of our hundreds of thousands of viewers over the pa

Oct 24, 2024 · On October 10, the Tangiers Court of Cassation overturned the 2019 conviction of a man for raping his wife, which had been hailed as Morocco’s first ruling to exp

Feb 13, 2014 · This 72-page report provides a roadmap for the government and its international donors to establish a comprehensive strategy to reduce rape, provide survivors with

Aug 15, 2024 · The laws against rape and sexual abuse were strengthened after a 2012 gang rape and murder in Delhi sparked nationwide protests.

Apr 22, 2024 · Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023.

Oct 9, 2020 · Protests in Bangladesh erupted this week after a video of a group of men attacking, stripping, and sexually assaulting a woman went viral, Human Rights Watch said to

Jul 29, 2024 · Sudan’s warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang rape, and forced women and girls into

Jul 25, 2023 · Brazil had the highest number of registered rape cases in its history in 2022: 74,930, according to a recent report by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. In over