A new report reveals how laws on rape in six South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, putting women and girls at heightened risk of sexual violence.
Women continue to be silenced with threats of sexual violence and rape, although the medium has changed from the battlefields of yore to internet-enabled platforms today.
It is every mother’s nightmare come true. On top of the trauma of dealing with my four-year-old daughter’s sexual assault, I’m also now dealing with the anger and humiliation of being doubted and victim-shamed. There has been a spate of stories in the media that have been giving the school’s side of the story. This is mine.