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sexual violence news

Years in jail not enough: UP rejects convicts’ early release pleas in child rape, murder cases

For representation only (Sourced)
Published on Jun 25, 2026 09:22 pm IST

Israel cuts ties with UN chief after inclusion on sexual violence offenders list

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Israel lashes out at UN chief over sexual violence report
Updated on May 29, 2026 06:12 am IST

Bhumi Pednekar reacts to video of men making inappropriate suggestions

Bhumi Pednekar is shocked to see the mentality of the youth in today's age.
Updated on May 25, 2026 06:09 am IST

French Gaza activists arrive home after Israel expulsion

French Gaza activists arrive home after Israel expulsion
Published on May 23, 2026 01:12 pm IST

France encourages women to report rape in probes of star Bruel

France encourages women to report rape in probes of star Bruel
Published on May 20, 2026 12:48 am IST

Tech & worsening of sexual violence within marriage

In Hrishikesh Sahoo v. Union of India , the Supreme Court will decide whether the marital rape exception to Section 375 of the IPC violates the fundamental rights of married women. (HT Archive)
Published on May 08, 2026 08:58 pm IST

A look at how the Epstein files dogged Pam Bondi's time as attorney general

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump speaks at an event on addiction recovery in the Oval Office of the White House.
Published on Apr 03, 2026 12:27 pm IST

Review: Don’t Let It Break You, Honey by Jenny Evans

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“At times, Jenny Evans examines the culture of British tabloids as a journalist. At other moments, she is also dealing with memory and grief.” (Shutterstock)
Updated on Mar 19, 2026 03:17 pm IST

In UP’s Basti, man on the run for rape returns to kill girl who filed FIR

Police said the suspect had been on the run for months and was yet to be arrested (Getty Images)
Published on Mar 03, 2026 04:29 pm IST

UK Queen Camilla meets French rape survivor Pelicot: palace

UK Queen Camilla meets French rape survivor Pelicot: palace
Published on Feb 24, 2026 12:06 am IST

Manipur: Kuki woman dies 3 years after she was gang-raped

Representational image. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Published on Jan 19, 2026 05:41 am IST

Row as MP Congress MLA links rape to ‘beauty’, cites ‘reward’ in scriptures

MLA Phool Singh Baraiya claimed certain religious scriptures incentivise assault on marginalised women as form of “teerth phal” or “fruit of pilgrimage”.
Updated on Jan 18, 2026 06:47 am IST

Congress MLA's remarks on 'why rape happens with tribals, Dalits' draw BJP's ire

‘Beautiful girl distracts man’: Cong MLA’s ‘rape theory’ and bizarre defence spark row
Updated on Jan 17, 2026 08:34 pm IST

Over 1 billion people faced childhood sexual violence in 2023: Lancet

Over 1 billion people faced childhood sexual violence in 2023: Lancet
Updated on May 05, 2026 05:48 pm IST

Women protest gender-based violence across Brazil following shocking cases

Women protest gender-based violence across Brazil following shocking cases
Updated on May 05, 2026 05:41 pm IST

Nearly 30 pc women in India subject to intimate partner violence during lifetime: WHO

Nearly 30 pc women in India subject to intimate partner violence during lifetime: WHO
Published on Nov 21, 2025 03:55 pm IST

Who's Norman Taylor? Charges explored as alleged arrest docs, mugshot go viral

Norman Taylor of Crewe Tractor's alleged mughshot has gone viral on X.
Updated on Oct 30, 2025 12:00 am IST

Psychologist explains domestic violence's impact on women's mental health

Here's why women-centric psychiatric wards can provide safe, dignified, and effective care.
Published on Oct 24, 2025 04:17 pm IST

Mamata Banerjee on Durgapur gangrape: politicians must be sensitive

Our leaders seem to believe that women can be handed some money and a gas connection, and they can be expected to stay contented. (HT Archive)
Published on Oct 17, 2025 09:12 pm IST

Israel, Russia 'on notice' for sexual violence in conflict zones, says UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel and Russia of being put on the blacklist of parties that have been "credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence."
Published on Aug 13, 2025 09:40 pm IST

No SIT officer refused to probe mass burial case: Parameshwara

State home minister G Parameshwara on Monday dismissed reports that any officers appointed to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala have sought to be relieved from duty (PTI)
Published on Jul 22, 2025 08:12 am IST

VV Ganeshananthan: “Writing isn’t activism; it doesn’t actually change anything”

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Author VV Ganeshananthan at JLF 2025 (Jaipur Literature Festival)
Published on Jul 22, 2025 06:53 am IST

USAID cancelled rape survivor kits for Congo as conflict erupted

A USAID flag flutters outside the USAID building in Washington on February 3.
Updated on Jul 01, 2025 08:29 pm IST

Prolonged droughts linked to rise in sexual violence against women in poor nations: Study

Prolonged droughts linked to rise in sexual violence against women in poor nations: Study
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 12:11 am IST

Curbing sexual violence targeting non-adults

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A badly needed intervention among adolescents and youth today is correcting skewed notions of gender and gender performance, especially masculinity and the so-called incel culture (AFP)
Updated on May 12, 2025 11:49 pm IST

21-yr-old woman threatened with death, gang-raped by two in Mohali’s Nayagaon

Mohali police said all the absconding accused would be apprehended soon. (HT File)
Published on May 01, 2025 09:02 am IST

Delhi HC issues guidelines to ensure prompt assistance to minor rape survivors

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said clear protocols must be in place to provide timely legal guidance and medical care to vulnerable survivors of sexual violence (FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 04:31 pm IST

Gerard Depardieu sexual assault trial marks a cultural reckoning for post-#MeToo France

Gerard Depardieu sexual assault trial marks a cultural reckoning for post-#MeToo France
Published on Mar 23, 2025 10:13 pm IST

UN: Sudan war is world's worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids

UN: Sudan war is world's worst humanitarian crisis: 30 million need aid, 16 million of them kids
Updated on Mar 14, 2025 12:56 am IST

Infants as young as one among victims of sexual violence in Sudan: UNICEF

In this photograph released by UNICEF, a 16-year rape victim rests on a mattress at a UNICEF office in Sudan, Dec. 2, 2024.
Updated on Mar 04, 2025 08:27 pm IST