Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (right) in the ICC courtroom during his trial in 2016.
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Sexual violence, a staple of war, has long been absent from international criminal law’s charge sheets.
Germaine Greer: professional troll.
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Germaine Greer’s recent comments on rape are troublingly glib.
Retailers of sexbots claim their use stops men targeting women and children with sexual violence.
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Rather than solving any problems, sex bots could be empowerment tools for those who sexually offend against women and children. But more evidence is needed to know for sure.
South Sudanese women queue to vote.
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South Sudan’s chiefs wield real power, administering customary laws to resolve local disputes. But they often reinforce gender inequalities – could the new chief change this?
After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military violence, indigenous women in Guatemala are closing in on justice at last.
Students were forced to move away from a region taken by the Lord’s Resistance Army.
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Not all rebel armies use rape and sexual violence as a weapon. Some have actually designed ways to prevent such atrocities. How and what can we learn from them?
Seeking justice.
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Reliving trauma and not being believed – just two of the damning indictments about seeking justice for sexual violence.
The experiences and voices of women of colour, as well as many disadvantaged women, are hidden in the #MeToo movement.
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Not all women have the capacity, or freedom, to speak out about their experiences of sexual violence – be it in the workplace or at home.
It’s important to define acts of sexual violence separately to punish perpetrators appropriately.
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It’s important to differentiate between various forms of sexual violence to punish perpetrators appropriately, and to help those affected to label and describe their experiences.
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Speaking up and telling the truth is important, but we need to be mindful that it is risky, far from safe for all victims and survivors.
Increased awareness of sexual violence is not sufficient to challenge the abuse and stop it at its source.
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There’s a much larger issue at play when people have an opportunity to do something about sexual violence but instead choose to remain silent.
South Africa has been dubbed “the rape capital of the world”.
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South Africa has tended to prioritise race relations over gender relations since formal apartheid ended.
The solution to the problem of campus safety lies in making students aware, individually and collectively, of the dangers of their heterosexual masculinity.
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Sexual violence against women is not the result of a few odd bad elements. Sexual violence is part and parcel of heterosexual masculinity.
For many victims of violence, the police are a large part of the problem.
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How our work with Indian police is helping women and girls find justice.
Music festivals tend to be geared toward young audiences, and may constitute the site of sexual harassment and assault against younger women.
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Sexual harassment and assault are common experiences in general: there is no reason to assume this is any different at music festivals.
Stars of TV Westerns embodied a Cowboy Code.
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With mass shootings and sexual harassment reports on the rise, a psychologist reflects on how the evolving nature of male role models in the media may be contributing.
For decades, novels have implored readers to look beyond the glamour and riches.
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In their novels, Nathanael West and Bret Easton Ellis depict a world few want to admit exists, a place where ‘Unless you’re willing to do some pretty awful things, it’s hard getting a job.’
Iraqi federal police forces advancing on Hawija, October 2017.
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Such children suffer unique challenges.
Actress Kara Tointon at the official celebrity launch of the Jack the Ripper show at The London Dungeon in 2008.
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Why is it acceptable to leer at photos of murdered women in the name of entertainment?
Sexual violence survivors need more than recognition of what they have suffered.
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As foreign Islamic State fighters return home, there needs to be proper prosecution of sexual violence in armed conflict.