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Afghanistan

Afghan women imprisoned in elder's homes

Women in Afghanistan are forced to serve time in tribal elder's homes where they are effectively treated as their property

World News

Sexual harassment: nearly two-in-three young women 'are victims'

Indecent comments or remarks, unwelcome jokes of a sexual nature; unwanted sexual touching; and showing pornography at work - many women say they have experienced such behaviour.

USA

Sex offenders in New York to be barred from playing Pokemon Go

Sex offenders in New York are to be barred from playing Pokemon Go while on parole .

Central African Republic

UN 'shocked to the core' over new child sex abuse allegations in CAR

Investigations have been opened into 108 new victims, most of them children, allegedly abused by UN peacekeepers in CAR.

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Central African Republic

Fresh allegations of sexual abuse against UN peacekeepers in CAR

The United Nations says it is gathering information concerning fresh allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against its peacekeepers in the

USA

UN votes to repatriate peacekeepers accused of sex abuse

The United Nations Security Council on Friday adopted its first resolution to tackle the growing scourge of sex abuse by peacekeepers, backing

Iraq

Yazidi women: The ISIL sex slaves the world forgot

Their plight no longer makes the headlines. But the enslavement, rape and torture of Yazidi women and children by ISIL extremists continues. Fellow

World News

UN reports a rise in allegations of sexual abuse by its personnel

There’s been a rise in the number of allegations of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse against United Nations personnel. Last year there were 99

Cinema

Spirits Homecoming: an homage to South Korea's sex slaves

Spirits Homecoming is a South Korean film about comfort women and is based on the horrors experienced by so-called sex slaves in Japanese military

Hungary

Can you be punished for committing a "crime" in a country where it is legal?

Gabor Tanacs examines the case of a Hungarian owner of a brothel in Germany to examine the reality of cross-border justice. ‘Elizabeth’ runs a

United Kingdom

BBC under fire over handling of Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal

The BBC has come in for strong criticism over its handling of allegations against one of its late stars, Jimmy Savile, accused after his death of

My Europe Series

Paedophilia cold case burns French clergy

A group of former scouts have broken the silence about the abuse they went through decades ago. They want the highest authorities of the French

Central African Republic

CAR: UN official emotional as new child sex abuse allegations revealed

European soldiers and United Nations peacekeepers are facing fresh accusations of child sexual abuse in Central African Republic. The United Nations

World News

Oklahoma City cop gets life for two-year sexual assault rampage

Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been sentenced to life for raping and sexually victimising African-American women. Last

Sweden

Trial of doctor accused of drugging, raping and locking victim in bunker

The trial has begun of a Swedish doctor accused of drugging, raping and holding a woman in a self-built bunker for almost a week. The defendant

World

Cologne fears undermine refugee security in Germany

The fallout after New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany continues. People’s fear creates a political predicament for the authorities, concerned over

Sweden

Swedish police to investigate sexual assault cover-up claims

Swedish police have begun investigating allegations of a cover-up of sexual assaults at a Stockholm music festival last August. It comes after

World News

Cologne: Police break up anti-immigration march

Riot police in the German city of Cologne broke up a largely right-wing crowd protesting against the country’s so-called open door migration policy

Germany

Women take to the streets of Cologne

Women protest in Cologne city centre Follows 200 assault complaints “We want to move around freely” The news Pictures of the Day: A flashmob of

Germany

Cologne police under attack after mass New Years sex attacks

Police in Cologne are being strongly condemned for the way they dealt with the mass New Year sex attacks.