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The rape of Somalia's women is being ignored
The twice-widowed mother of four left her children at their makeshift hut in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp outside Mogadishu to seek dry food aid in a neighbouring camp Source
2011-10-27
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UN marks ‘Day of Disappeared’ with calls for action on missing persons
Marking the International Day of the Disappeared, United Nations officials today voiced concern about the plight of persons who have been forced to go missing and called for action to help them Source
2011-09-01
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Sex abuse link to high rates of mental illness
A study published today reveals that as many as a quarter of Australian women have experienced some form of assault or sexual abuse Source
2011-09-01
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Sexual assault, domestic violence can damage long-term mental health
Women are drastically more likely to develop a mental disorder at some point in their lives if they have been the victim of rape, sexual assault ... Source
2011-09-01
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Sexual abuse allegations against UN peacekeepers in DR Congo and Liberia decline
“We have instituted specific measures to bring down these figures to something like zero per cent,” said Lieutenant-General Chander Prakash, the commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), at a news conference at UN Headquarters. Source
2011-09-01
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Muslim women in Austria face growing discrimination
Civil courage and anti-racism institution, ZARA, said it had been informed of 745 cases of racist abuses in Austria last year. Islam Times
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2011-07-26
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Rape shame of the US military
A US female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by an enemy. Yet most cases go unreported. Eleanor O'Hagan
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2011-07-22
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Violence against women on the rise in Punjab
3,035 cases of violence against women were recorded in the first six months of 2011 in Punjab, says a report. Today's Newspaper
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2011-07-22
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