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UN report says one in 10 girls sexually abused worldwide

UN report says one in 10 girls sexually abused worldwide

Sep 04, – Around 120 million girls around the world, close to one in 10, have been raped or sexually assaulted by the time they turn 20, a new UN report has found. In a global study of violence against children, the child welfare agency UNICEF reveals that one fifth of all murder victims are […]

September 5, 2014 | By | Reply More
‘Back to school’ hijabs on sale in British department store

‘Back to school’ hijabs on sale in British department store

Aug 16, – UK-based department store John Lewis is offering for the first time the hijab in its school uniform department. John Lewis, which is due to sell the Islamic headscarf in its London and Liverpool stores, said it was responding to school demands. “We provide uniforms for 350 schools across the country,” a spokesperson […]

August 16, 2014 | By | Reply More
Egypt: Seven gets life-term jail for sexual assaults in public squares

Egypt: Seven gets life-term jail for sexual assaults in public squares

July 16, – An Egyptian court sentenced seven men to life in prison on Wednesday for sexual assaults on women during public rallies in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, in the first such heavy sentences since the government vowed to crack down on rampant sexual violence. Sexual harassment has long been a problem in Egypt, but […]

July 16, 2014 | By | Reply More
Spain’s Catalonia region to push ahead with burka ban

Spain’s Catalonia region to push ahead with burka ban

July 12, – A ban on the wearing of burkas – a body-covering cloak worn by some Muslim women – is to be put into effect by the government of the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia in the wake of the European Court of Human Rights decree that its ban does not breach human rights […]

July 12, 2014 | By | Reply More
Lebanese wife-beater sentenced to 9 months in prison under new law

Lebanese wife-beater sentenced to 9 months in prison under new law

July 02, – A Lebanese man who beat his wife has been jailed for nine months in the first such conviction under a domestic violence law passed in April. Hussein Ftouni will also be fined 20 million Lebanese pounds ($13 258) for a brutal assault on his 22-year-old wife, Tamara Harissi. Women’s rights group Kafa […]

July 2, 2014 | By | Reply More
European court of human rights upholds French full veil ban

European court of human rights upholds French full veil ban

July 01, – The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France’s 2010 ban on full-face veils in public, dismissing a case brought by a French woman against the state for breach of religious freedom. France has both the largest Muslim minority in Europe, estimated at 5 million, and some of the continent’s most […]

July 1, 2014 | By | Reply More
Pakistani family slits throats of young couple in public over love marriage

Pakistani family slits throats of young couple in public over love marriage

June 28, – A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes after they married for love, police said Saturday. The couple beheaded in cold blood by the family of the girl over love marriage in Satrah village of Daska tehsil, some 65km from here, on Friday. According to […]

June 28, 2014 | By | Reply More
20-year-old Pakistani woman gang-raped, hanged from tree

20-year-old Pakistani woman gang-raped, hanged from tree

June 21, – A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped, killed and hanged from a tree in Pakistan in a case with a chilling resemblance to a double rape and murder that caused outrage in neighbouring India last month. Pakistani police said Muzammil Bibi, 20, was attacked by three men in a field in the impoverished Layyah […]

June 21, 2014 | By | Reply More
Egyptian women protest in Cairo against sexual harassment

Egyptian women protest in Cairo against sexual harassment

June 16, – Egyptian women shout slogans against sexual harassment during a protest in Cairo, Egypt’s top prosecutor referred Saturday 13 men to trial for attempted rape and assault of women during public rallies in Cairo’s iconic Tahrir square, the first implementation of tough new penalties against rampant sexual violence. Scores of people have taken […]

June 16, 2014 | By | Reply More
Egypt’s President Sissi apologizes to sexual attack victim

Egypt’s President Sissi apologizes to sexual attack victim

June 11, – Sexual harassment has long been a problem in Egypt, but assaults have increased dramatically both in frequency and ferocity in the three years since the ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Bearing red flowers, Egypt’s newly sworn-in president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday apologized in person to a woman who was sexually assaulted […]

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