A Woman from Chad Bites Her Cheating Partners Organ

Fatah Alhassan A 35-year-old never-married woman has bitten off her new boyfriend’s sexual organ during sexual intercourse in a remote village in the African country of Chad. The woman, Hawa,  had never heard of anything called oral sex was asked to perform it on her experienced partner whose wife had traveled on a business trip… Continue reading A Woman from Chad Bites Her Cheating Partners Organ

They Asked Me if I Preferred to Die or be Raped. I told them, ‘Rape Me Then’

MUGUNGA III CAMP, Democratic Republic of the Congo, March 16 (UNHCR) – Marie* was first raped three years ago during a raid on her village that left her husband and 10 children dead – she was about 70 years old at the time. In January, the Congolese grandmother was raped again by armed men when… Continue reading They Asked Me if I Preferred to Die or be Raped. I told them, ‘Rape Me Then’

Africa: Rape and Other Sexual Abuse are Robbing Millions of Children of a Future, UNESCO Report

Widespread rape and other sexual violence are depriving millions of children of an education in conflict-affected countries, UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report warns. The report, “The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education,” calls for an end to the culture of impunity surrounding sexual violence, with strengthened monitoring of human rights violations affecting education, a more… Continue reading Africa: Rape and Other Sexual Abuse are Robbing Millions of Children of a Future, UNESCO Report

Pleasure in Power: Politically Motivated Rape in Zimbabwe

A report from a study vividly describes politically motivated sexual violence against women in Zimbabwe. The violence against the women takes many forms including extreme violence, gang rape and insertion of objects (bottles and sticks) into the vagina. The aim of the study was to provide a valid and reliable description of cases of politically… Continue reading Pleasure in Power: Politically Motivated Rape in Zimbabwe