United Nations, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) recorded a dramatic upsurge in sexual violence in conflicts in 2023 by chacking 688 cases, the Special UN Representative Pramila Patten assured on Tuesday. The post UN: Sexual violence in conflicts with dramatic upsurge in 2023 first appeared on Prensa Latina.
PARK CITY, Utah, April 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Wednesday is Denim Day, a day to wear jeans in support of sexual violence victims who sometimes face judicial mistreatment. “Join us by wearing denim tomorrow to spread awareness of the misconceptions that surround sexual violence,” the Park City Police Department and the Peace House, Park […] The post Advocates say Denim Day to show solidarity with sexual violence victims first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
A quarterly UN report on the situation in Haiti has logged a 50% increase in deaths in the country. Long plagued by gangs, several of them recently allied to target the unelected government and police more directly.
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First payments to be made during an ongoing conflict is ‘important step towards restoring justice’, says first lady, Olena Zelenska The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, called “an important step towards restoring justice”.Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim...
United Nations, Apr 25 (Prensa Latina) Violence in Haiti is today causing a political, humanitarian and security crisis impacting on all areas, said Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program (WFP). The post Violence and crisis in Haiti impacts all areas, warns WFP first appeared on Prensa Latina.
CITY OF MEDFORD, Ore. – Community Works, a Medford nonprofit that offers resources to survivors of sexual violence, is hosting a free event Tuesday at the Smullin Health and Education Center. The event commemorates survivors and will feature an expert panel to discuss various topics in addressing sexual violence. Not only is April Sexual […]
Figures for 2023 show the level of violence at its lowest since the Covid
This story was originally published by Grist as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. It is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When around 70,000 Indigenous Maasai were expelled from their lands in northern Tanzania in 2022, it […]
The Longmont community stood in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence at Thursday’s “Take Back the Night” event.
The attack is just the latest in a string targeting the multilateral body in recent years.
Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as "part of public discussion", rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent. In a post overnight Thursday, X's "global government affairs" account