Employing more female officers could encourage more women to report harassment, assault or rape, say human rights organisations.
So, yes, one can develop PTSD (or post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms around all sorts of traumatic events, not just the classic ones like warfare or rape.
Whatever its stated policies, no mainstream news organization could or would continue to associate with a contributor who, say, filled up his Twitter stream with hate speech or rape jokes.
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Lawmakers have also approved legislation allowing the death penalty to be applied to aggravated rape - gang-rape, the use of a weapon, or rape of a child - and armed robbery, PNG's The National reported.
Yale and other universities should advise women alleging sexual assault or rape to go directly to the police and not to campus police, who answer to university administrators, but to regular police departments, which have the appropriate resources and skills to conduct criminal investigations.
Here is the setup of these studies: Take people who have just had something very bad happen to them, like a motor vehicle accident or a rape, and within a few hours or a day or two at most, flip a coin and put half these people on a beta blocker and half on an inactive substance that looks the same (i.e. placebo).
The fatal beating and gang rape of a young woman aboard a moving New Delhi bus sparked outrage and spurred the government to pass tough laws for crimes against women, including the death penalty for repeat offenders or for rape attacks that lead to the victim's death.
But before we get too smug, or laugh at the Greeks for their ill-advised choices of logo - whether rape or owls - we should look at our own.
Unless New Mexico intends to only prosecute accused rapists or practitioners of incest who impregnate their victims, the existence of a fetus is no evidence of rape or incest whatsoever.
In other Latin American countries, it is only allowed in cases of rape or health risk for the woman.
Abortion is only allowed in the case of rape or when the life of the woman is in danger.
The committee proposed punishment of up to five years in prison for law-enforcement officers who don't register cases of rape or sexual assault following complaints.
But a law called the Hyde amendment bars federal funding for abortion, except in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of the mother.
The law raises the minimum punishment for anyone convicted of gang rape or raping a minor to 20 years and allows for the death penalty in extreme cases.
With funding from the Ministry of Justice, HRSASC as it will be known, will provide free, confidential and non-judgmental support for women who have experienced rape or sexual abuse.
Respondents felt broadcasters should be aware when dealing with sensitive issues such as domestic violence, rape or teenage pregnancy that people who have experience of these may be watching.
According to U.N. statistics, one in three women will experience violence in her lifetime, including beating, rape or assault, making such violence a more prevalent problem than AIDS, malaria or any other disease.
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This debate is necessary because currently, the only time that women are given a platform to voice their issues is when they are victims of rape or any other form of violence in Lesotho.
However, there are crucial differences between male and female rape: academic studies show that victims of male rape are more likely to have also been victims of rape or sexual assaults previously when under the age of 16.
Nearly one in five women in the United States has been raped or has experienced attempted rape.
Without mentioning Levy, he said he has requested a federal investigation to determine if anyone illegally "harbored, shielded, aided or abetted" Hossu before or after the alleged rape.
Mr Clarke said it was right to have a "reasonable debate" on the issue and he said there was a case for extending anonymity to defendants where victims were granted it - including rape cases or children's allegations against teachers.
In his essay on the play, Professor Clarke Hulse counts "14 killings, nine of them on stage, six severed members, one rape (or two or three, depending on how you count), one live burial, one case of insanity and one of cannibalism - an average of 5.2 atrocities per act, or one for every 97 lines".
Commenters on many sites are heatedly debating over whether or not a woman can rape a man.
The charity can also put you in touch with local rape crisis centres or other services for ongoing support.
Most of the victims have been accused of rape, robbery or murder.
Muthaura and Kenyatta are accused of committing or contributing to killing, rape and other acts of violence against perceived supporters of the opposition.
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The second would have struck the GOP's outright opposition to abortion in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is in danger.
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"It's not appropriate within hours or days of reporting a rape to be telling someone how hard it is to take it through court, " she said.
The Hyde Amendment of 1976 nixes the use of taxpayer funds for abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
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