The United Nations has named the Democratic Republic of Congo the "rape capital of the world, " with 15, 000 women raped in eastern Congo last year.
MSPs unanimously approved the first stage of the sexual offences bill which reforms the law of rape and equalises the age of consent at 16, for boys and girls.
"What's sad particularly to me is that the victim has had to go through the rape, the aftermath of the rape, the trial, and she continues to be victimized on the social media, " DeWine said.
In the developed world, the civil rights movement obliterated lynchings and lethal pogroms, and the women's-rights movement has helped to shrink the incidence of rape and the beating and killing of wives and girlfriends.
Abortion is only allowed in the case of rape or when the life of the woman is in danger.
The Sudanese government is accused of using these proxy forces, the Janjaweed, those who are generally held responsible for the looting, the rape, the killings of civilians.
He was acquitted of the rape charge the following year, and his support on the populist left of the party ensured that he was able to defeat President Mbeki in elections for the ANC leadership in December 2007.
Previously, the FBI defined the crime of rape as "the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will".
Mexican authorities say they are determined to capture those responsible for the rape of six Spanish women near the holiday resort of Acapulco.
Six men have been arrested in Mexico in connection with the rape of six Spanish women near the holiday resort of Acapulco last week, officials say.
Because of historical anomalies in the law and the statutory definition of rape, the answer is no, even though, if the woman had been married and the man had impersonated her husband, the answer would be yes.
At one point in his tutorial, Mr. Edsel became immersed in "The Rape of Europa, " a chronicle of the Nazis' looting and theft.
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EAGLE, Colorado (CNN) -- The judge in the Kobe Bryant case ruled Wednesday that the medical and psychological history of the woman who accused the basketball star of rape will not be admissible at trial.
Neat stacks of medical text books, a sharply-designed carrier bag from a clothes store, an English novel and pairs of smart shoes in the draughty bedroom of the 23-year-old Delhi gang rape victim, tell the story of a woman determined to make the leap to a middle class lifestyle for her and her family.
The charity Save the Children says the majority of victims of rape and other sexual violence in many of the world's conflict zones are children.
Delhi accounted for over 17% of the total number of rape cases in the country.
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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The proposed law maintains death as the maximum penalty in case of rape where the victims dies or slips into a coma, as was the provision in the interim law.
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.
It emerged following the conviction on Tuesday of Shaun Harrison for the rape of a teenage girl in Plymouth in 1989.
Doctor Bienvenue Kayumba Kayanga, who is in charge of the treatment of rape victims, said that the number of women arriving at the clinic has not shown any signs of changing in recent months.
K. Anand, a lawyer for one of the defendants, said Thursday that he would petition the Supreme Court to have the rape trial moved out of New Delhi because he doesn't believe his client could get a fair hearing in the capital.
Cumbria Police said at the time of the false rape allegation, they were also investigating a report of another rape in the city, which also turned out to be untrue.
Mr Blackman, of Gloucester Street, told the jury he had been at a protest outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on the day of the alleged rape, before returning to his tent after a party at the camp.
Hutton said the list was created in 2006 but may have resurfaced because the issue of rape on campus had been in the news recently in Colorado.
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Soon after, the U.S. Justice Department announced its investigation into the handling of rape investigations and prosecutions, and the school announced in May the NCAA had been investigating its athletic programs since January 2012 for undisclosed reasons.
There has been growing outrage in India at the treatment of women after the fatal gang rape of a woman in December.
Dressed in black and her hair loose around her face, the actress shared the stories of women she met in Kosovo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, who escaped the brutality of un-checked rape and abuse only to go on to roles as activists for the safety of other women in their communities.
Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told the AFP news agency that police had launched a probe into the rape and "attempted murder" of the girl.
Two US troops have been arrested over the alleged rape of a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa.
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