Archive: Rape

UK must keep up pressure on Burma over rapes of women and girls

The government should press Burma to fully cooperate with new investigation into Rohingya atrocities

BHA: MPs vote against adding PSHE to the national curriculum

MPs yesterday debated proposals to add Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, including Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), to the national curriculum. The amendment to the Children and Families Bill, which was introduced by Labour with support from the ‘Coalition of Consent pop up campaign’, was defeated by 303 votes to 219. The British Humanist Association (BHA) asked members of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) to vote in support of the plans.
BHA: Survivors of abuse by Catholic priests speak out on eve of Pope's visit

A press conference - at which survivors of the abuse by Catholic priests will tell their stories and say what it is they want from the pope's visit.
Marie Stopes International: Romania calls for abortion law change

Marie Stopes International: Romania calls for abortion law change

Our rape laws discriminate against trans people

Changes are needed to correct the apparent prejudice at the heart of our rape laws
Video: Rape culture - menace or myth?

Ian Dunt takes part in a debate on rape culture at the Battle of Ideas

The Cosby case shows how hard it is for rape victims to be heard

Accusers of powerful men are disbelieved too often
How fear of racism meant forced marriage went unchallenged in Britain

"It was his choice to have the children," victim Faizah remembered. "I didn't want what came with marriage but I had to do it. He first raised his hand to me just after I gave birth."

Comment: The Foreign Office pledges to help women – and then the Home Office betrays them

Overseas, the UK government is stopping violence against women. At home, it fails to follow it's own guidelines.
Thousands may be sexually abused behind bars – but MoJ still blocks the inquiry

The Ministry of Justice continue to block efforts to speak to prisoners about sexual abuse behind bars, despite evidence that thousands of inmates may be subject to attacks

Comment: Raped and tortured in the Congo – left to starve in Britain

The victims of torture who make it to Britain face a live of poverty in what they thought was a safe haven
The hypocrisy of the sexual violence summit

Britain accused of failing raped women, as a government and celebrity endorsed summit to highlight sexual violence starts in London's docklands

The denial of rape in prison

How inmates, guards and ministers have institutionalised a culture of denial around rape in prison.
Police officers 'frequently' dismissing rape allegations

The police are frequently failing to record rapes and sexual offences as crimes, a damning report by the national policing inspectorate finds.

Grayling accused of obstructing prison sex inquiry

Chris Grayling facing questions over his record as lord chancellor, after sources tell Politics.co.uk he appeared to personally intervene in a prison sex inquiry
Immigrant Stories: The nurse, the detention centre & the women with bruises

An occasional series of Immigrant Stories, shining a light on the people trapped in Britain's immigration system.

Revealed: Rape victims abused in British detention centres

Female victims of rape and torture are subjected to abuse and intimidation in British detention centres, according to a damning new report into the plight of women asylum seekers in the UK.
This Is Your Brain Online: How Twitter changed the word 'rape'

We're being desensitised to the use of violent sexual imagery online - could we also become desensitised to the real thing?

Comment: Instead of taking on trolls, many police are still victim-blaming women

Weeks have passed since Caroline Criado-Perez was subject to a torrent of rape threats online. But tech firms, politicians and police are still more likely to victim blame women than take on the trolls.
Man arrested following Twitter rape threat

A man has been arrested after a flurry of rape threats were sent to Caroline Criado-Perez on Twitter.

Comment: A law made by men for men

A debate over whether trans people are committing 'deception' by not informing sexual partners of their former gender has opened up a legal Pandora's Box.
Comment: Lowering age of consent to 13 is absurd

A response to barrister Barbara Hewson's article online which stated she believed the age of consent should be lowered to 13.

Comment: Anonymity for rape defendants is a tired argument that's had its day

The problem with the justice system is not false accusations of rape, but of actual rapists not being prosecuted.
The Political Week Online: Nick Clegg makes us laugh

Nick Clegg makes us laugh. At him. But it's a start.

Top five naked British protests

Today, roads around Whitehall were closed due to a naked protester who mounted a statue of the second Duke of Cambridge. To celebrate this exciting event, here are the top five naked protests in UK recent history...
Rape and the left: Assange, Galloway and the problem with women

Harriet Harman, Charlotte Vere and Rape Crisis discuss what the Assange row says about the state of the left.

The rape debate

From Quito to London and Washington, a debate over rape is dominating the headlines.
Romney finally demands 'legitimate rape' candidate quits

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has finally demanded the resignation of a Senate candidate who said women could get pregnant after "legitimate rape", days after the original comment.