Violence Against Women & Rape Culture

Most recent stories in Violence Against Women & Rape Culture

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Domestic violence and a simple tool called the 'No Test' could identify an abusive partner

  abc.net.au - By Briana Shepherd

  Emma* was 17 years old when she met 22-year-old Tom* at a party. Describing herself as "on the chubby side" with low self-esteem, she was initially …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Young woman kidnapped and raped by driver after mistaking him for Uber cab

  mirror.co.uk - Sophie Evans

  A terrified young woman was kidnapped and raped in an alleyway by a driver after mistaking his car for her Uber cab, police say. The woman, aged in …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Billionaire rapist travelled the world unchecked after blunder by UK authorities

  The Telegraph - By Jamie Johnson

  A blunder by authorities allowed a billionaire rapist to travel the world with impunity after he used a different name on his passport, a court heard. Simon Halabi, a property tycoon who was worth an estimated £3 billion in 2007 but declared bankrupt just three years later, was convicted of a …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Asian gang 'got girl high before biting and raping her' in Sherwood Forest

  sky.com - Mike McCarthy, news correspondent

  A vulnerable child who had low self-esteem was bitten and raped by a group of Asian men in Sherwood Forest after being given drugs and alcohol, a …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Make misogyny a hate crime, Stella Creasy urges

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  A Labour MP is trying to change the law so that misogynistic behaviour is treated as a hate crime. Stella Creasy wants to amend new legislation that would ban taking unsolicited pictures under someone's clothing. Her changes would mean someone convicted of the crime could get a tougher sentence if it …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  An airline passenger could get a life sentence for sexually abusing a female passenger while she slept

  Hello Giggles - Madison vanderberg

  Sexual assault is terrible, period. Sexual assault on airplanes, though, poses specific challenges: You have nowhere to go, and flight attendants are …