NEWS
SOUTH AFRICA and AFRICA
Life for serial rapist, 28 charges 30/07/2008
Ending war by educating girls New York Times, 13/07/2008
Raped girl has abortion despite pressure not to Irish Times 23/06/2008
Bail for rapist principal Sowetan 11/06/2008
New rape laws to help protect victims IOL 14/12/2007
Teacher appointed while on parole for rape Press Statement SA govt 26/03/2008
Vic doctor jailed for abusing patients New Age, 14/03/2008
Double Standard when it comes to underage sex? ANC News, 13/03/2008
Man rapes fiancée's 9-year-old The Daily News, 13/03/2008
South African children play 'rape me' games The Guardian 13/03/2008
350 cases of sexual assault reported during skirmishes Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, 12/03/2008
New Book - A History of rape from the 1860s to the Present 09/02/2008
Licking blood - Kenya: by Charlene Smith 12/01/2008
Rape, the mob's latest weapon in Kenya  Adrian Blomfield 04/01/2008
Crime and politics in South Africa M&G ONline 12/12/2007
Convicted serial rapist blames victims 12/12/2007
Watch your drink Rebekah Kendal 29/11/07
Row over Mbeki biography - Charlene Smith demands an apology
U.S. Says South Africa Impedes U.N. Motion to Condemn Rape as a Tactic NY Times 09/11/07
Rape in Darfur - Cape Times, 31 October 2007
Police officer allegedly rapes sex worker Southern Star 28/09/07
SA on track in AIDS fight, BBC News 11/09/07
Teen to appear in court after baby rape - Sapa 29/07/07
Child sex ordeal over but trauma remains - Cape Argus 29/07/07
AIDS science politics - Charlene Smith - Financial Mail, 18/05/07
The Motherhood Gene by Natalie Angier NY TImes 01/03/07
Durban woman cop experiences violence from criminals and her own department 01/03/07
More than 8 girls raped every week in Lusaka 29/11/06
Gender violence is increasing in SA 24/11/06
Man gets suspended sentence for 13 counts of rape 08/11/06
The right to silence questioned 21/10/06
Dramatic new changes in sexual behaviour in Ireland 17/10/06
Plan to fight child porn would close websites NY Times 21/09/06
Moe female condoms - but cost makes them difficult to afford 01/09/06
AIDS 2006: Bill & Melinda Gates Keynote Speech Toronto 13/08/06
Women’s struggle not over 06/08/2006
Sexual abuse- a game 03/08/06
Judge extends definition of rape 25/07/06
44% of worlds unsafe abortions in Africa 06/07/06
Priest pays fine for rape of 4 The Namibian, 26/06/06
A horrifying abuse of power 21/05/06
A female heroines 'reward' 13/05/06
Kenyan Activists Push for change in Rape Laws 13/05/06
Zuma judgment available online 09/05/06
Ugandan efforts against sexual violence on campuses 01/05/06
23 days that shook our world 28/04/06
Murder in SA...........52 a day 17/04/06
AIDS censorship 07/04/06
It's okay to beat girls 06/04/06
Women and 'gendercide' 04/04/06
Kenyan schoolgirls raped on march 29/03/06
Zuma case media urls at 17th March 17/03/06
State failing it's duty to protect those it has used 16/03/06
Military Hides Cause of Women Soldiers' Deaths 30/01/06
Buying Sex Is Not A Sport 01/01/06
Are teachers who sleep with boys getting off 16/01/06
Chile's new woman president  17/01/06
Second Soweto cemetery also full - now 2/3 bodies per grave 13/01/06

ARCHIVES 2005
ARCHIVES 2004
ARCHIVES 2003
ARCHIVES 2000 to 2002

WORLDWIDE:

GENERAL
19-Year-Old Saudi Rape Victim Ordered to Undergo 200 Lashes 15/11/07
In Rape Case, a French Youth Takes On Dubai 31/10/07
MySpace bars 29 000 sex offenders - Reuters 25/07/07
India's lost daughters: Abortion toll International Herald Tribune, 10/01/06
Many guilty of child rape in French trial 28/07/05
Pakistan's President Musharraf bans Honour Killing 21/01/05
New Report on Trafficking in Women and Children in India 2002-2003 22/12/04
Sentenced to Be Raped, New York Times  29/09/04
Electronic tags to foil wife killers
Sex and power 05/01/04
Good News for Women 28/12/03
Condoms4Life - Catholics challenge the Vatican 24/11/03
Women are oppressed by men's weakness - not their strength   17/11/03
The sinister targets of Indian health camps 04/11/03
Syphillis cases rising, US News and World Report 08/06/03
Brazilian Model for Providing HIV/AIDS Drugs 'Heralded,' But May Not Work 'Everywhere 05/06/03
Indian sex museum 17/12/02
Shocked Poland faces up to child porn shame 03/10/02
War, Murder and Suicide: A Year's Toll Is 1.6 Million 03/10/02
AIDS in 5 Nations Called Security Threat  30/09/02
New Sex Law to Curb HIV/AIDS, Marital Rape in Zimbabwe 24/08/01
News - AIDS drugs wars: New Republican, March, 2001 26/03/01
Women's Low Status Worsens Their Risk of AIDS in Africa and Asia 26/02/01

United Nations. (The Hague.)
UN joins inquiry into reported sex abuse by african union troops in darfur, 18/05/06
Bosnian Serbs convicted in wartime rapes. 22/02/01
U.N. Says Globalization Brings Mixed Effects to Women
Human rights and business 02/11/99

AUSTRALIA
Rape - New Zealand
Older Women Silent 13/12/00

IRAN
Rape (and Silence About It) Haunts Baghdad 16/07/03
Iranian women's Brief #54, 04/10/02
October Buletin 01/10/00


SWEDEN
Fighting sexual violence

UK & EUROPE
Sentences vary greatly for child sex offenders -  Irish Times, 24th September 2007
95% of rape claims never reach court - Irish Times 4th August 2007
European women earn 15% to 25% less than men - Irish Times 19th July 2007
Man can't sue after abuse at Catholic school - Irish Times 7th July 2007
Burying our heads in the sand Irish Times 03/05/07
Accused in stepdaughters rape case fails to stop trial 30/01/07
Making Ireland safer for women 24/11/06
UK Women 'get blame for being raped' 21/10/05
UK -Rape convictions hit record low, 26/03/05
Britain screens Malawians for HIV and other diseases
British Child-Pornography Investigation Is Broadening, NY Times 14/01/03
Child porn probe leads to arrest of 2 cops 13/09/02
Report Challenges Conventional Wisdom 21/11/01

USA
One in 4 girls have sexually transmitted diseases New York Times, 17 March 2008
When Women Rule by Nicholas D Kristof  New York Times 10/02/08
Covey guilting of raping and burying alive 9-year-old 08/03/07
Sex offenders confined beyond their prison terms in US NY Times 04/03/07
Man says sex with disabled kids is sacred ritual Chatanoogan, 14/08/2006
A Democratic Bid That's Anti-Clinton All the Time 26/06/06
FBI - Violent Crime Up in the USA, Rape down Washington Post, 12/06/06
Huge child porn network smashed NYT 20/03/06
Mississippi to put rapists on billboards BBC 20/02/06
States of Confusion about Abortion in the USA 22/01/06
US President Signs H.R. 972, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 10/01/06
Freed by DNA, Now charged for murder NYT, 28/11/05
US denying funding to those who support masturbation, sexwork, abortion, etc. 23/11/05
MyStrength Campaign, California 13/09/05
Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey 01/07/05
Supreme Court Leaves Women More Vulnerable to Domestic Violence 28/06/05
Students get rape-awareness info on free calling cards, Miami Herald 07/03/05
Bush ties money for AIDS work to a policy pledge, WSJ 04/03/05
HIV Infection Rate Among Blacks Doubles 26/02/05
No pregnancy drug in U.S. Department of Justice first-ever medical guidelines for treating sexual assault victims 02/01/05
Abuse Tied to HIV Risks in Native American Women, Reuters Health 08/06/04
Merrill Lynch Ordered to Pay for Sexual Bias, New York Times 21/04/04
Thousands March for Reproductive Rights, Washington DC 26/04/04
The US & same sex marriages, New York Times 16/04/04
Estimated AIDS diagnoses through December 2002, CD. 01/11/03
African Americans with HIV/AIDS: A Protracted War 02/11/03
Study Finds Many Ignore Warnings on Sex Practices, NY Times 09/08/03
Former Prostitutes Augment Recovery By Helping Others, Washington Post 03/06/03
Police Identify Top Suspect in Louisiana Serial Killings 27/05/03
Gov Jeb Bush to Seek Guardian for Fetus of Rape Victim 15/05/03
Judges Beyond the Pale 12/05/03
Cost of Intimate Partner Violence in USA, CDC 01/04/03
Secret Video Voyeurism NY Times 20/03/03
Vermont Senate Approves Bill Decriminalizing Use of Medical Marijuana 17/03/03
Race, Sex and Stigmas. NY Times. 01/03/03
70 more cases against US Priests. NY Times. 30/01/03
City program makes sure lifesaving pills get taken. Baltimore Sun 28/01/03
Privacy of Rape Victims Clashes With Trial Rights. NY Times 26/01/03
Texas Teaches Abstinence, Washington Post 21/01/03
Heed "no" during sex to avoid rape charge, New York Times 08/01/03
Young Girls, Older Partners Leads to High STD Risk 19/12/02
Decision Vacating Convictions in Jogger Attack 19/12/02
AZT patent fight, Reuters 19/12/02
Deception in Ads for Drugs New York Times 01/12/02
On Stand, Girl Recalls Week of Captivity and Rape on L.I 25/11/02
Grandpa makes 10-year-old pregnant, NY Times 18/11/02
U.S Crime Rate Rises  29/11/02
After 5 Years, 7 Are Charged in Rape & Death of Girl Who Vanished, New York Times 01/10/02
FDA OKs Chronic Hepatitis B Drug 21/09/02
Trends in High School sex 02/09/02
Genetic link to cycle ofviolence identified, Chicago Tribune 02/08/02
Catholics Back Strong Steps on Abuse, Poll Finds 03/05/02
Men arrested re: HIV exposure 01/05/02
Powell Urges Condom Use 15/02/02
Violence That Won't Let Go 23/08/01
Rape on Campus 26/01/02
Change of practice re removing children from abused mothers
Special report - George Bush's America 13/02/01
Seaweed Gel to Combat HIV 22/11/00
Violence Against Women Act Passed 20/11/00
DNA comes under fire 25/10/00
USA - Child Maintaintence Support advanced 22/10/00
Damages awarded to abused wife 16/10/00
Crime Down, Rape Up in USA 10/09/2000
Victims sue child welfare agency 15/06/00

CHINA
Beijing, free trade and a retreat in women's rights, Counterpunch 30/12/04
China Now Facing an AIDS Epidemic, a Top Aide Admits 23/08/01

Sierra Leone
War-Related Sexual Violence 28/01/02

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