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Released jointly by international women’s
rights organizations Equality Now and
Dignity Alliance International, Sexual
Violence in South Asia: Legal and Other
Barriers to Justice for Survivors, reveals
how laws on rape in South Asian countries
are insufficient, inconsistent, and not
systematically enforced, putting women
and girls at heightened risk of sexual
violence. The report focuses on six
countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal,
Maldives, India and Sri Lanka – and calls
on their governments to take urgent action
to address sexual violence, improve access
to justice for survivors, and end impunity
for perpetrators.
Harsh immigration policies from the United
States, Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala
leave people on the move more exposed to
the double threats posed by organized
crime and COVID-19, says medical
humanitarian organization Doctors Without
Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
“We have seen these harmful migration
policies in the past,” says MFS’ migration
project coordinator, “We know that they do
not discourage migrants, but only push
them to hide and go down more dangerous
roads, where they may be more exposed to
organized crime, turn to human traffickers
and risk their lives.”
A new GBH News investigative series looks
at the growing evidence that thousands of
boys and young men are victims of
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than previously thought. Researchers and
advocates interviewed for this series cited
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implicit bias and systemic racism as
factors that portray many boys and young
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