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DISGRACED USA GYMNASTICS DOC SENTENCED TO ANOTHER 40-125 YEARS
Larry Nassar is a master of manipulation, Kaitlyn Basel, a dancer who was first abused by Nassar at the age of 12, told the court Friday... READ MORE›
'AS IF I COULD HAVE TAKEN A SELFIE OR A PHOTO WHILE KARADIMA ABUSED ME'
Francis vowed to hold such bishops accountable, but he scrapped a proposed Vatican tribunal to discipline negligent bishops after Vatican canon lawyers objected... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SORRY FOR UPSETTING ABUSE VICTIMS
Pope Francis has apologised for remarks he made last week in Chile defending a bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse... READ MORE›
DEADLY RAPE OF YOUNG GIRL IS SPURRING ABUSE VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN TO SPEAK OUT
But it also triggered an unprecedented national bout of soul-searching, outrage and public confessions from victims of sexual abuse... READ MORE›
IN PAKISTAN, THE RAPE AND KILLING OF ZAINAB AMIN IS CHANGING A CULTURE OF SHAME AND INDIFFERENCE
In Pakistan, the rape and killing of Zainab Amin is changing a culture of shame and indifference... READ MORE›
POPE'S VISIT TO PERU AND CHILE CASTS HARSH LIGHT ON HANDLING OF SEXUAL ABUSE CASES
Victims' groups in Chile and Peru have invited prominent campaigners against child abuse within the Catholic Church to join them during the pontiff's visit... READ MORE›
WOMEN SHOULD BE TOLD IF NEW PARTNER HAS ABUSIVE PAST, SAY VICTIMS GROUPS
Police would then have the right to inform the woman of a new partner's convictions... READ MORE›
FREED TO KILL AGAIN AND AGAIN
Freed to kill again and again Theodore Johnson and the truth about domestic violence... READ MORE›
'LOUD FENCE' RIBBONS REMOVED FROM BALLARAT CATHEDRAL THREE DAYS AFTER ROYAL COMMISSION FINDINGS
He said abuse survivors had requested that the ribbons stay on the fence until the royal commission ended... READ MORE›
ARCHBISHOP REJECTS CALL TO REPORT CONFESSIONS
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse had the power to look at any private, public or non-government body involved with children... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY REPORTS 'CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP'
It also claimed celibacy contributed to child abuse and that it should be made voluntary for clergy in the Catholic Church... READ MORE›
ACTING ON AUSTRALIA'S LANDMARK ABUSE INQUIRY
Victims who were raped, bullied and then belittled for years were finally given a voice by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse... READ MORE›
ADULT FILM ACTRESS AUGUST AMES REVEALED PAST SEXUAL ABUSE AND DRUG ABUSE PRIOR TO DEATH
Adult film actress August Ames opened up about childhood sexual abuse, mental health issues, and drug abuse, just weeks before her death from a reported suicide... READ MORE›
CUTS TO WOMEN'S REFUGES ARE A MEASURE OF OUR COUNTRY
I was a police officer for over 20 years and I have seen the terrible consequences of domestic violence particularly where women have lost their lives... READ MORE›
2 FOUND DEAD IN CENTRAL TOPEKA HOME AFTER POLICE STANDOFF
Topeka police said a standoff began at the home Monday morning after officers responded to a call about a domestic violence situation... READ MORE›
WOMEN'S LIVES AT RISK FROM CHANGES TO FUNDING FOR REFUGES, SAY CHARITIES
New measures on violence against women to be put in domestic abuse bill... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN LEADERS PLEDGE TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
French President Emmanuel Macron called on the whole nation to push for gender equality, starting with the eradication of violence against women... READ MORE›
'I SCREAMED FOR HELP, BUT NOBODY CAME'
Mongolia's domestic violence victims struggle for support amid austerity and arctic temperatures... READ MORE›
FRENCH PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH 'CULTURAL WAR' ON SEXUAL ABUSE
A bill on sexual harassment and violence will be debated in parliament next year to decide on the introduction of a new offence of street harassment... READ MORE›
A FORMER USA GYMNASTICS DOCTOR HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO MOLESTING YOUNG GIRLS
Larry Nassar, 54, had originally pleaded not guilty when he was charged with multiple indictments relating to molesting seven girls... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Ellaria Sand
'SUBMIT TO YOUR HUSBANDS': WOMEN TOLD TO ENDURE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF GOD
Kara Hartley is the Archdeacon for Women in the Diocese of Sydney and deputy chair of a taskforce looking into church responses to domestic violence... READ MORE›
MOROCCAN STATE TV SHOWS WOMEN HOW TO HIDE SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Women in Morocco have reacted in horror after a programme on state television demonstrated how they could use makeup to cover up evidence of domestic violence... READ MORE›
JUDGE RELEASES USA GYMNASTICS SEX ABUSE FILES
The investigation also emboldened more than 80 people to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against longtime USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar... READ MORE›
AFGHAN WOMAN'S EARS CUT OFF BY HUSBAND
The woman's husband is on the run in Kashinda district following the attack, police have told local media... READ MORE›
'IF HE BEATS YOU, HE LOVES YOU'
Under pressure from conservative parenting groups and the Russian Orthodox Church, the deputies voted this week to strike domestic violence from the criminal code, as well... READ MORE›
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE SEXUAL-ASSAULT OFFENSES.
Cardinal George Pell is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the churchs long-running sexual abuse scandal... READ MORE›
CONTROL AND FEAR: WHAT MASS KILLINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE IN COMMON
'Intimate Terrorism' Domestic violence often follows a pattern in which an abuser seeks to control every aspect of a victim's life... READ MORE›
GREECE CHARGES CLERIC WITH CHILD REFUGEES' SEXUAL ABUSE
When questioned, the children said they suffered repeated and persistent sexual abuse by the man, a police spokeswoman told Al Jazeera on Wednesday... READ MORE›
'I WAS SO SCARED': THAI WOMEN REVEAL VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF AUSTRALIAN PARTNERS
Thai migrant women are victims of domestic violence at seven times the national rate, mostly at the hands of their Australian-born partners, the latest data shows... READ MORE›
WE RECORD ALL THE KILLING OF WOMEN BY MEN. YOU SEE A PATTERN
Ingala Smith said it was this case that made her realise the issue was wider than domestic violence... READ MORE›
WIDESPREAD CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASE ROCKS PAKISTAN
Opposition politicians said over the weekend that they planned to take up the issue of child abuse in Parliament on Monday... READ MORE›
EXTRA ?6M IN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO FIGHT ABUSE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
Britain is to step up efforts to combat abuse of women and girls around the world, international development secretary Priti Patel said this weekend... READ MORE›
TORY MP TALKS FOR OVER AN HOUR IN BID TO DERAIL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL
Ministers were debating whether to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which would increase support for victims of domestic violence... READ MORE›
REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE RISING SHARPLY, NSPCC SAYS
The number of recorded sexual offences against children in England and Wales has increased by a third, the NSPCC says... READ MORE›
MAYFAIR THEATRE CANCELS SHOWING OF MEN'S RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY THE RED PILL
Men's rights documentary cancelled by Mayfair Theatre, event moves to City Hall... READ MORE›
MP MICHELLE THOMSON SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AGED 14
Mps ask may to ratify international accord on violence against women... READ MORE›
US SEX ABUSE SUSPECT DETAINED IN BRAZIL
According to a criminal complaint in the US, two women said they were among about 10 girls and young women who were targeted by Mr Barnard... READ MORE›
WOMEN'S PROSPECTS LIMITED BY LAW IN 155 COUNTRIES, FINDS WORLD BANK STUDY
There has also been progress in tackling violence against women 127 countries now have laws on domestic violence, compared with just seven 25 years ago... READ MORE›
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES EXCLUDED FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE LAW, SAY CAMPAIGNERS
44 GMT A new law on domestic violence that criminalises coercive control could exclude women with disabilities, who are particularly vulnerable to such abuse, say campaigners... READ MORE›
INDIAN MAN KILLS WIFE OVER DINNER DELAY
Domestic violence has been the most reported violent crime against women in the country every year for more than a decade now... READ MORE›
'CAMOUFLAGING' DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH MAKEUP, TV SHOW APOLOGISES
It is unclear if the woman was an actual victim of domestic violence... READ MORE›
JOURNALIST ARRESTED 'FOR ASKING DONALD TRUMP'S HEALTH SECRETARY QUESTIONS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE'
Journalist arrested 'for asking Trump's health secretary a question about domestic violence'... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH PAID $213MN TO SEX ABUSE VICTIMS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 1980
Catholic Church paid 213mn to sex abuse victims in Australia since 1980... READ MORE›
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE WORLD TO START TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.
As people in the development community never tire of repeating, domestic violence is a major obstacle to human development... READ MORE›
MI5 ACCUSED OF COVERING UP SEXUAL ABUSE AT BOYS HOME
A Home Office spokesperson said The government is cooperating fully with all investigations into allegations relating to the Kincora boys home... READ MORE›
ALEXIS JAY ON CHILD SEX ABUSE
But rather than tending to her garden she ended up digging up horrific claims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham... READ MORE›
UN EXPERT REMINDS AUSTRALIA OF OBLIGATIONS ON GENDERED VIOLENCE
The government has a Women's Safety Package, worth 100 million, which includes 12 new specialist domestic violence units at pilot locations in each state and territory... READ MORE›
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL DENIES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES
In February, The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, reported more than 4,400 alleged incidents of sexual abuse by Catholic priests between 1980 and 2015... READ MORE›
RUSSIA EXPECTED TO MOVE CLOSER TO DECRIMINALIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Russian police are notoriously reluctant to react to domestic violence calls, which many regard as meddling in family affairs... READ MORE›
MURDER OF ABUSIVE HUSBAND RECASTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
But in many regards, Ms. Sauvage's case is not unique... READ MORE›