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New Delhi: Outrage and distrust followed a report by Thomson Reuters Foundation which in a survey- admittedly based on perception and not scientific data- ranked India as the worst place for women facing sexual violence. more
Report highlights UN progress in fight to stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse

New York: The number of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by personnel serving with the United Nations dropped from 165 in 2016 to 138 last year, according to the lat ...

UN envoy on conflict-related sexual violence reports on visits to Iraq and Sudan

New York: A senior United Nations official has stressed the need to ensure survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Iraq are fully protected and that perpetrators are brought to j ...

UN receives 40 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in last quarter of 2017

New York, Feb 23 (JEN): The United Nations has received 40 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across its entities and implementing partners for the last three months of 2017, in ...

Women and children threatened by sexual violence at refugee reception centres in Greek islands – UN

New York, Feb 10 (JEN): Asylum seekers are reporting sexual harassment and violence at some sub-standard reception centres on Greek islands – where even bathing during the daytime c ...