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Sudanese Refugees Get Sexually Abused By Aid Workers In UN Camp

Agamapar ChadhaSeptember 24, 20220

UN Secretary Antonio Guterres has officially requested urgent reports into the allegation of sexual abuse in the South Sudan camp run by the UN. The suspects of this sexual mistreatment are the aid workers of such centres. This maltreatment of the displaced who took refuge in such camps could be traced back as early as 2015 in Malakal, regardless of the UN sending a task force to handle the situation. This involved eight workers being accused of raping minors and pressuring women and girls to sleep with them in exchange for gifts. Joshua Craze, an independent researcher and coauthor of the original report on sexual abuse in South Sudan, commented on the slow nature of the UN addressing this issue by saying, “The basic problem if you look into all this task force set up to prevent...

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Paedophilia In India: Elders’ Way Of Respect Reeks Conservative Backwardness

Agamapar ChadhaJune 28, 20220

Paedophilia in India, from a social point of view and victim’s perspective, remains undeterred even after the law is made for it. The victims of this sexual misconduct have to suffer and continue to stay mum. This is because paedophilia is no more than just another taboo due to the obvious sexual connotation. Adding on to the sex is the incestuous sexual misconduct which conflicts with India’s conservative family values. An Aunt, an in-law or parents of the child’s violator will never believe such an act and discard any complaint by children as they don’t think the violators are capable of acting this way. Moreover, due to the taboo nature of sex in India, children in society are less informed and are to trust and obey elders in their community completely. This makes them more susceptib

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Sex Weaponised In Ethiopian Civil War: Everything ‘Fair’ In Love And War?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 24, 20220

Except for the Islamic terrorism and regions where the western intervention took place, Africa is heavily underreported, reflecting the world’s discriminatory outlook on Africa and Africans. Like this, many will be unaware of an ongoing civil war in Ethiopia called the Tigray conflict. Breaking out on 3rd November of 2020 after a schism between the Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party and the Tigray’s regional government: Tigray People’s Liberation Front(T.P.L.F). Abiy Ahmed postponed the election on account of the coronavirus. This added more fuel to the fire of the T.P.L.F., which vested all power and had autonomy in Ethiopia before Ahmed’s rise. This power previously held by the Tigray faction was ended. Tigray, in defiance, held their regional election in their are...

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Sexual Assault And School Dropouts Goes Parallel To Each Other; Learn How!

Pooja YadavMay 19, 20220

One out of each three children who have faced statutory offences, drop out of college in Delhi in line with a study done by the Delhi Commission for the cover of kid Rights (DPCPCR). Looking upto the statistics, out Of the 100 minor assault survivors, 33% dropped out of school and only 9% have plans to resume studies the report revealed which is quite shocking tells us where we are lacking. We are lacking in giving confidence to our girls. The Commission had interviewed 94 girls and 6 boys. Going further deeper into the situation, the study also showed only 15% of the survivors received compensation from the government ranging between 30,000 and 50,000. The major reasons for dropping out were long and expensive legal procedures, social stigma, and safety and health concerns. The stu...

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