Global News by Tag: rape
KUNAN POSHPORA, KASHMIR, INDIA – Located in the remote, northern district of Kupwara, Kunan Poshpora looks like any other village in Indian-administered Kashmir. But on Feb. 23, 1991, something happened here that would change this village forever.
That night, residents say that Indian troops laid siege to their village. The army assembled the men at several locations in the town and then entered their homes.
Reporting Rape: Part Seven in a Global Series
KIBERA, KENYA – Laughter is in the air in Bombolulu, one of more than 10 villages in Kibera, the most populous slum in East Africa. Celebrating the new year, children scream as they chase each other, their clothes dirty from the numerous falls in the dust.
Reporting Rape: Part Six in a Global Series
BAMENDA, CAMEROON – Delly Nji, 24, is married and the mother of four children. She says she became pregnant with her first child at age 13 after being raped. But she says she didn’t realize it at the time.
“At that age, I didn’t even know what sex was,” Nji says.
Reporting Rape: Part Five in a Global Series
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE – Dorcas Mbvuto, 32, was raped by a spiritual leader in her church in April 2010 on the outskirts of Queens Park West, a Bulawayo suburb. Three months later, the quiet woman was shocked when she discovered that she was pregnant with his baby, says one of her sisters, who declined to be named.
Reporting Rape: Part Four in a Global Series
DOUALA, CAMEROON – Sophie Mixte, who is in her 30s, says she was raped three times while growing up in Douala, Cameroon’s largest city.
Reporting Rape: Part One in a Global Series
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Rutendo Tapiwa Chigudu, 28, says that her 16-year-old neighbor came to her one day in September and told her she had been raped by the caretaker of their block of flats in Harare, the capital.
NDHIWA, KENYA –Akinyi Brenda, 23, is a statistic in Kenya. Her ragged clothes give away her social status. She is an AIDS orphan. She is a rape victim. She is a single mother. She is HIV positive.