Child Rape

India's low-caste women raped by men from dominant castes

Men from dominant castes frequently use sexual violence as a weapon to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, which place India's 200 million Dalits on the lowest rung of an ancient caste hierarchy, according to two rights groups.

Australia's child abuse inquiry ends

Messages of sexual abuse survivors were released in a book to mark the end of a five-year investigation which heard reports of abuse occuring in more than 4,000 institutions.