Rape
Rape - Breaking the silence and act ...
The figures speak for themselves ... The situation is alarming. Every day, 903 rapes, about 330,000 each year, taking place in the world.
In Mauritius, according to the latest statistics, 466 cases of sexual assault were reported in 2011, 58 cases of rape and 55 of sodomy. However, the taboo still exists around this crime. Worse, most victims remain silent.
The world is still in shock after the rape of an Indian student last December in New Delhi. The young woman was assaulted by six men, then with a rusty iron bar before being thrown with his friend on the road. Seriously injured, the victim, who was 23 years old, succumbed to his injuries. If this drama has angered thousands of residents of New Delhi, this is primarily because the plight of the student is symptomatic of a permanent tension in the city, where many young women are regularly assaulted or threatened aggression.
On 14 January 2013, India was again shaken by rape. That of a seven year old girl. She was raped in the grounds of her school during recess. This case, described as "rape too" by thousands of Indians, has led many of them to demand greater security for women and better consideration by the police and justice, rapes or sexual assault.
No later than last week, still in India, we learn that three sisters, aged 6 to 11 years, were raped and murdered before being thrown into a well. It happened in a village in Bhandara district in the state of Maharashtra. In Mauritius, in the West, is a South African married to a Mauritian, who was recently the victim of a sexual assault. Each year, at home, there are dozens of cases of rape are reported. It is not just the sum of individual crimes classified in various facts, but a brand that our society remains profoundly unequal in gender relations.
Insidious evolution
For Lindsey Collen, leader of Muvman Liberasyon Fam (MLF), rape "is changing sneaky." "There is an increase in the number of rape cases in
The figures speak for themselves ... The situation is alarming. Every day, 903 rapes, about 330,000 each year, taking place in the world.
In Mauritius, according to the latest statistics, 466 cases of sexual assault were reported in 2011, 58 cases of rape and 55 of sodomy. However, the taboo still exists around this crime. Worse, most victims remain silent.
The world is still in shock after the rape of an Indian student last December in New Delhi. The young woman was assaulted by six men, then with a rusty iron bar before being thrown with his friend on the road. Seriously injured, the victim, who was 23 years old, succumbed to his injuries. If this drama has angered thousands of residents of New Delhi, this is primarily because the plight of the student is symptomatic of a permanent tension in the city, where many young women are regularly assaulted or threatened aggression.
On 14 January 2013, India was again shaken by rape. That of a seven year old girl. She was raped in the grounds of her school during recess. This case, described as "rape too" by thousands of Indians, has led many of them to demand greater security for women and better consideration by the police and justice, rapes or sexual assault.
No later than last week, still in India, we learn that three sisters, aged 6 to 11 years, were raped and murdered before being thrown into a well. It happened in a village in Bhandara district in the state of Maharashtra. In Mauritius, in the West, is a South African married to a Mauritian, who was recently the victim of a sexual assault. Each year, at home, there are dozens of cases of rape are reported. It is not just the sum of individual crimes classified in various facts, but a brand that our society remains profoundly unequal in gender relations.
Insidious evolution
For Lindsey Collen, leader of Muvman Liberasyon Fam (MLF), rape "is changing sneaky." "There is an increase in the number of rape cases in