rape



STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 09, 2022 • 9 min read

Analysis Marital rape must be a crime across ASEAN 

By Molika Heng • Nov 09, 2022
Sexual assault within marriages remains an overshadowed and overlooked issue in the region, due to cultural taboos and vague legal definitions

STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 06, 2019 • 14 min read

Sexual abuse Under the world’s mirror

By Thomas Brent and Kong Meta • Jun 06, 2019
Facing discrimination for gender, disability and poverty, Cambodia’s women and girls with disabilities are among the most vulnerable to sexual abuse and violence

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 29, 2016 • 7 min read

Thailand Sexual violence is not a soap

By Ana Salvá • Sep 29, 2016
In Thai soap operas, rape is routinely depicted as a precursor to romance, with female protagonists shown falling in love with their rapists. Led by an outraged viewer, the country’s television industry is starting to examine its normalisation of sexual violence

Nov 06, 2015 • 11 min read
Cambodia

The forgotten men

Huge numbers of males are raped in Cambodia. So why do these horrific crimes remain largely ignored by rights organisations and the media?
By David Hutt • Nov 06, 2015

Nov 15, 2013 • 7 min read
Sexual violence

Dangerous minds

11.3% of Cambodian men had raped a woman in the past year. Here, four sex workers share their shocking stories of rape, gang rape and violence
By Denise Hruby • Nov 15, 2013

Jun 08, 2012 • 9 min read
State Violence

War on Myanmar’s women

With the constitution relegating women to second-class citizens and the national army increasingly employing sexualised violence as a weapon of subjugation, Myanmar is still very much a military man’s world
By Charlie Lancaster • Jun 08, 2012