Swiss tourist gang-raped in India—police

A Swiss female tourist was gang-raped in rural central India, police said on Saturday, the latest victim of sexual violence against women in the South Asian nation.

A Swiss female tourist was gang-raped in rural central India, police said on Saturday, the latest victim of sexual violence against women in the South Asian nation.
At the 15th year anniversary of Cebu Daily News last February 8, I did not realize it has been that long since I became part of it when it started in 1998 at a small but cozy office in Escario Street to a bigger, more spacious and comfortable building at the North Reclamation Area. Originally, [...]
Violence against women is increasing all over the world. In Cebu, one out of three women experience violence ranging from beating to rape in their lifetime.

Indian police arrested a man on Tuesday as he tried to plant a crude bomb near the home of one of the suspects in the New Delhi gang-rape case as a backlash against widespread sex crimes gathered steam.
The number of cases of violence against women in the city has more than doubled in six years, which women’s groups said is a sign that the abuse of women here has not eased.

An actor and former reality TV show contestant faces charges of violence against women and physical injuries after he reportedly hurt his live-in partner who had just given birth and beat up her brother.
The Department of Education (DepEd) is joining the awareness program of the Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking December 5-12.
Public and private schools across the country are blowing the whistle to protest violence against women as part of a global campaign to end abuse of women and children.
A battered housewife in Barangay San Isidro escaped death when the shotgun her husband allegedly tried to shoot her with malfunctioned, the police said Thursday.
Senior Inspector Alexander Razonable, Malalag police chief, said Feliciana Tampos, 47, had to be rushed to a hospital for bruises and cuts, however, after her enraged husband, Felix, 41, hit her with the malfunctioning gun Wednesday night.