Britain passes “life-saving” law on domestic abuse
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain passed “life-saving” domestic abuse legislation last week that campaigners say will protect millions of women, hold more abusers to account and clamp down harder on revenge porn. About 2.4 million people, mostly women, experience domestic abuse every year, according to the government. A woman looks towards dark clouds over the […]
Growing number of young men in Australia targeted for ‘sextortion’
Kuala LumpurThomson Reuters Foundation A rising number of young men in Australia are falling victim to online “sextortion”, the head of the country’s internet safety agency has warned, bucking a global trend of primarily targeting vulnerable women and girls. Seven out of 10 victims of sextortion – a form of extortion that involves sexual acts […]
“Pervasive” digital sexual violence against women skyrockets in Singapore
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation From online stalking to revenge porn, cases of digital sexual violence have spiked sharply in Singapore, women’s rights campaigners warned on Monday as they called for reforms to clamp down on the emerging form of crime. The tech-savvy nation has seen several high-profile cases this year, including a university student […]