Thursday, September 12, 2013

Widespread assault against women in Asia Pacific...

Nearly one in four men surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region in an exhaustive study by a United Nations agency admitted raping a woman or girl, according to the first multi-country study on the prevalence of rape and partner violence and the reasons behind it.

While the prevalence of reported rape of non-partners was high across the Asia-Pacific, sexual violence against female partners was more widespread, according to the UN study, which interviewed some 10,000 men and 3,100 women in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 2010-2013.

Rather than being asked whether they had committed rape or violence against women, the men were instead asked: "Have you ever forced a woman who was not your wife or girlfriend at the time to have sex?" and "Have you ever had sex with a woman who was too drugged to indicate whether she wanted it?"

 Responses in PNG showed the highest rate of violence against women in the region, with about 62 percent of the men interviewed there indicating they had indeed raped a woman. Some men reported experiencing rape by other men as adults. The lowest prevalence of male rape, 2 percent, was found in the Indonesian cities of Jayapura, capital of Papua Province, and Jakarta, the national capital, while the highest, at 8 percent, was in Bougainville, PNG. Full story...

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