Sex crimes

In association with the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, the Athens Concert Hall is hosting a lecture by Joanna Bourke on the subject of "A Global History of Sexual Violence," on Friday, January 20.

An Ankara public bus driver who sexually assaulted a woman has a long criminal record and has reportedly been tried in a number of sexual abuse cases in the past. 

A Turkish prosecutor has finally succeeded in convincing a court to order a DNA test in the case of alleged the sexual assault of an 18-year-old student after failing on two previous occasions. 

Authorities in the Argentinian capital will fine people up to $60 for sexual harassment in public places under a new law.

The bill was passed in the city legislature on Dec. 7 in Buenos Aires, where casual sexual harassment is common and traditionally widely tolerated.

Six female teachers who volunteered to provide additional education to 35 students in a village of the Karabağlar district in the western province of İzmir barely escaped sexual assault by a group of men in the village in May, it has been revealed after the opening of a trial into the case, according to daily Habertürk.

More than one-quarter of the residents of the European Union reckon that rape is justifiable, showed a survey of Eurobarometer.

27% of Europeans think that sexual abuse is acceptable under different circumstances, showed data processed by Statista, ordered by the Independent.

A child should not be forced into marriage even if the parents give their consent to it, Turkey's top cleric said, referring to a verse in the Quran on the importance of marriage.

The Turkish parliament's General Assembly has passed a code that would increase sentences meted out to sexual abusers on Nov. 24. 

According to the new code, child sexual abusers will be sentenced to jail between eight and 15 years. The sentence will be between three to eight years if no rape is in question.  

Around 5,000 rapes are reported in Greece every year but only around 150 of the victims take legal action, according to the Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine.

A recent report indicates that 24 percent of women have reported physical abuse (18 percent by their partner) while 6 percent of women claim to have suffered sexual abuse (5 percent by their partner).

It was excellent to see women banding together and making their voices heard on the government's recent child sex abuse bill. They were able to solve part of this issue. But a significant part of it is still there.