Sexual violence remains a pervasive and systemic issue in Guatemala, disproportionately affecting girls ages 14 and under, which is the age of consent in the country. Different government institutions ...

New Delhi: The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, brought in 13 years ago as a stringent law to shield minors from sexual predators, is now being seen as one that is being ...

BOSTON — When Melissa Fares reported sexual abuse at the hands of her former teacher at Miss Hall’s School years ago, authorities claimed they were hamstrung by the law, she said. “I had reported rape ...