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Violence Against Women and Children
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Social Worker Speaks about Helping Children Recover from Abuse
When a child experiences horrific forms of violence and abuse—whether enslaved in a fishing industry or forced to sell her body to men three to four times her age— sometimes the greatest comfort is just knowing she’s not alone. -
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Arrest for Domestic Violence in Uganda
In April 2019, IJM Uganda supported police to arrest a man who had repeatedly abused and threatened to kill his wife, Betty*. -
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Three Convictions for Domestic Violence in Uganda
This month, three men were convicted and sentenced for the crime of domestic violence in Gulu, Uganda. -
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Two Convictions. 99 years in prison. Guatemalan Courts Take Strong Stand against Sexual Violence.
In the last two months, IJM Guatemala has seen Guatemalan courts bring an end to two cases of sexual violence against children with outstanding sentences. -
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12 Convictions for Sexual Violence Against Children in Uganda
Last week, IJM Uganda achieved a conviction in a case of sexual violence against a child that they had been told would be "hopeless" to win. -
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IJM Lawyers Secure a 70-year Sentence for a Serial Rapist in Guatemala
On 30th August, a Guatemalan judge declared a 23-year-old serial rapist guilty and gave him a sentence of 70 years in prison for raping a minor and five other adult women. -
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First Arrest as IJM Gulu Takes on Domestic Violence
On April 26, 2018, a man who had brutally beaten his wife over many years was arrested by police in Gulu, Uganda. This is the first case of domestic violence that IJM has taken on, as part of a new pilot project this year in Gulu. -
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IJM Celebrates Progress in Cambodia
This year marks thirteen years since IJM’s first operation in Cambodia—a country where sex tourists could once purchase young girls for sexual exploitation without fearing any consequences.