News, 11/4/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    REGIONAL NEWS
III.   CHILD MARRIAGE
IV.   ARMED CONFLICT

V.    ADVOCACY

VI.   ONLINE ABUSE
VII.  PORNOGRAPHY

VIII. CASE STORIES
IX.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Canada: Ontario's funding for gender-based violence victims welcome, but some non-shelter services feel left out

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-announce-26-million-in-gbv-funding-advocates-9.6965335 

REGIONAL NEWS

Enola man charged after investigation revealed he sexually abused minor for months: police

https://local21news.com/news/local/enola-man-charged-after-investigation-revealed-he-sexually-abused-minor-for-months-police 

CHILD MARRIAGE

Lawmakers Urged to Consider Emerging Drivers of Child Marriage

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/lawmakers-urged-to-consider-emerging-drivers-of-child-marriage/ 

ARMED CONFLICT

Over half a billion children live in conflict zones -- report

https://www.dw.com/en/over-half-a-billion-children-live-in-conflict-zones-report/a-74613454 

UN secretary-general says Sudan’s war is ‘spiraling out of control’

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-fasher-rsf-war-un-279868664dabe63d88ccf4a506eb1499 

Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer resigns, goes missing, is found and thrown into jail

(Trigger warning)

https://apnews.com/article/israel-military-scandal-prisoners-abuse-7becb2de4079b76b656910cc3c640d0d 

ADVOCACY

Missouri: Ahead of World Cup, Kansas City trains hospitality workers in sexual assault prevention

https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-11-04/world-cup-kansas-city-hospitality-workers-sexual-assault-prevention 

ONLINE ABUSE

India: Women abused, shamed, and silenced online by technology-facilitated gender-based violence, says report

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/women-abused-shamed-and-silenced-online-by-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-says-report/article70239383.ece 

PORNOGRAPHY

Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK

(Trigger warning)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/03/pornography-depicting-strangulation-to-become-criminal-offence-in-the-uk

CASE STORIES

Nicholas Rossi sentenced to second prison term of 5 years to life for Utah County rape

A man convicted of raping women in both Salt Lake and Utah counties in 2008 before faking his death, fleeing the country and assuming a new identity was sentenced Tuesday to a term of five years to life in prison.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51400192/nicholas-rossi-sentenced-to-second-prison-term-of-5-years-to-life-for-utah-county-rape

COMMENTARY

Rape culture is a problem for everyone – here are three ways to tackle it

https://theconversation.com/rape-culture-is-a-problem-for-everyone-here-are-three-ways-to-tackle-it-263152 

How Changing Weather Drives Gender-Based Violence in Somalia

https://borgenproject.org/gender-based-violence-in-somalia/ 

Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya: The Day My Community Chose a New Story

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-influence-change/2025/11/03/female-genital-mutilation-in-kenya-the-day-my-community-chose-a-new-story/