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Drink-spiking: Sexual assault just one of motives behind drugging drinks
Though sexual assault often happens in the context of drink-spiking, other motives may lie behind drugging.
IMF boss Christine Lagarde among French female ministers signing sexual harassment declaration
17 women who served as ministers in France sign a declaration against sexual harassment in politics.
Oklahoma oral sex ruling creates a disturbing loophole for sexual assault
Oklahoma court ruled forced oral sex where the victim was intoxicated from alcohol cannot be criminalised.
Bluewater: Eleven men arrested after woman bundled into van in car park and sexually assaulted
Victim was waiting for the bus home on Mother's Day when she was attacked by a gang of men.
Police clash with topless anti-rape protesters at Rhodes University in South Africa
IBTimes UK speaks with student involved in protest sparked by names of alleged rapists published online.
MPs investigate sexual violence and harassment in England's schools
Sexualised behaviour among students is a social norm, research has revealed.
John Kasich tells female student to not go to parties with alcohol to prevent sexual assault
Republican governor for Ohio was speaking at the Watertown, New York town hall event on 13 April.
Michigan: 'Evil' man sentenced to 200 years in prison over videotaped rape of toddler
Michigan man tied 18-month-old to motel bed and sexually assaulted and urinated on the young girl.
Seattle: 90-year-old man charged with sexual assault at senior housing complex
The elderly man claimed that he is still able to have sex.
UK: Couple jailed for sexually assaulting 13-month-old girl they were babysitting
Couple faces total of 27 years in prison for subjecting child to 'appalling' sexual acts for two years.
British female soldier allegedly sexually assaults sleeping heterosexual colleague to 'make her gay'
Accused soldier boasts about sexual assault where she targeted a colleague in bid to make her gay.
German water park segregates swimmers following alleged assaults on young girls
Arriba water park says it is evaluating if women and children feel more comfortable by the measure.
UK: Girl, 8, sexually assaulted in Greggs while shopping with mother and brother
West Yorkshire Police have released an image of the man they would like to speak to in connection to an assault
Lady Gaga's family learns of rape post Til It Happens To You performance at Oscars 2016
The singer was joined by 52 other survivors in a powerful performance at the Academy Awards.
Rotherham child abuse: Gang, led by three brothers, found guilty of 'systematic' sex offences
Court hears campaign of abuse that lasted 14 years in the first major conviction since 2014 Jay report.
Why do police assume rape victims are liars - but believe those reporting any other crime?
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has said Met Police may end policy of automatic belief of sex abuse complaints.
Kanye West posts surprise tweet: Bill Cosby is innocent!
Rapper does an apparent about-face on Cosby and ignores complaints from 50 women.
Case of woman who bled to death after 'wild sex' with two men on Australian beach reopened
Victim died in 2011 after the encounter with the two men in the back of a van in New South Wales.
Rapes linked to online dating rise by 450% in five years in UK
National Crime Agency warns a new breed of sex attacker is using online dating to find victims.
How India's women are using martial arts to fight back against sexual violence
IBTimes UK explores how females in India are learning self-defence and martial arts to prevent sexual assault.
Unnamed BBC star questioned by police over alleged sex assault
Man appears on 'popular family show' according to reports.
Hackney CCTV appeal: Four boys aged 13 sexually assaulted on way to school in east London
Detectives wish to speak to two men in relation to the incident.
Men sexually assaulted and robbed a woman with learning difficulties leaving a Birmingham nightclub
Yasser Mahmood, 23, and Abdi Seerar, 27, 'preyed upon' the woman, West Midlands Police said.
UK: Father escapes trial despite judge finding 13-month old girl sexually assaulted before death
Toddler Poppi Worthington died after being found with serious injuries in Barrow in December 2012.
Student in court for allegedly assaulting fellow Essex University student with a sex toy while she slept
The Wivenhoe campus of the university in 2014 was where the alleged attack took place.
Private Cheryl James Suicide: Teen army recruit was 'sexually exploited' by senior officers prior to her death
New material suggests the 18-year-old may have been 'sexually coerced or raped' the night before her death.
Transgender rapist Davina Ayrton sent to men's prison after assault on 15-year-old Portsmouth girl
A transgender woman found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl in 2004 when she was a man.
Cologne attacks: Again women are told how not to behave, yet men aren't told how not to rape
Cologne mayor Henriette Reker issued a women's "code of conduct" to protect against sexual assault.
Who is Andrea Constand? Former university employee has accused her 'mentor' Bill Cosby of sexual assault
The 42-year-old first contacted police with allegations against Cosby in January 2005.
Bill Cosby sex crimes: Comedian 'drugged and sexually assaulted' Andrea Constand allege prosecutors
Prosecutor have filed the charges against the comedian for alleged sexual assault in 2004.