Violence Against Women & Children
Violence Against Women & Children
IJM Uganda Co-Hosts East Africa Prosecutor’s Conference
IJM Uganda, alongside other partners, supported the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to host the Conference of the East African...
August 28
Violence Against Women & Children
Forty-three Guatemalan Judges Receive Training on Trauma-Informed Care
IJM Guatemala trained 43 justice system officials on the challenges that victims and survivors encounter while trying to seek help from the Public...
August 10
Violence Against Women & Children
IJM El Salvador Fosters Collaboration with Shelter Helps and the Prosecutor’s Office to Empower Victims of Violence
IJM El Salvador partnered with Shelter Helps, a development organization working in the field of housing for people living in poverty and the...
August 03
Violence Against Women & Children
IJM Bolivia Celebrates 13 convictions in Three Months
IJM-trained volunteers in Bolivia helped bring 13 criminal convictions in the first quarter of 2023. These rulings bring justice for 12 women and...
June 29
Violence Against Women & Children
IJM Peru and Paz y Esperanza Host Survivors Retreat
IJM Peru and NGO partner hosted the “More than Conquerors” retreat for child survivors of sexual violence in central Peru.
May 05
Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC)
Recent Handbook Catalogs Landmark Leap Towards Stronger Child Protection
International Justice Mission published the first definitive guide to conducting Videotaped In-Depth Disclosure Interviews (VIDI) – a landmark leap...
October 07
Sexual Violence
Man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year old girl
On a July evening Vania*, then 7, was walking back home from school when she met a man her family knew. The man forcefully grabbed Vania and dragged...
October 04
Sexual Violence
Man found guilty in retrial after original conviction was overturned
The perpetrator appealed the court's decision and in 2014 a re-trial was ordered because of a technicality. That setback did not stop Anna, a victim...
October 03
Sexual Violence
100 Years in Prison for Notorious Sex Offender in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA - On Thursday, August 4, 2022, a Kenyan court sentenced a notorious sex offender to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing four...
September 20