Amnesty International on Wednesday accused four Nordic countries renowned as bastions of gender equality of having 'shockingly high levels of rape' and of failing the victims.
Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday accused four Nordic countries renowned as bastions of gender equality of having “shockingly high levels of rape” and of failing the victims.
“It is a paradox that Nordic countries, which have strong records of upholding gender equality, suffer shockingly high levels of rape,” Amnesty International’s secretary general Kumi Naidoo said in a statement., the report said an average of 30% of women in Denmark, Finland and Sweden had experienced violence or abuse at the hands of sexual partners, compared to an European Union average of 22%.
It accused Norwegian authorities of not taking necessary measures to prevent rape or address its consequences. The report praised Sweden for adopting a new law last year redefining rape as sex without consent and introducing a new offence labelled “negligent rape.”
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