VAW cases in increasing trend in Nepal

As per the data of the Women Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC), a women rights advocacy organisation, has reported  206  VAW cases  from the mid-May to mid-June (the Nepali month of Jeth) where a total 131 cases were recorded in the previous month.

Similarly,  it reports that  12 percent of the recorded cases last month were rape cases  while nine percent were other sexual assaults.
More than half of the rape survivors (77 per cent) are minor, below the age of 16, according to WOREC.

Likewise, 36 percent of the total recorded cases were physical assaults. Four percent were beaten over dowry and witchcraft-related issues. 25 percent of women were mentally tortured.

The organisation said the nationwide increase in the VAW cases was a serious issue that needs to be addressed immediately.