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 | 25th November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Lakshmi Puri Each year on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated. A commemoration in essence is an opportunity to reflect on the challenges, prove that progress can be made and celebrate victories. It is also a reminder of the obligations and the ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Let's Unite to End Violence Against Women in Kenya Sicily Kariuki, Siddharth Chatterjee and Stefano A. Dejak Consider this. According to the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of Kenya, 4 out of every 10 Kenyan women undergo some form of violence, whether physical or sexual. This figure is staggering and should compel us to pause and reflect. Today, on the International day for the Elimination ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Violence Against Black Women in Brazil on the Rise, Despite Better Laws Mario Osava Four months in hospital and a number of operations saved the life of Maria da Penha Fernandes of Brazil, but the rifle shot left her paraplegic at the age of 37. When she returned home, her husband tried to electrocute her in the bathroom. It eventually became clear that the author of the first ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Speaking Out on Sexism and Violence Through Hip-Hop Lyndal Rowlands Young women are beginning to find their voices around issues such as sexism and violence, including through hip-hop, an art-form which has a long tradition of fighting oppression. Johnna Artis, 20, a first apprentice of H+ the Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory told IPS about how she has learnt to ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Nations Lose Bid to Block UN LGBTI Expert Tharanga Yakupitiyage Following a contentious and close vote, a UN General Assembly (UNGA) committee reaffirmed the right of a newly appointed UN expert addressing violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity to continue his work. In June, the 47-member UN Human Rights Council ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | How Do You Make a Region Visible? Inna Michaeli "One challenge we are facing is that we are invisible as a region, and the feminist movement is invisible, both inside and outside the region." Natalia Karbowska, Board Chair of Ukrainian Women's Fund said at a session on Eastern and South-East Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia: Getting (back) on ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Rape as an Act of Genocide: From Rwanda to Iraq Lindah Mogeni The governments of Rwanda and Iraq have agreed to work together to fight rape as a weapon of genocide, noting disturbing similarities between sexual violence in Iraq today to the Rwandan genocide twenty years ago. Just as targeted rape was as much a tool of the Rwandan genocide as the ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Release of Chibok Girls Rekindles Pressure to Free Last 196 Ini Ekott The Nigerian military announced the rescue of a missing Chibok schoolgirl Saturday, bringing to 23 the number freed since Boko Haram seized 219 girls from a secondary school in the country's northeast in April 2014. The latest rescue came about a month after the Islamist group released 21 girls ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | The Perils of Writing about Toilets in India Lyndal Rowlands Journalist Stella Paul was midway through an interview about toilets when she found herself, and the women she was speaking to, under attack from four angry men. "This man, he comes and he just grabs this woman by her hair and he starts dragging her on the ground and kicking her at the same ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Wonder Woman: Not the Hero the UN Needs Sanam Naraghi Anderlini For those of us who ever feel conflicted about the United Nations, the past month has been an exercise in managing absurd cognitive dissonance. First, on October 21 2016, the United Nations announced that the 1940s comic book heroine, Wonder Woman would be its new mascot for promoting the ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Journalist Murders: The Ultimate Form of Censorship Lindah Mogeni The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned the killing of more than 800 journalists globally since 2006. A measly seven percent of these murders have been solved. The protection of journalists and fighting against impunity is part of the UN's 16th ... MORE > > | ||||||||||||||||
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