Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women (Interpersonal Violence Series)
All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
It has always been of the notion that education and modernity have the capability of changing the perception of people about some uncivilized activities of the past, but that seems not to be the issue. It is the 21st Century, but violence against women has always been on the increase rather than decrease. Decades have by, but yet still, despite the campaign on prevention of violence...
Popvine (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
MTV will air a public service announcement on violence against women following next week’s episode of the network’s controversial new lifestyle-soap, Jersey Shore. In the eppy, airing Dec. 17, cast member — and self-professed “Guidette” — Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi, 21, gets slugged right in the kisser during an argument with a male barfly. The man has...
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
MTV will air a public service announcement on violence against women following next week’s episode of the network’s controversial new lifestyle-soap, Jersey Shore. In the eppy, airing Dec. 17, cast member — and self-professed “Guidette” — Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi, 21, gets slugged right in the kisser during an argument with a male barfly. The man has...
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | yesterday
by SARAH NELSON , Contributing Writer Nearly a decade after the collapse of the Taliban regime, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer violence and discrimination. This week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a comprehensive report chronicling the status of women in Afghanistan. Prior to the Taliban coming to power in 1996, women accounted for nearly half of Afghanistan's...
Open Democracy (Free subscription) | yesterday
“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable” Ban Ki- Moon read more
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Violence against women is pervasive throughout the world and approximately one in three of the world's women will experience violence at some point in their lives, with rates reaching 70 per cent in some countries.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
On September 28 of this year, the world awoke to fresh reports of unspeakable violence against women. In Guinea, the "berets rouges," the Presidential guard, raped women of all ages - in groups, with weapons, and with such brutality that many who weren't immediately killed died soon afterwards of their injuries.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
ON September 28, the world awoke to fresh reports of unspeakable violence against women. In Guinea, the "berets rouges," the Presidential guard, raped women of all ages -- in groups, with weapons, and with such brutality that many who weren't immediately killed died soon afterwards of their injuries.
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
CAIRO: Arab women are converging on Tunisia to discuss methods to fight violence against women. It is a chance for women’s activists to discuss and develop ideas on ways to fight against the growing social problem facing the region. Women representatives from 16 Arab countries met on Sunday to open the meeting, where they called [...]
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Women representatives from 16 Arab countries met on Sunday to shed more light on violence against women in the region and discuss ways to fight against the issue calling for wider role of women in the Arab states. "Tunisia is keen to unify Arab efforts to protect women from violence and improve their situation in a comprehensive approach to human rights...
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
This is a horrifying video of a Afghan woman whom had her face and ear cut off by her husband. This same abusive man poured hot water on his child. There is absolutely no excuse for a man to do this to his wife and child. The Afghanistan culture is so back ass. I wish I knew how to stop this knid of violent behavior. Whether it is the Taliban or the United States controlling the provinces, the...
ONE (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Check out this excellent post from our friends at the International Rescue Committee, commemorating the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: MAKAMBA PROVINCE, BURUNDI – For Céline Mpitabakana and her husband, Jean, saving enough money to buy a small plot of land was always a fond but distant dream. In 1993, the couple had [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Kwara state branch along with the National Council of Women Society (NCW), recently held a road show in Ilorin, the state capital. in the spirit of stemming the tide of violence against women, forced and early marriages
we move to canada (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
On this day, the 20th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre, we remember that on December 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered, and 10 more injured because they were women. But if that's all we remember, we have failed. Every single day, girls and women all over the planet, including in your own town, are beaten, raped or murdered because they are female. Femicide - the very word...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Extremist Threat to Women Increasing, Government Failing to Protect By Rachel Reid (New York) - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, women and...
