Gender Violence

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• Childrens rights against violence

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 506
  This month the world duly marked the 20th anniversary of the Co nvention on the Rights of the Child (prior post ), to which my country of residence, France, and all countries except Somalia and the United States, are states parties . Article 19 of that Convention provides: States Parties shall take all ...
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• Watchdog citizen journalism against gender violence

  
  Gender Masala — Authority: 112
  The sisters can do it by themselves. By A. Vilanculos The buzz in Mozambique during the recent elections was not the TV debate among presidential candidates debate (there is none) or their programs  (all vague). What had tongues wagging was citizen’s journalism, dispatches by ordinary folk about electoral ...
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• Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres [Peaceful Way of Women], Colombia

  
  Global Fund for Women — Authority: 115
  By Cassandra Sutherland For five decades, guerrillas, paramilitaries, narco-traffickers and the government have waged armed conflict in Colombia. They have caused 40,000 deaths, tens of thousands of “disappearances,” and innumerable human rights violations. According to reports from women’s rights groups, every ...
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• An underlying fear of rape

  
  Stop Street Harassment! — Authority: 127
  “A world without rapists would be a world in which women moved freely without fear of men. That some men rape provides a sufficient threat to keep all women in a constant state of intimidation, forever conscious of the knowledge that the biological tool must be held in awe, for it may turn to weapon [...]
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• The Cyclical Nature Of Songs About Sexual Violence [Song Remains The Sane]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  If he didnt care for me/I could have never made him mad/But he hit me and I was glad. An article in todays Guardian explores the work of Deborah Finding and her thesis on narratives of violence in pop music. The lyrics above are actually how Finding illustrates the somewhat cyclical nature of how our culture ...
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• Uganda: no stone throwing in glass houses

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 487
  In “Uganda is… Who is in our hearts of hearts” Dan Mosenberg tells us about the ANERELA movement in Uganda begun by Rev. Gideon B. Byamagusha to provide support to religious leaders living with HIV/AIDS . Rev Byamagusha was the first Anglican Bishop to declare his HIV status. There are now some 2,000 [...]
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• A spiritual gift

  
  Gender Masala — Authority: 112
  Patriarchal in all senses. By M. Sayagues What drives a 17-year-old girl to enter a monastery? Today she is 30, and still happy about her choice. Her eyes sparkle and her laughter comes easy. She exudes peace. I will call her Gabra (gift, in Amharic), for our conversation was private. I met her at a monastery ...
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• Transgender Day of Remembrance

  
  Body Impolitic — Authority: 118
  Marlene says: I’m not much for holidays. I don’t really care about auspicious dates. I give holiday and birthday gifts in the more-or-less right part of the year, but rarely on the right day. I have usually ignored Valentine’s Day. I think Halloween is for amateurs. I spent a few years trying hard to reclaim ...
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• Killing Fields meeting on the Net by feminists

  
  Diana Washington Valdez blog — Authority: 100
  Discussion on the Juarez killing fields book The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women - Feminista (Washington, DC ...Join us to discuss the book The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women written byEl Paso Times journalist Diana Washington Valdez. It exposes the Mexicankilling ... ...
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• The ladies are Nudist! So what?

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 487
  Kayode Ogundamisi posted this note on Facebook commenting on the Lagos State Government’s “Rambo” raid on private nightclubs. The club dancers were dehumanised and photographed in the nude by security forces with the photos being sent to the press. Kayode’s comment speaks to the whole issue of hypocrisy, ...
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• Violence Against Women in the United States

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 506
  The University of Virginia School of Law International Human Rights Law Clinic (directed by Deena Hurwitz (left)) is conducting a survey on "Issues of Violence against Women in the United States" within the framework of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women’s mandate . The goal is to solicit from ...
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• A Brief History of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

  
  Levellers — Authority: 413
  Like the International Fellowship of Reconciliation ( IFOR ), the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) began out of the horrors of the First World War.  It also grew from the first wave of international feminism.  As women in Europe and North America were struggling for the vote (suffrage) ...
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• “The Killer in Me” Promo (NSFW! And Major Trigger Warning!)

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 159
  Cate M. emailed us about the promo for the movie “The Killer in Me,” saying, The level of violence is at NSFW levels and quite possibly one of the most ‘trigger warning’ vids I’ve ever seen used to promote a non-horror film. We get a lot of submissions about sexualized violence toward women, so I ...
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• “The Killer in Me” Promo (NSFW! And Major Trigger Warning!)

  
  Sociological Images — Authority: 693
  Cate M. emailed us about the promo for the movie “The Killer in Me,” saying, The level of violence is at NSFW levels and quite possibly one of the most ‘trigger warning’ vids I’ve ever seen used to promote a non-horror film. We get a lot of submissions about sexualized violence toward women, so I ...
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• Violence Against Women on Prime Time Up Since 2004

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 159
  Parents Television Council just released their new data comparing the incidence of violence against women and girls by CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX during prime time sweeps in 2004 and 2009 (report here ).  They found a 120% increase in depictions of violence against women and girls amidst a steady rate of overall ...
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• 5 Reasons The Cleveland Serial Killer Case Flew Under The Radar [The Missing]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  How does a sick fuck like Anthony Sowell , who lives next to a sausage factory, get away with murdering eleven (or more) women in just four years? The answer is an ugly examination into our societys structural failings. While the sausage factory provided a little cover for the horrible stench, the other reasons ...
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• Rihanna Interview Part 2 (Video)

  
  Tennessee Guerilla Women — Authority: 560
  Rihanna talks about the violent assault by Chris Brown in this clip from Good Morning America. Tonight on 20/20, ABC will air the full interview. See Part 1. Feminist News Gender Politics Patriarchy Terrorism Violence Against Women Hate Crimes
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• Rihanna Talks: Eff Love (Video)

  
  Tennessee Guerilla Women — Authority: 560
  Rihanna shares her experience, as a victim of domestic violence, with the world via an interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America . Be advised. This is just a preview, but its painful to watch. Anna N. at Jezebel writes: One of the saddest parts of the interview was the singers admission that she ...
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• Morgan Harrington’s Disappearance Sexualized by Nancy Grace

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 159
  Victoria S. observed that, when 20-year-old Morgan Harrington went missing, the Nancy Grace show didn’ t do a story about missing Morgan Harrington, they did a story about the missing “co-ed beauty”: As Victoria said, if any of us go missing, let’s hope we’re lucky enough to be beautiful with ...
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• FotoPres 2009 at CaixaForum Barcelona

  
  NN Experiences - Nuez i Navarro Hotels Blog. — Authority: 124
  FotoPres 2009 The 135 photographs corresponding to the six projects awarded prizes and grants are now being shown at CaixaForum until February 2010 to prompt visitors to think deeply about living conditions in countries in conflict. The competition, which came about thanks to a determination to recognise the ...
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