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• Will I be turned away?

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 489
  If I walked through the bush,and in chest-high water through the river,and through more thick bush,and I crawled under the wireand climbed over the electric fenceto reach South AfricaIf I came through the river becauseI had no money for the documents, norto bribe officials at the border post, butI was so desperateWill ...
  5 hours ago

• Violence against women: Do something!

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 489
  Today is the first day of 16 days of activism against violence against women. A brief note on what we mean by gender based violence. Ore at W.TEC uses the quotes the UN definition which rightly includes the “treat of violence” and “deprivation of liberty”“any act of gender-based violence [...]
  2 days ago

• 10 Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 489
  This has been circulated around the internet but no one seems to know where it originated. I’m linking this back to the F-Word as their photo fits in well with these tips. 1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior.2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them [...]
  3 days ago

• Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 743
  November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance , andits an opportunity for all of us to stand up to end violence against all women .Female identified people throughout the feminist movement have been pushing forequality, and have been breaking down the stereotypes of being women in ourculture. No longer ...
  1 week ago

• Human Rights Facts (164): Violence Against Women On Television

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 479
  The infamous rape scene from "A clockwork orange" Prime time television shows in the U.S. are depicting significantly more scenes and stories including violence against women. The overall incidence of violence on television hasn’t increased. ( source , source , source ) The depiction of violence against ...
  1 week ago

• ‘Saving’ Afghan Women Not An Acceptable Justification For Continued U.S. Presence In Afghanistan

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 558
  While Obama continues to practice his leadership style of taking a really, really long time to decide pretty much anything, it appears likely that he will ultimately approve a significant increase in troop levels in Afghanistan.  As Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women’s Mission writes , There’s no debate ...
  2 weeks ago

• Women’s Human Rights Under Siege In Honduras

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 558
  Excerpted from Axis of Logic : On Nov. 2 representatives from Honduran women’s organizations presented a grim panorama of violations of women’s human rights by the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. During a fact-finding mission with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Desperate for motherhood at any cost

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 503
  By Maggie Mzumara She thought she had no choice. She really did not see any. What she saw was a desperate situation which needed a quick, if desperate, choice. Earnest enough! But the law and society thought otherwise. That the choice she made was criminal and not perpetrated in earnest at all. Just, where were they ...
  2 weeks ago

• Comfort Women Still Wait For An Apology From Japan

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 558
  Via Gender Across Borders , Women forced into sex slavery in Japan during WWII, nicknamed “comfort women”, are still seeking an official apology from the Japanese government. These now elderly women, mostly from North and South Korea, are hoping for the official apology they have deserved for decades. It ...
  3 weeks ago

• From the DRC to India, Holding Governments Accountable for Ensuring Safe Childbirth

  
  Akimbo — Authority: 559
  In perhaps one of the best publicized cases of femicide in our recent history, rape in DRC is endemic. In a nine month period between January and September 2008, more than 18,000 cases of rape have been reported. If over 2,000 women and girls report being raped per month , how many more never report? In a prior ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Not So Entertaining Escalation Of Violence Against Women On Television

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 558
  These domestic violence ads were banned from television: and: and: But yet television executives apparently have no problem with onscreen violence against women. According to The Parents Television Council : Incidents of violence against women and teenage girls are increasing on television at rates that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rape Victim Tells Sen. Vitter Off For His No Vote On Franken Amendment

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 558
  This woman is my shero for confronting Sen. David Vitter on his vote against the Franken Amendment that prohibits the government from hiring contractors that won’t allow victims of sexual violence to take their cases to court. Transcript via The Huffington Post : WOMAN: It meant everything to me that I was ...
  3 weeks ago

• Capitol Hill Briefing on Violence Against Women

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 471
  Today Physicians for Human Rights convened a Capitol Hill Briefing on violence against women in Sudan and Chad. The briefing featured 3 physicians who spent several weeks on the ground in Chad and highlighted the findings from Nowhere to Turn: Failure to Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Susan G. S. McGee: Why Does She Stay Is The Wrong Question

  
  Feminist Peace Network — Authority: 558
  Susan G. S. McGee’s excellent article, 20 Reasons Why She Stays: A Guide for Those Who Want to Help Battered Women , which was originally published in the Journal of the Michigan Bar in 1991 is now available on the web . When the topic of intimate violence comes up, all too frequently we hear the question, ...
  4 weeks ago

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