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• Ruth Rendell supports fight against FGM (female genital mutilation)

  
  womensgrid — Authority: 142
  Crime writer Ruth Rendell is supporting the London Safeguarding Children Board’s efforts to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM). Baroness Rendell, a high profile campaigner against FGM, spoke at the launch of a resource pack drawn up by the London Safeguarding Children Board. This innovative pack ...
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• Campaign to raise awareness of femicide in Ireland

  
  womensgrid — Authority: 142
  A campaign to honour the 159 women who have been murdered in Ireland since 1996 and raise awareness of the killing of females was launched in NUI, Galway this week. The NUI, Galway Femicide Awareness Campaign ‘…Because She Was A Woman’ will run for 16 days and is made up of both undergraduate and postgraduate ...
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• Many women still left at risk of domestic violence says Director of Women’s Aid Ireland

  
  womensgrid — Authority: 142
  Ireland’s domestic violence legislation fails to protect many abused women and falls short of UN guidelines on international best practice, writes Margaret Martin Every day in Ireland women are beaten, raped and abused by those closest to them – their boyfriends, husbands and partners. One in five women ...
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• UN unveils Network of Men to fight abuse of women

  
  womensgrid — Authority: 142
  UN chief Ban Ki-moon has unveiled a Network of Men Leaders to act as male role models in a campaign opposing violence against women. He urged all men to join the campaign, saying about 70% of women experience some form of physical or sexual violence from men. The 14 men currently in the network include Spanish PM ...
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• Will I be turned away?

  
  Black Looks — Authority: 487
  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 ...
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• Light a Candle

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 470
  It’s was especially meaningful to me to light a Save Darfur Connection Candle on Thanksgiving with my close female friends. For the three of us, it truly was a way to connect with women in Darfur. We talked about what they would be doing today. Their day would have been a repeat of the last Thursday in November ...
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• A domestic violence survivor speaks

  
  Times LIVE Multimedia — Authority: 146
  The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children is launching a digital storytelling project to mark the 16 days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children.  Zanele Sabela spoke to Rachel Petersen about her truimph over domestic violence.
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• Wear a white ribbon

  
  Save Darfur Weblog — Authority: 470
  This Thanksgiving, my family was very into the spirit of the 16 Days . We found some holiday ribbon upstairs and, with the help of kitchen scissors and safety pins, had our very own “White Ribbons” – ribbons that serve as a pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women – to ...
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• SA: Violence Against Women

  
  Women of History — Authority: 141
  From IOL : Women in South Africa are six times more likely to be killed by their "male partners" than elsewhere in the world, says the senior researcher at the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, Lisa Vetton. She said the rate of such killings by intimate partners in South Africa was six times higher than the ...
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• Guinea: More Violence Against Women

  
  Women of History — Authority: 141
  From Reuters : Guinean soldiers raped at least 100 women during a crackdown on protesters in September, a human rights group said on Thursday. The findings were released as United Nations experts began to investigate the repression, in which about 160 people were killed. The crackdown has drawn widespread ...
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• This just in - Richard Worth wont be charged

  
  The Hand Mirror — Authority: 536
  Both Stuff and the Herald are running a breaking news banner saying no charges will be laid against Worth after the serious allegations against him earlier in the year. No more info at this time.UPDATE: Heres the Herald article, up just now.It will be interesting to see if John Key now reveals why he lost confidence ...
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• News Round-Up

  
  Memory in Latin America — Authority: 129
  Argentina First Argentine marine commander to land in Falklands in April 1982 arrested (Mercopress) Chile Chile murder mystery: Who killed Victor Jara (AP) Peru Estadio de San Marcos hace 20 años (PeruFotoLibre) IACHR Calls for Justice for Victims of Force Sterilisation (IPS)
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• SWO & Unifem celebrate 16 days against domestic violence!!

  
  Deadpan Thoughts — Authority: 456
  These are testing times for women in Pakistan. The country ranks 106th out of 137 on the Gender-related Development Index and 66th out of 75 on the Gender Empowerment Measurement Index. Despite religious, constitutional and legal rights, women’s position in the society is weak.With each passing day, conditions are ...
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• Honour based violence is biggest problem facing women

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The new cross-Government strategy aimed at tackling violence against women will only be effective if issues that most affect ethnic minority women are properly addressed. "The big problem we have is honour violence crime. If you asked said what is the biggest problem that women as a whole or particular women have at ...
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• Thursday Morning News and Views: Thanksgiving Day Edition

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 624
  Happy Thanksgiving, Conflucians! I’m on my own today, so I thought I’d put up some news links for anyone else who happens to be around. My brother, sister-in-law and nephews went to Indiana for Thanksgiving with the rest of the family, so I won’t be dining with them. I could have gone to Indiana too, but I ...
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• Remembering victims of violence by candle-light

  
  Uplift Magazine — Authority: 426
  Last night I went along to Trafalgar Square to join many other women (representing Million Women Rise, Women in Black, London Feminist Network, Object, the Women and Girls’ Network, Roshni and, of course, all representing themselves) gathered in remembrance of all women who have suffered male violence. We were there ...
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• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women links

  
  womensgrid — Authority: 142
  # On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly adopted Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women # 10th Anniversary Statement on the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women # UN expert calls for strengthened cooperation to intensify efforts to eliminate violence against ...
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• Uganda to Host Great Lakes Conference on Sexual Violence

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  Uganda is to play host to the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) expected to bring together representatives of security forces from eleven member states to review the state of the crime of sexual violence in the region as well as share mechanisms in place to address it. According to a release ...
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• Molly’sBlog 2009-11-25 20:48:00

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 157
  INTERNATIONAL LABOUR/FEMINISM: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS A UNION ISSUE: Today, November 25, was the UN International Day on the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Here is the statement from the International Trade Union Confederation ( ITUC ) about why this issue is very much a labour issue. many ...
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• Why we wont be naming the entertainer with a penchant for sexual assault

  
  The Hand Mirror — Authority: 536
  Bomber asked in a thread about something else entirely if we would be breaching the name suppression order and naming the entertainer. In a word: Nope.Weve discussed it by email and determined that it just isnt worth it. The legal realities of what might happen are a little uncertain, to my mind, as this site is ...
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