Blogs about: Gender Based Violence

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It can't buy you love, but it can help buy you freedom.

tldegray wrote 1 week ago: According to a new national poll released by The Allstate Foundation, nearly 70% of Americans do not … more →

Tags: DV, IPV, VAW

Syria amends honour killing law1 comment

Dalila Mahdawi wrote 2 weeks ago: Article 548 was abolished by Bashar al-Assad’s presidential decree THIS FROM THE BBC: Syria … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Syria, Violence, Women, Patriarchy, Women's rights, honor killings, BBC

Conspiracy of Silence

jebsharp wrote 3 weeks ago: UN meeting on tackling sexual violence in conflict–emphasizing importance of including women i … more →

Tags: DRC, Women, anne-marie goetz, Jan Egeland, Leymah Gwobee, MONUC, Patrick Cammaert, Sexual Violence in Conflict, SGBV

'Palestinian woman gets 20 years' hard labour for helping Israel

Dalila Mahdawi wrote 3 weeks ago: Taghrid al-Tibi leaves a Palestinian military court in the West Bank city of Jenin. Photograph: Moha … more →

Tags: Politics, Palestine, Violence, Israel, Human Rights, Sectarianism, War, Women, hamas

How many women do you know who have been victims of violence?

tldegray wrote 1 month ago: There is a wonderful conversation going on on LiveJournal about rape. I say wonderful, but it is, of … more →

Tags: Feminism, DV, IPV, VAW

Makes Us Wonder...6 comments

hollabackdc wrote 1 month ago: We posted this on our Twitter: ‘got the following link from a tipster: www.howcanyoujustwalkaw … more →

Tags: twitter, jasmine therapy, Prostitution, Washington Examiner

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jebsharp wrote 1 month ago: A few things re sexual violence (in conflict and otherwise): Nick Kristof  on a new initiative calle … more →

Tags: rape, Sexual Violence, Bec Hamilton, Nick Kristof, silence is the enemy

Nowhere to Turn

jebsharp wrote 1 month ago: That’s the title of a new Physicians for Human Rights study of the impact of rape and sexual v … more →

Tags: Chad, Darfur, Eastern Chad, Farchana camp, Julie VanRooyen, PHR, Physicians For Human Rights, Sondra Crosby

Wassup with Zuma's parly 1 comment

pumlagqola wrote 1 month ago: I know that all eyes are on the Union Buildings with Jacob Zuma as the fourth president of a democra … more →

Tags: Southern African politics, things that suck, African nation state, ANC, baleka mbete, Black People, Black women's activism, Blogroll, Jacob Zuma

THE USA AND THE CEDAW CONVENTION

Maria Anguera de Sojo wrote 4 months ago: THE USA AND THE CEDAW CONVENTION   Prepared by Richard Marcano, Intern, SWAA International-USA   A … more →

Tags: Women empowerment, News

ICC issues arrest warrant against Sudanese President

Maria Anguera de Sojo wrote 4 months ago: Entry Prepared by Richard Marcano, Intern at SWAA International-USA ICC issues arrest warrant ag … more →

Tags: News

Early Marriage

Laura Lodesani wrote 4 months ago: The practice of girls marrying at a young age is most common in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. I … more →

Tags: Women empowerment

Female Genital Mutilation1 comment

Laura Lodesani wrote 4 months ago: An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences … more →

Rape is Cheap: Eve Ensler, VDAY, and Violence Against Women and Girls in DRC

juliacsmith wrote 5 months ago: At 8:30 this Saturday morning, my phone rang. Groggy, I fumbled to figure out who was in touch, and … more →

Tags: Gender, health, Politics, Questions, DRC, rape, VDay, npr, Dr. Denis Mukwege

Hiram Monserrate & Gucci Mane: On Violence Against Women & What We Don't Do About It2 comments

Kenyon Farrow wrote 6 months ago: Despite my outrage at the continued and ongoing disrespect for Black male life exhibited by police d … more →

Tags: activism, media, News, Politics, Television, Gucci Mane, hiram monserrate

Hope & Healing Congo Night

Dawn's Blog wrote 7 months ago: On January 6th, 2009 Healing Streams will host a Hope & Healing Congo night for the public. Circ … more →

Tags: 1, DRC, rape

Falling Through the Cracks: Female Victims of Gender-Based Violence

jule324 wrote 7 months ago: Does a woman who has experienced extreme violence due to her gender deserve refugee status in a fore … more →

Tags: Julie's Posts, switzerland, Geneva, Balkans, female asylum seekers, UN Refugee Convention

"It's an insanity that goes way beyond war."

jebsharp wrote 7 months ago: I never thought I’d be blogging so much about Eastern Congo but the recent violence there has … more →

Tags: DRC, International Rescue Committee, Mia Farrow, PRI's The World, Sexual Violence in Conflict, Eastern Congo, Lisa Mullin, leah chishugi

The Never Ending War

jebsharp wrote 7 months ago: Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis on the indifference to the war on women in Congo at The Huffington Post … more →

Tags: DRC, Panzi Hospital, Stephen Lewis, AIDS-Free World, Eve Ensler, Eastern Congo, Denis Mukwege


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