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Welsh Government campaign on rape and domestic abuse
The Live Fear Free video aims to challenge the normalisation and acceptance of domestic abuse A campaign to tackle sexual violence and domestic abuse in relationships has been launched in Wales. The Live Fear Free campaign aims to challenge attitudes towards rape and abuse in the home, supported by a sexual violence video. Communities Minister […]
Welsh Government campaign on rape and domestic abuse
September 14, 2011
The Live Fear Free video aims to challenge the normalisation and acceptance of domestic abuse A campaign to tackle sexual violence and domestic abuse in relationships has been launched in Wales. The Live Fear Free campaign aims to challenge attitudes towards rape and abuse in the home, supported by a sexual violence video. Communities Minister […]
Gaps between boys and girls in developing world widen as they get older – UN report
September 14, 2011
13 September 2011 – A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights significant gaps in areas such as education and health, mostly favouring males, as boys and girls in developing countries grow older. “While there is little difference between boys and girls in early childhood with respect to nutrition, health, education and […]
Gaps between boys and girls in developing world widen as they get older – UN report
September 14, 2011
13 September 2011 – A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights significant gaps in areas such as education and health, mostly favouring males, as boys and girls in developing countries grow older. “While there is little difference between boys and girls in early childhood with respect to nutrition, health, education and […]
UNICEF launches State of Our World: Adolescents, Beyond the Stereotypes Report
September 14, 2011
http://vimeo.com/28966824 A video message on how stereotypes affect adolescents. The video is from the perspective of students from Brooklyn International High School in New York. By Rudina Vojvoda NEW YORK, 13 September 2011 – Last week UNICEF released the State of Our World: Adolescents, Beyond the Stereotypes, a publication compiling 100 stories and testimonies written […]
UNICEF launches State of Our World: Adolescents, Beyond the Stereotypes Report
September 14, 2011
http://vimeo.com/28966824 A video message on how stereotypes affect adolescents. The video is from the perspective of students from Brooklyn International High School in New York. By Rudina Vojvoda NEW YORK, 13 September 2011 – Last week UNICEF released the State of Our World: Adolescents, Beyond the Stereotypes, a publication compiling 100 stories and testimonies written […]
Water Scarcity in Kashmir Affects Women’s Education, Health
September 14, 2011
by M. Bukhari“If we had proper water system, we wouldn’t face such difficulties. Education of women suffers the most.”– Shareefa Bano, student by Afsana Bhat 09/13/2011 BARAMULLA, KASHMIR, INDIA – Shamshada Bano, a young woman from Sopore, a town in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, says the day starts early for women here as they set out […]
Water Scarcity in Kashmir Affects Women’s Education, Health
September 14, 2011
by M. Bukhari“If we had proper water system, we wouldn’t face such difficulties. Education of women suffers the most.”– Shareefa Bano, student by Afsana Bhat 09/13/2011 BARAMULLA, KASHMIR, INDIA – Shamshada Bano, a young woman from Sopore, a town in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, says the day starts early for women here as they set out […]
SIERRA LEONE Child Rights Exist Only on Paper
September 14, 2011
By Abibatu Kamara and Jessica McDiarmid Street boys congregate in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, for free food and care provided by an NGO. Credit:Jessica McDiarmid/IPS FREETOWN, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) – The six-year-old girl pulls her T-shirt up to show the dozens of pale lines across her back. They are fresh scars from the lashing […]
SIERRA LEONE Child Rights Exist Only on Paper
September 14, 2011
By Abibatu Kamara and Jessica McDiarmid Street boys congregate in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, for free food and care provided by an NGO. Credit:Jessica McDiarmid/IPS FREETOWN, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) – The six-year-old girl pulls her T-shirt up to show the dozens of pale lines across her back. They are fresh scars from the lashing […]
You can’t deny it. Gender studies is full of male-blaming bias
September 14, 2011
I studied the subject, and it avoids male issues and justifies attacks against men Tom MartinThe Guardian, Wednesday 14 September 2011 Jonathan Dean reacts dismissively to the news that I am suing the Gender Institute of the London School of Economics, where I was a student (Fear not, male readers, 8 September). “Martin claims he […]
You can’t deny it. Gender studies is full of male-blaming bias
September 14, 2011
I studied the subject, and it avoids male issues and justifies attacks against men Tom MartinThe Guardian, Wednesday 14 September 2011 Jonathan Dean reacts dismissively to the news that I am suing the Gender Institute of the London School of Economics, where I was a student (Fear not, male readers, 8 September). “Martin claims he […]
KENYA-SOMALIA: Breaking with tradition on reproductive health
September 14, 2011
14 Sep 2011 14:15Source: Content partner // IRIN DADAAB, 14 September 2011 (IRIN) – Most Somali women fleeing to northeastern Kenya’s Dadaab in northeastern Kenya have never visited an antenatal clinic, let alone given birth in a hospital. “When I see an expectant mother or one with a small child, I ask them whether they […]
KENYA-SOMALIA: Breaking with tradition on reproductive health
September 14, 2011
14 Sep 2011 14:15Source: Content partner // IRIN DADAAB, 14 September 2011 (IRIN) – Most Somali women fleeing to northeastern Kenya’s Dadaab in northeastern Kenya have never visited an antenatal clinic, let alone given birth in a hospital. “When I see an expectant mother or one with a small child, I ask them whether they […]
"Democracies Must Ensure Fair Gender Redistribution of Resources"
September 14, 2011
Marcela Valente interviews RAQUEL COELLO, adviser to U.N. Women Raquel Coello, expert on gender responsive budgeting. Credit:Courtesy Raquel Coello BUENOS AIRES, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) – No matter how progressive laws to promote equality between men and women may be, without budgets with a gender perspective that allocate resources differentially, inequality will persist in Latin […]
"Democracies Must Ensure Fair Gender Redistribution of Resources"
September 14, 2011
Marcela Valente interviews RAQUEL COELLO, adviser to U.N. Women Raquel Coello, expert on gender responsive budgeting. Credit:Courtesy Raquel Coello BUENOS AIRES, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) – No matter how progressive laws to promote equality between men and women may be, without budgets with a gender perspective that allocate resources differentially, inequality will persist in Latin […]
Turkey’s evolving feminist movement
September 12, 2011
By Aaron Stein for Southeast European Times in Istanbul — 07/09/11 Conservative feminists share many of the same interests as liberal feminists — women’s rights, education for women, and stopping domestic violence. [Reuters] Turkish women have theoretically been equal to men since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk introduced the country’s drastic modernisation reforms during the 1920s. Having […]
Turkey’s evolving feminist movement
September 12, 2011
By Aaron Stein for Southeast European Times in Istanbul — 07/09/11 Conservative feminists share many of the same interests as liberal feminists — women’s rights, education for women, and stopping domestic violence. [Reuters] Turkish women have theoretically been equal to men since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk introduced the country’s drastic modernisation reforms during the 1920s. Having […]
Every second girl a child-bride in West Bengal
September 12, 2011
Source: Indian Express Every second girl in the high prevalence child marriage districts of West Bengal were married off before they reach 18, the legal age for girls to get wedded, a UNICEF report said. Murshidabad (61.04 per cent), Birbhum (58.03 per cent), Malda (56.07 per cent) and Purulia (54.03 per cent) are the districts […]
Every second girl a child-bride in West Bengal
September 12, 2011
Source: Indian Express Every second girl in the high prevalence child marriage districts of West Bengal were married off before they reach 18, the legal age for girls to get wedded, a UNICEF report said. Murshidabad (61.04 per cent), Birbhum (58.03 per cent), Malda (56.07 per cent) and Purulia (54.03 per cent) are the districts […]
Women activists say ‘no’ to sexual and gender-based violence in Chad
September 12, 2011
Source: UNICEF | Cheryl Uys-AllieA brave mother, Hadjara Oumarou, sat under a tree with her estranged husband, Oumar Sidik, outside their local village courthouse here in Chad’s Tandjilé District. Their 10-year-old daughter Amira (not her real name) sat between them. They were at the courthouse because Mr. Sidik had sold Amira for the equivalent of […]
Women activists say ‘no’ to sexual and gender-based violence in Chad
September 12, 2011
Source: UNICEF | Cheryl Uys-AllieA brave mother, Hadjara Oumarou, sat under a tree with her estranged husband, Oumar Sidik, outside their local village courthouse here in Chad’s Tandjilé District. Their 10-year-old daughter Amira (not her real name) sat between them. They were at the courthouse because Mr. Sidik had sold Amira for the equivalent of […]
MIDEAST Not School Time Yet for Bedouin Girls
September 12, 2011
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours ABU TULUL, Negev Desert, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) – For mother of five Shimaa al-Aasam, providing her children with the opportunity to complete their education despite a severe lack of classrooms in their Bedouin community is of prime importance. “It’s a tragedy. Learning is the most important thing in the world,” al-Aasam, […]
MIDEAST Not School Time Yet for Bedouin Girls
September 12, 2011
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours ABU TULUL, Negev Desert, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) – For mother of five Shimaa al-Aasam, providing her children with the opportunity to complete their education despite a severe lack of classrooms in their Bedouin community is of prime importance. “It’s a tragedy. Learning is the most important thing in the world,” al-Aasam, […]
Gender violence disappears in the stats
September 12, 2011
Chandre Gould | 11 September, 2011 10:06 Crime statistics tell us nothing about domestic violence, hate crimes, and human trafficking, writes Chandre Gould. While we celebrate the significant reduction of many types of crime in South Africa, it is worth asking what this means, if anything, for gender-based violence. Every year, public attention focuses on […]
Gender violence disappears in the stats
September 12, 2011
Chandre Gould | 11 September, 2011 10:06 Crime statistics tell us nothing about domestic violence, hate crimes, and human trafficking, writes Chandre Gould. While we celebrate the significant reduction of many types of crime in South Africa, it is worth asking what this means, if anything, for gender-based violence. Every year, public attention focuses on […]
Women compete better when they are in teams, research finds
September 12, 2011
Result of pioneering experiment may offer way of levelling corporate playing field for female high-fliers Jamie Doward and Grace Harper The Observer, Sunday 11 September 2011 Angela Ahrendts, head of Burberry, is one of only five women CEOs of FTSE 100 companies. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage “There is no ‘I’ in team, but there is in […]
Women compete better when they are in teams, research finds
September 12, 2011
Result of pioneering experiment may offer way of levelling corporate playing field for female high-fliers Jamie Doward and Grace Harper The Observer, Sunday 11 September 2011 Angela Ahrendts, head of Burberry, is one of only five women CEOs of FTSE 100 companies. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage “There is no ‘I’ in team, but there is in […]
Two Oklahoma victims of sex trade finally heal years later
September 10, 2011
Friends, acquaintances, even relatives lure or force victims to toil in the human trafficking industry. Oklahomans once caught up in the industry speak out. BY SONYA COLBERG scolberg@opubco.com 3 Published: September 10, 2011 Jeannetta Taylor McCrery escaped the sex trafficking trade that she was caught up in as a teenager. Provided As many as 1.2 […]
Two Oklahoma victims of sex trade finally heal years later
September 10, 2011
Friends, acquaintances, even relatives lure or force victims to toil in the human trafficking industry. Oklahomans once caught up in the industry speak out. BY SONYA COLBERG scolberg@opubco.com 3 Published: September 10, 2011 Jeannetta Taylor McCrery escaped the sex trafficking trade that she was caught up in as a teenager. Provided As many as 1.2 […]
Men who understand sexism and rape culture
September 10, 2011
Posted on 09 September 2011Jane OsmondWVoN Co-Editor Recently at WVoN we have been thinking about the comments on some of our stories, following a few heated debates with men who have a habit of derailing the discussion with their chorus of ‘what about the men’? Bearing in mind the vicious nature of the Guardian’s Comment […]
Men who understand sexism and rape culture
September 10, 2011
Posted on 09 September 2011Jane OsmondWVoN Co-Editor Recently at WVoN we have been thinking about the comments on some of our stories, following a few heated debates with men who have a habit of derailing the discussion with their chorus of ‘what about the men’? Bearing in mind the vicious nature of the Guardian’s Comment […]
The anorexia clinic for girls as young as SIX
September 10, 2011
By Beth HaleLast updated at 9:59 AM on 9th September 2011 A haunting dispatch from inside the hospital that saves children from starving themselves to death… before they’ve even reached their teens Slumped semi-conscious on the sofa, Megan Archer summoned up what little strength she had left and fixed the paramedic attempting to hand her […]
The anorexia clinic for girls as young as SIX
September 10, 2011
By Beth HaleLast updated at 9:59 AM on 9th September 2011 A haunting dispatch from inside the hospital that saves children from starving themselves to death… before they’ve even reached their teens Slumped semi-conscious on the sofa, Megan Archer summoned up what little strength she had left and fixed the paramedic attempting to hand her […]
US-GUATEMALA Shocking Experiments Highlight Lack of Controls
September 10, 2011
By Danilo Valladares and Amanda Wilson* GUATEMALA CITY/WASHINGTON DC, Sept 9, 2011 (IPS) – The appalling experiments carried out by U.S. doctors in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948 using 1,300 human subjects who were infected with sexually transmitted diseases highlighted the inadequacy of controls and safeguards in clinical testing in this Central American country – […]
US-GUATEMALA Shocking Experiments Highlight Lack of Controls
September 10, 2011
By Danilo Valladares and Amanda Wilson* GUATEMALA CITY/WASHINGTON DC, Sept 9, 2011 (IPS) – The appalling experiments carried out by U.S. doctors in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948 using 1,300 human subjects who were infected with sexually transmitted diseases highlighted the inadequacy of controls and safeguards in clinical testing in this Central American country – […]
Children on the frontlines: the e-waste epidemic in Africa
September 10, 2011
Source: Karimeh Moukaddem | Mongabay.com A boy pushing a shopping cart load of wires going for burning in the Agbogbloshie ghetto in Accra, Ghana. Photo: Kwei Quartey. In Agbogbloshie, a slum outside the capital city of Accra, Ghana, tons of electronic waste lies smoldering in toxic piles.Children make their way through this dangerous environment, desperate […]
Children on the frontlines: the e-waste epidemic in Africa
September 10, 2011
Source: Karimeh Moukaddem | Mongabay.com A boy pushing a shopping cart load of wires going for burning in the Agbogbloshie ghetto in Accra, Ghana. Photo: Kwei Quartey. In Agbogbloshie, a slum outside the capital city of Accra, Ghana, tons of electronic waste lies smoldering in toxic piles.Children make their way through this dangerous environment, desperate […]
COLOMBIA Women Make an Oasis in Violence-Wracked Neighbourhood
September 9, 2011
By Helda Martínez Sandra Sánchez, right, with a group of seniors at lunch time in the Oasis. Credit:Helda Martinez/IPS BOGOTA, Sept 8, 2011 (IPS) – In one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Colombian capital, 26-year-old Sandra Sánchez has created an oasis that offers meals, recreational opportunities, company and much more to hundreds of children […]
COLOMBIA Women Make an Oasis in Violence-Wracked Neighbourhood
September 9, 2011
By Helda Martínez Sandra Sánchez, right, with a group of seniors at lunch time in the Oasis. Credit:Helda Martinez/IPS BOGOTA, Sept 8, 2011 (IPS) – In one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the Colombian capital, 26-year-old Sandra Sánchez has created an oasis that offers meals, recreational opportunities, company and much more to hundreds of children […]
Reproductive Health Security Empowers Women’s Choices
September 9, 2011
By Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Sep 8, 2011 (IPS) – Each day, one thousand women die in childbirth and one million people become infected with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including 7,000 cases of HIV. Yet these numbers are preventable, experts insist, when countries possess the resources and willpower to address and deal with them. Dignitaries […]
Reproductive Health Security Empowers Women’s Choices
September 9, 2011
By Elizabeth Whitman UNITED NATIONS, Sep 8, 2011 (IPS) – Each day, one thousand women die in childbirth and one million people become infected with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including 7,000 cases of HIV. Yet these numbers are preventable, experts insist, when countries possess the resources and willpower to address and deal with them. Dignitaries […]
Gender sensitization needed at school level to prevent abuse, say experts
September 9, 2011
Abhishek Choudhari, TNN | Sep 9, 2011, NAGPUR: Gender sensitization is an important part of life and should be taught right from the school level, feel experts. On Thursday, almost 100 principals of various city schools attended the ‘Gender Sensitization Training Programme’ designed by an NGO Universal Solidarity Movement (USM). The seminar, organized by a […]
Gender sensitization needed at school level to prevent abuse, say experts
September 9, 2011
Abhishek Choudhari, TNN | Sep 9, 2011, NAGPUR: Gender sensitization is an important part of life and should be taught right from the school level, feel experts. On Thursday, almost 100 principals of various city schools attended the ‘Gender Sensitization Training Programme’ designed by an NGO Universal Solidarity Movement (USM). The seminar, organized by a […]
Songs about sex – how they affect kids
September 9, 2011
Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at the trend of increasing use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. Their findings, published online in Springer’s journal […]
Songs about sex – how they affect kids
September 9, 2011
Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at the trend of increasing use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. Their findings, published online in Springer’s journal […]
An Outlet for Afghan Women Online
September 9, 2011
By NILANJANA S. ROYPublished: September 6, 2011 NEW DELHI — If Tabasom wants to meet other Afghan writers or to use the Internet, she faces not just a four-hour walk but other constraints. “I need to have a man all the time with me when I come to Kabul,” writes Tabasom, a woman in her […]
An Outlet for Afghan Women Online
September 9, 2011
By NILANJANA S. ROYPublished: September 6, 2011 NEW DELHI — If Tabasom wants to meet other Afghan writers or to use the Internet, she faces not just a four-hour walk but other constraints. “I need to have a man all the time with me when I come to Kabul,” writes Tabasom, a woman in her […]
Women’s Work Is Critical to National Jobs Recovery
September 8, 2011
By Susan FeinerWeNews commentatorThursday, September 8, 2011 As the U.S. waits to hear the particulars of Obama’s latest jobs initiative tonight, Susan Feiner points out the importance of women’s re-employment after almost a million cuts to the female-dominant public-sector work force. (WOMENSENEWS)–President Barack Obama is expected to announce a jobs-creation program tonight. As women, we […]
Women’s Work Is Critical to National Jobs Recovery
September 8, 2011
By Susan FeinerWeNews commentatorThursday, September 8, 2011 As the U.S. waits to hear the particulars of Obama’s latest jobs initiative tonight, Susan Feiner points out the importance of women’s re-employment after almost a million cuts to the female-dominant public-sector work force. (WOMENSENEWS)–President Barack Obama is expected to announce a jobs-creation program tonight. As women, we […]
Gender issues - Human rights 
September 14, 2011
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