With 1,812 women killed this year already, Mexico is Latin America’s second-deadliest place for women after Brazil.
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Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
On average, one woman every week is killed in Australia. There needs to be more focus on both response to gender violence and prevention.
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We need to stop violence against women before it starts. The federal government’s Fourth Action Plan might not provide all of the answers, but it’s a sign of positive progress.
Projects that support Congolese women who have survived gender violence often promote ideal notions of how men and women should behave.
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Interventions to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence in eastern DR Congo often reinforce traditional gender stereotypes
Violence against women is often represented as a timeless and universal phenomenon, creating the view the problem is too large to fix, or that only the worst abuses are worthy of attention.
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History shows that domestic violence has been deeply entrenched in the culture of Australia from its early days. Progress is only made by understanding this history – and talking about it.
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Why sexual and gender based violence has become a phenomenon within refugee families.
Stories are a helpful tool when teaching about gender-based violence.
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Sexual violence is a global phenomenon that’s been around for centuries.
Building and maintaining a safe space is critical to engaging young men in challenging conversations.
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MeToo has brought tremendous attention to the issue of sexual violence, and a Calgary-based male-only education and mentorship program is responding.
Despite some improvements in recent years, the facts on gender-based violence in Australia still paint a grim picture.
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Despite some progress in recent years in addressing gender-based violence, there is still a long way to go. A concerted and holistic approach is needed.
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio has made fighting rape a priority.
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Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency to combat rape and sexual violence.
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Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta has opened the floodgates.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during his 2019 State of the Nation Address.
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Many of the crime prevention strategies South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proposed have been tried, with few positive results.
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Chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their home, often to a cow shed, is still practised in some areas of Western Nepal.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the launch of the governing ANC’s 2019 elections manifesto in Durban.
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The vision set out by Cyril Ramaphosa has the seeds for galvanising South Africans to get back on the right path. But it urgently needs a plan to make it happen.
Women fear losing support for themselves and their children if they report violence.
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Very few women, especially those married, feel protected by the domestic violence laws in Sierra Leone.
Women fleeing asylum face unique obstacles.
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The refugee convention wasn’t designed with women in mind. Women fleeing domestic violence and asking for asylum face many barriers to qualifying for protection under international law.
Over 47% of women in Kenya have experienced physical or sexual violence by their partner.
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A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
Violence against children hinders them from reaching their full potential.
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There’s increasing global recognition that violence against women and children often occur together in homes.
Cheryl Zondi bucked the trend of rape accusers staying anonymous in South Africa.
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Prevailing patriarchal and cultural norms in some societies prevent women victims of sexual crimes from talking out by shaming them.
Generally speaking the risks of sexual assault or homicide from an unknown male perpetrator in a public place are low.
The additional precautions many women take when travelling alone help us manage our fears and feel more empowered to enter into public spaces.
Congolese women march to government offices in the Bunia, Eastern DRC to mark International Women’s Day.
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Women in the DRC are much more than victims of violence and coming together to effect change.