Letitia Wright in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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Black Panther and its sequel are more than just good movies: they can be used as teaching tools.
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Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
As home secretary, Priti Patel explained the UK government’s reservations over certain provisions in the Istanbul convention.
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The Istanbul convention aims to tackle violence, including domestic abuse, rape, female genital mutilation and forced marriage. Some states are wavering in their commitment to its provisions.
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We need not just an acknowledgement of children as victim-survivors in their own right but a commitment to boost resourcing of child-centred recovery support.
Ongoing conflicts in many countries mean that women will continue to seek protection in South Africa.
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The continuing precarity and vulnerability to violence has long term consequences for these women’s health and well-being.
The insidiousness of misogyny lies in not allowing women ownership of their bodies.
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The incident at St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata amounts to gendered harassment.
Nepalese girls rest for observation after receiving the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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The impacts of COVID-19 must be incorporated into women, peace and security planning in order to improve the lives of women and girls in postwar countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Hundreds of people gather on the small hill were some of the Marikana miners were shot by police in 2012.
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The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
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The government has opened a consultation about making public sexual harassment a distinct criminal offence.
The country is reeling from the recent gang rape of eight young women.
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The truth is that there are no easy and quick fixes, such as the governing party’s recent castration idea, which falls short on a range of scores.
Loss of formal employment in the mining industry and drought conditions in neighbouring countries are some of the factors that drive illegal mining.
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Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and rule-bound. Men, women and even children participate a hierarchy sustained by a web of buyers, sponsors and customers.
A recent inquest examined the deaths of Carol Culleton, Nathalie Warmerdam and Anastasia Kuzyk, and focused on the dynamics of gender-based violence.
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A recent jury examining murders of women urged the federal government to add the term femicide and its definition to the Criminal Code.
A miner is silhouetted as he passes through a doorway in a mine shaft 100 feet below the surface at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T. in July, 2003.
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In today’s episode, we hear from two women who talk about how diamond mines in the Northwest Territories have negatively impacted women and girls and perpetuated gender violence.
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Reform is needed to better balance the protection of men’s individual reputations with the rights of women to speak about their experiences.
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We asked participants about why they think people (mostly men) harass others in public space. Their answers were revealing.
The documentary fails to accurately portray Sheryl Gascoigne as the victim of domestic abuse perpetrated by her then-husband, Paul Gascoigne.
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Contemporary fiction on screen increasingly tells the stories of abusive men in a realistic way. This documentary does not.
The whole-life sentence metered out to Wayne Couzens can be seen as a sign that gendered violence is finally being taken as seriously as activists and mourners alike have demanded that it should.
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Whole-life sentences are rarely handed down in the UK. Recent instances of their use point to gendered violence finally being taken more seriously.
The REDress Project sees red dresses suspended where you would least expect them. The project was created by Jaime Black.
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Projects that are easy to participate in, reproduce and that make people feel like they are part of a community that cares are important.
Canada’s residential school system has had a lasting effect on First Nations communities.
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When a patriarchal society is combined with a history of colonialism, women in that country are at heightened risk of gender-based violence.
A woman examines a diamond she is in the process of cutting and polishing in Yellowknife, N.W.T. in a photo from 2003.
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While marketing has made diamond rings a symbol of heteronormative happy endings, women from the Northwest Territories tell a different story about their experiences with the diamond mines.