Protestors attend a 2013 rally at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax to express concerns over a chant that promoted rape culture.
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Private and public violence rely on each other as forces that work together to ensure women and girls ‘stay in their place’ — the one that patriarchal social structures have prescribed.
An activist holds a placard reading “my outfit is not an invitation” during a demonstration against the television channel Nouvelle Chaine Ivorienne following a shocking programme on rape.
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The practice of blaming and stigmatising rape survivors has devastating consequences. It silences them and protects rapists. It discourages survivors from accessing healthcare and pursuing justice.
Kenyan athlete Agnes Tirop was recently killed.
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A French trial will use virtual reality headsets to trigger empathy in perpetrators. But previous research findings suggest we need to be sceptical of claims about what the technology can do.
Children watch as police work behind a cordon where a young victim of a gang shooting lies dead on the ground.
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Findings show that in the face of marginalisation and social exclusion, youth in gangs think that they have no options except violence to prove that they are ‘real’ men in their communities.
Thousands of activists protest outside the South African parliament in Cape Town, following a week of brutal murders of young women in 2019.
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The problem of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa is structural and fuelled by inequalities that transect race, class, gender, sexuality and age.
The government’s violence against women strategy fails to adequately address the reasons for women’s lack of safety.
Western University students march during a walkout in support of sexual assault survivors, in London, Ont., on Sept. 17.
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Perceptions of marriage abduction as a recent phenomenon hide the violence that has been done to women as part of culture.
Two teenaged girls hand over flowers in Ajax, Ont., in March 2015 to a police officer in a show of sympathy for the victims of a triple slaying, a mother and her two children. The woman’s domestic partner was charged in the crime and goes to trial soon.
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Politicians who promise to reduce gender-based violence through tough-on-crime strategies are committing to strategies that haven’t been shown to actually prevent violence.
Rape and other forms of violence in and around schools reflect a broader problem in the country.
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At the heart of the issue for school children, parents, caregivers and teachers is to confront from a very young age the question of sex, sexuality and gender.
Young people living in urban informal settlement are exposed to high levels of violence and poverty.
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Young people living in the challenging contexts of urban informal settlements may be more at risk of experiencing generalised anxiety disorder.
A woman attending a protest to raise awareness regarding the situation in Afghanistan outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Aug. 18, 2021.
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The Taliban’s recent conquest of Kabul signifies their seizure of power. This threatens the rights of girls, women and sexual minorities to freedom from harm and access to opportunities.
About 62% of Sierra Leonean women aged 15-49 have experienced physical or sexual violence.
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Whether the perpetrator in the attack on a Muslim family that left four dead is charged with terrorism remains to be seen. But laying terrorism charges is legally complex.
A group of young Muslim girls on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania.
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