The government has opened a consultation about making public sexual harassment a distinct criminal offence.
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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 jury examining murders of women urged the federal government to add the term femicide and its definition to the Criminal Code.
We asked participants about why they think people (mostly men) harass others in public space. Their answers were revealing.
Projects that are easy to participate in, reproduce and that make people feel like they are part of a community that cares are important.
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.
The struggle against sexual harassment and sexual assault at Ontario universities goes back to the 1970s.
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.
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 the challenging contexts of urban informal settlements may be more at risk of experiencing generalised anxiety disorder.
Theatre is able to create a space for discussion about how and why women experience physical and emotional violence.
Policies are needed to prevent child marriage and protect women who marry as children from abusive relationships.
Around 33,000 child marriages took place in 2020 in Indonesia, a new report shows. This comes with more girls in Australia’s region dropping out of school and taking on more caring responsibilities.
Adolescent girls can contribute to social change, economic growth, sustainable development and peaceful societies. They should be able to live their lives free from violence.
The importance of accessing water that’s safe to drink and enough for washing, cleaning and cooking is clear, but little attention has been given to the safety of water collection away from home.
While restrictions on civil and political liberties may be necessary to protect lives, human rights law requires that they go no further than what’s strictly necessary to achieve this goal.
Eradicating sexism in newsrooms will benefit both men and women.
During epidemics, the measures taken to protect populations and to keep health systems afloat leave women and girls vulnerable to violence.
An estimated 2000 million women have undergone female genital mutilation and millions more are at risk. The practice is carried out mainly for cultural and economic reasons.
Two interventions proved effective in reducing men’s perpetration, but not women’s experiences of violence.
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Associate Professor in the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior specialist scientist: Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Global Studies, RMIT University
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Distinguished Professor and H F Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Social and Critical Psychology, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Journalism, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Plymouth
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Postdoctoral fellow, SARChi Chair in Gender politics, Stellenbosch University
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Head of Human Rights, Principal Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Reader in Development Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
