The tools for reach and influence that the internet provides might be unprecedented. But people like Tate are simply pedalling the age-old sexist views that fuel gendered violence.
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In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.
Ongwen’s case ends the blanket amnesty that African courts have always granted ex-child abductees over war crimes
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that shelters helping survivors of domestic violence are essential. Retention and recruitment issues in the gender-based violence sector require systemic solutions.
Women described feeling dehumanised, powerless and violated. Some experienced psychological and emotional abuse, while others were threatened and yelled at.
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled unconstitutional, following a landmark Supreme Court guns case.
Improving access to affordable housing and increasing benefit assistance rates are some sustainable solutions to the chronic cycle of homelessness faced by women fleeing violence.
Black Panther and its sequel are more than just good movies: they can be used as teaching tools.
Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.
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.
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.
The continuing precarity and vulnerability to violence has long term consequences for these women’s health and well-being.
The incident at St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata amounts to gendered harassment.
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.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
The government has opened a consultation about making public sexual harassment a distinct criminal offence.
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.
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.
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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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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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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Lecturer in Global Studies, RMIT University
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Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
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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 and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Director, Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American 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 Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Sociology, University of Guelph
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