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Dealing with climate change requires us to address not just our carbon emissions but also the disconnection with ourselves and our planet which fuels ecological destruction.
The stabbings at the University of Waterloo remind us that violence for daring to stand in a classroom and speak is still ever-present.
While it’s tempting to focus on what people can do to ‘stay safe’ or respond effectively to harassers, this is ultimately the wrong question to ask and puts responsibility victims.
The Ugandan law is one of a spate of laws across Africa that are said to protect the heterosexual African family.
In focussing on individual “deviancy”, we fail to make the connection between misogyny and wider social problems, like pornography.
Experiencing nature helps people in times of joy and pain. However, inequity of access to green spaces means that South Africans cannot enjoy nature when they need to.
Before colonialism black South Africans viewed sex and morality very differently than today.
A national framework to address and prevent sexual and gender-based violence at post-secondary institutions includes a tool to guide responses to victims, alleged perpetrators and the community.
The repeal of outdated apartheid-era laws would have a far-reaching, positive impact on individual sex workers’ health and well-being.
When women have opportunities, a country’s economic productivity and development is enhanced.
There are growing calls for a judicial inquiry to investigate abuse in Canadian sport. We argue that there are better alternatives to address the problem.
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.
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.
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate professor 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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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Lecturer in Global Studies, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Global Challenges Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Gender and International Politics, University of Bristol
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Women & Politics Ph.D. Program, Rutgers University
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior lecturer, University of Exeter
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Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Sociology, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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PhD Candidate, Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies, Western University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
