Violence against women

Eid Without Harassment - Media Statement

By Imprint Movement

'Imprint Movement and Anti-Sexual Harassment movement launched a campaign called "Eid without Harassment" which took place on Talaat harb square and street on the 9th and 10th of August from 4pm until 10pm.

We divided ourselves between 3 teams; patrolling, awareness and operations. We spoke and interacted with bystanders on the importance of rejecting this crime and rejecting violence.

Sweden: Women don headscarves after assault on a Muslim woman

Swedish women have been posting photos of themselves in traditional Muslim headscarves in solidarity with a woman attacked apparently for wearing a veil.

Pakistan: Hijacked justice system: Women challenge men in first female jirga

When 16-year-old Tahira was murdered in a horrific acid attack last year, her poverty-stricken parents got no justice. Pakistan officials slammed the door in their faces and the police refused to listen.

Zanzibar: Acid attack on two UK women

Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18 and from London, had acid thrown on their faces, chests and hands. The island's Police Commissioner Musa Ali Musa told the BBC that there was "no prime suspect" for the attack. He said that a lot of people had been questioned

Iraq: gendering authoritarianism

Women in Iraq bear the brunt of increasing levels of gender-based violence, inadequate infrastructure and poverty. Yet women activists recognize that their struggle for equality and social justice as women cannot be separated from the wider struggle against authoritarianism and sectarianism.

بيان مشترك صادر عن المنظمات وجمعيات في غرب أسيا وشمال أفريقيا: لا لإقصاء وترهيب المتظاهرات في مِصْر!

الأمم المتحدة: من عليه الاهتمام بقضية الرجم

يشهد اليوم إطلاق حملة عالمية جديدة لوقف الرجم. وتقوم روشيل تيرمان بتناول التاريخ المتعلق بهذة الممارسة الجندرية للعنف ضد المرأة. وفى حالة الرجم، وكما هى الحال مع كل أشكال العنف المبرر ثقافيا ضد المرأة، يكون من الصعب معرفة متى تنتهى الثقافة المجتمعية وتبدأ السياسية. >ونحن فى العام 2013، مازال النساء والرجال يتعرضون للرجم حتى الموت. ويعتبر الرجم طريقة بشعة للتعذيب،أدانها المجتمع الدولي ورفضتها الشعوب المحبة للسلام والعدالة فى جميع أنحاء العالم.

STATEMENT FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN SOLIDARITY WITH FEMALE EGYPTIAN ACTIVISTS

We kindly ask Arab feminist and women's organizations, in particular ,and human rights organizations, in general, to sign on this declaration in solidarity with women protesters and activists in Egypt who are breaking the walls of silence and violence that engulf all our bodies and lives. No to exclusion and intimidation of women protesters in Egypt! To begin, we salute Egyptian women who did not remain silent about the flagrant violations they are suffering.

Stop Stoning Women Now - Global Campaign!

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U.N. Deploys Women Protection Advisers to Curb Sexual Violence

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2013 (IPS) - Despite the United Nations’ “zero tolerance” policy against sexual violence, there has been a rash of gender-based crimes in several of the world’s conflict zones, including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Northern Uganda, Somalia, the Central African Republic – and, more recently, in politically-troubled Egypt and Syria.

Describing rape as “a weapon of war”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council last month that sexual violence occurred wherever conflicts raged, “devastating survivors and destroying the social fabric of whole communities”.

“It was a crime under international human rights law and a threat to international peace and security,” he said.