Violence against women

مصر:عايدة سيف الدولة تكتب عن «نواب إباحة التحرش»: رسالة إلى «مجلس شورى» الإخوان

والمقصود بمجلس شورى الإخوان هنا ليس مطبخهم الذي لا نعلم عنه شيئا وإنما مجلس الشورى الذي طالبت الثورة بإلغائه وصمم الإخوان المسلمون على بقائه ولم يتجاوز من شارك في انتخابه أكثر من 7% من الناخبين إضافة إلى تعيين 90 عضوا به من قبل رئيس نجح بالأكاذيب ثم قرر أن يكون مجلس الشورى هو الجهة التشريعية للبلاد ليمرر ما يقرره مكتب الإرشاد. هذه هي حقيقة ذلك المجلس الذي صدرت عن لجنة "حقوق الإنسان" به تصريحات بشأن حالات التعذيب الجماعية ضد المتظاهرات في ميادين مصر كفيلة بأن تحول كل أعضائه إلى النيابة العامة بتهمة التحريض على انتهاك أجسادهن والشروع في قتلهن..

Victories over Violence: Ensuring Safety for Women and Girls

Violence against women and girls is both a global and local societal ill—global because its perpetrators and victims are in every corner of the world, and local because its forms differ from one place to the next depending on specific cultural, political and socio-economic circumstances.

Kashmir: Sexual violence increases as justice under law is examined

Srinagar, India Administered KASHMIR, SOUTH ASIA: “Justice has to and should be done.”; “Justice delayed is justice denied.”; and “Teach your sons not to harass rather than teaching your daughter how to dress.” – these were some of the recent slogans that men and women of all ages in Kashmir have been chanting to show solidarity with the victims of violence in the northern Indian Administered region of Kashmir.

Sudan: Crackdown on Nuba Women Human Rights Activists!

The crackdown on Nuba Women Human Rights Activists in Sudan is escalating. Khadija, Awatif, and Amira are all former or current detainees who have faced extreme psychological and physical torture on the hands of the Sudanese security forces!

Khadija Mohamed Badr, a Nuba woman, was put into detention in Kadugli on November 11, 2012 in the course of a large campaign of arrests of Nuba women in late 2012. Khadija was detained with more than 30 other women because of her suspected relationship with the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army/North-SPLM/N and their activities in the Nuba mountains.

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

In keeping with WLUML’s work to end all forms of violence against girls and women, we would like to commemorate the 6^th of February, International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, by promoting the honourable work of our sisters and long-time WLUML network members in Gambia.

UN: International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is observed each year to raise awareness about this practice. Female genital mutilation of any type has been recognized as a harmful practice and violation of the human rights of girls and women. WHO is committed to the elimination of female genital mutilation within a generation and is focusing on advocacy, research and guidance for health professionals and health systems.

Rape: The Stereotyping of Indian Culture & Moving from ‘Protection’ to ‘Freedom’

The recent brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in Delhi, India, resulted in expressions of outrage and anger everywhere in the country. The weeks after the rape saw an unprecedented focus on sexual assault—in formal and informal conversations, protests, television debates, drawing rooms, social media, and official statements. These protests were unique because they brought everyone to the streets. It is heart warming that many of the conversations spurred by this response are affirmative—they discuss women’s right to wear what they want, to walk the streets after dark, and other such issues. And, they take on political and spiritual leaders who blame women for rape in direct and indirect ways.

Egypt: The Gendered Body Public: Egypt, Sexual Violence and Revolution

We must acknowledge, sit with, and address the sexual violence that has, is, and will occur in and around Tahrir Square. How do we do this work in a responsible and ethical manner that is in solidarity with Egypt's ongoing (and multiple) revolutions? How do we retain and respect political, economic and social complexity in the face of the horrors of mass and public sexual assault?

Somalia: Rape Flourishes In Camps For Internally Displaced, But Low Reportage

After a protracted conflict that has lasted more than two decades, there's now a sense of relative calm and security in Somalia. The unidentifiable gunmen that patrolled the streets have been replaced by men in smart uniforms.

A Pakistani born Canadian Victim's Appeal for Help!

This is an urgent appeal to help a 14-year old Pakistani-Canadian girl who's father will stand in court for molesting and sexually violating her for two consecutive years. There is a Facebook page that was created yesterday.Please see here:

http://www.facebook.com/CanadianVictimsAppealForHelp