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TAG: sexual violence

Organization of American States Links Abortion Restrictions to Violence Against Women; Calls on Governments to Decriminalize Abortion

10.03.14 – (PRESS RELEASE) For the first time ever a committee within the Organization of American States (OAS)—considered to be the United Nations for the Americas—is recommending that all governments decriminalize abortion in cases of rape and incest, when the woman’s health or life is at risk and in cases of fetal impairments. This OAS committee focused on […]

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‘Yes Means Yes’ Is a Bad Coupling of Feminism and the State

by Laurie Essig California’s enacting on Sunday of the “yes means yes” law is a victory for some campus feminist activists but an ill-conceived detour for feminism. The new law guiding how colleges must handle accusations of sexual assault will require “an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity.” In other words, if […]

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A pregnant, suicidal rape victim fought Ireland’s new abortion law. The law won

It sounded like a strawman, until it wasn’t. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton / Getty There is one thing that suicidal rape victims need: immediate assistance.But for one young woman in Ireland who was pregnant and seeking an abortion after reportedly being attacked, the only thing her government offered was the slow, bureaucratic violation of her humanity. […]

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Egypt Has a Sexual Violence Problem

Read New York Times article about a fierce battle raging in Egypt beyond that one between Islamists and military rulers: the battle “between the patriarchy — established and upheld by the state, the street and at home — and women, who will no longer accept this status quo”. Click here.

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The Vatican review by the UN Committee on Torture is almost invisible in the Brazilian press

The Vatican was questioned this week at the UN Committee against Torture in relation to cases of sexual abuse and violence that have been reported for years by victims and the media. This is the first time the Holy See presented a report to the Committee, since it ratified the text in 2002 . The […]

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Egyptian police ‘using rape as a weapon’ against dissident groups

The Guardian brings information on the dissemination of rape as a practice used by Egyptian police against arrested dissidents. Read more.

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The rule of sentiment

Read women’s rights lawyer Flavia Agnes’ article about the fate of the woman raped and killed in India last year. “And so she lives on in public memory, known to the world only by her vaginal violations or by a name to which she would not respond to were she alive. She was a victim […]

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Rape is ‘a cross-cutting global issue’

Almost one in four men surveyed in six Asian countries admit to having raped their partners at least once, according to a UN report. Researcher Emma Fulu explains the factors that prompt men to accept and commit rape. Read DW’s article.

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Sexual Violence in Asia

A new research in the Lancet Global Health, a medical journal, indicates that more than one in ten men surveyed in six Asian countries said they had raped a woman who was not their partner—and that figure rose to nearly one in four when wives and girlfriends were included among victims. Read more.

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Sexual assaults in Rio de Janeiro raised fears for women’s safety ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics

Brazil: Sexual assaults in Rio de Janeiro have cast a light on class differences in the city and have raised fears for women’s safety ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. Read more.

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Letter of protest against the murder of Professor Cleides Antônio Amorim (UFT)

Brazil: Cleides Amorim, a professor at the Federal University of Tocantins, was one of over a dozen LGBT Brazilians murdered in just the first two weeks of 2012. AllOut started a national campaign aimed at Federal Government, inspired in a protest letter from a group of professors of Brazilian universities. Read more.

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SlutWalk

Global: Women from Toronto started to organize the Slut Walk against all expressions of sexist violence as a response to a policeman statement that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”. Brazil, UK, US, Australia and India joined the movement. Read more.

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