TAG: sexual violence

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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Rape and sexual violence: Human rights law and standards in the International Criminal Court

This document, organized by Amnesty International, identifies how the crimes of rape and sexual violence must, as a requirement of its own statute and a matter of international human rights law, be interpreted and applied with equality between men and women by the International Criminal Court (the Court). The Court has yet to rule on this matter in its jurisprudence. Such incorporation of human rights law and standards in the prosecution of rape and sexual violence should be undertaken by other international courts, as well as national courts, in order to discharge states’ duties under treaty and customary law.

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Third Panel – Sexuality and Economics: visibilities and invisibilities

Third Panel – Sexuality and Economics: visibilities and invisibilities Morning – August 25, 2009 The panel that followed was chaired by Lucila Esquivel, coordinator of the Paraguayan Association of Sex Workers  and had as presenters: Ofélia Becerril, professor at the Colégio de Michoacán, in México; Adriana Piscitelli, professor and researcher at the Núcleo de Estudos […]

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Thousands of child abuse cases in Ireland

Ireland: For decades, thousands of Irish children suffered soul-crushing lives of forced labor, beatings and molestation in institutions run by Roman Catholic religious orders.

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Pink Chaddi Campaing, India

The Pink Chaddi Campaign in India has recruited more than 21 thousand people. Read more about the campaign here.

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