Targeting the important issue of violence against women is not only a matter for governments and NGO’s, but should also be a concern for young people, our leaders of the future.
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Marriage at an early age is seriously harmful to girls
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 11:30
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Violence againts women takes a dismaying variety of forms, from domestic abuse and rape to child marriages and female circumcision. All are violations of the most fundamental human rights.
Tackling Violence against Women and Girls internationally – Lynne Featherstone, MP
Tuesday, 26 July 2011 11:45
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I visited a rural village outside of Patna in the northern state of Bihar in India last week. Everyone was gathered around. We sat under a tree where an acting troupe put on a show about the violence women in India experience as part of their everyday lives.
By, Lynne Featherstone: Equalities Minister and Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey & Wood Green
Violence against women takes many forms in India
Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:30
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We have looked into the situation of women in Brazil and Mexico. Now let us focus on India.
Corrective rape: Shocking realities of homophobia
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 11:12
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On May 4, a 13 year-old girl was raped in Atteridgeville, near Pretoria. During the assault, her attacker reportedly boasted that he would ‘cure’ her of lesbianism. In late April, the disfigured body of lesbian activist Noxolo Nogwaza was found in an alley in KwaThema, near Johannesburg. She had been raped and killed, apparently after an argument with men who had tried to proposition her girlfriend. These examples of ‘corrective’ or ‘punitive’ rape are presented by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an op-ed recently published in South African daily The Star.
- UN Women announces members of Global Civil Society Advisory Group
- UN Women welcomes increased number of women in Algeria’s Parliament
- Circles of life: Community groups in Zimbabwe turn early warnings into early action
- Women shine at Jordan’s Fifth National Technology Parade
- Michelle Bachelet 2012 Commencement Speech at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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