by Jessica Mosby – USA – The most striking element of the new documentary Tapestries of Hope is not the hell that the young rape survivors profiled have lived through, but their unbreakable spirit. The film is a vibrant international…
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Tapestries of Hope: Director Michealene Cristini Risley on the Tenacity and Optimism of Zimbabwe’s Rape Survivors
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, Betty Makoni, Children's Rights, Films & Documentaries, Girl Child Network, HIV/AIDS, interview, Michealene Cristini Risley, rape, Women's Rights, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
by Jessica Mosby – USA – “Rape has always been used as a weapon of war” is the opening line of the new documentary film The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. For 76 minutes the film exposes the incredibly…
Tagged with: Africa, Arts & Culture, Democratic Republic of Congo, Films & Documentaries, Gender Violence, Politics, rape, Sexual Violence, war crimes
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
A Rape Case in Saudi Arabia Explodes into International Headlines
by Patricia Meehan Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – In 2006, what to Saudi society seemed a routine case settled in Sharia court, exploded into headlines of outrage, protest and disbelief across the globe. Qatif is a center…
Tagged with: Criminal Justice, human rights, Islam, law, Middle East, Qatif, rape, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, Sharia, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Child Rights Activist Betty Makoni “Lights Up the Dark” for Abused and Disadvantaged Young Girls
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – “The stories we listened to made us bleed inside, the genital wounds we later had to help nurse evoked us, the long distances we traveled every day and night to educate girls on their…
Tagged with: Africa, Child Rights, Education, Politics, rape, Sexual Violence, women activists, Women's Rights, Zimbabwe
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Will Sex with a Virgin Cure HIV/AIDS? – Why Zambian Children Are Being Defiled: The Courts Try New Measures to Stop the Record Number of Cases
by Delphine Zulu – Zambia – The number of children being defiled in Zambia has continued to increase dramatically because of a widespread belief that having sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS; this mis-information is mainly spread by local…
Tagged with: Africa, Child Rights, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous Culture, laws, rape, Traditional Beliefs, Zambia
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
