by Paromita Pain –India– Gropes, stealthy fingers that pinch and leave bruises, catcalls, severe beatings, systematic starvation, emotional torture and worse – harassment against women takes many forms, and like issues of hunger and poverty, it is global in scope.…
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Innovative Internet-based Projects Give Indian Women Platform to Fight Violence
Tagged with: activism, India, NGO's, Sexual Harrassment, Social Change, Technology, Violence Against Women
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
SlutWalk To Femicide: Making The Connection
by Rita Banerji –India– In January, a Toronto police constable told a group of students at a school safety forum that to prevent being sexually assaulted they should “avoid dressing like sluts.” This victim-blaming message sparked a global grassroots protest…
Tagged with: India, Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Violence, Uprisings, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The World
The Price of Education: Sexual Abuse and HIV/AIDS At Zimbabwe’s Universities
by Chumile Jamela –Zimbabwe– Lisa Kunene’s* path to higher learning has been a painful one. A 20-year-old first-year engineering student at one of the top universities in Zimbabwe, she was born to a poor communal farmer in rural Matebeleland South,…
Tagged with: Education, HIV/AIDS, Sexual Harrassment, Zimbabwe
Posted in Economy, Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Breaking the Silence: Rallying around the World to End Gender-based Street Harassment
by Holly Kearl –USA– What does a woman in Bangalore, India, standing on a busy street corner, waiting for a bus have in common with a teenage girl in Queens, New York, dressed in her school uniform, waiting for the…
Tagged with: Gender Equity, Sexual Harrassment, Technology, Uprisings
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
