Welcome to 99th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
A doctor was sentenced to prison after involvement in FGM led to the death of a patient. The case is the first trial of its kind in Egypt.
Several VAW awareness movements have gone viral. In the United States the Super Bowl ads includes one on domestic violence awareness, creating strong reactions. A video from Peru about men catcalling their mothers by mistake has gone viral.
Two countries have stepped up their efforts to eradicate domestic violence: Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council has agreed to set up a panel on domestic violence and Papua New Guinea will launch a free domestic violence helpline this year.
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Violence Against Women – General
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Feature on the Central American migrants who are forced to leave the United States (mentions femicide)
- ARGENTINA: Teenage girls – invisible victims of femicide
- AUSTRALIA: Why we must never forget Anita Cobby – sister continues to fight violence against women
- CANADA: (Editorial) Violence against women – enough is enough
- EGYPT: Token reforms fail to end scourge of pervasive violence against women
- ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s women vow to turn tide of violence, rape and murder
- INDIA: Two men push for women’s right to loiter on the street
- PAKISTAN: 326 cases of violence against women in the past seven years
Domestic Violence
- WORLD: Changing the behavior of male perpetrators of domestic violence
- AUSTRALIA: Abott’s domestic violence policy re-announced to ‘cover up gaffe’
- BOLIVIA: Bolivia builds women’s independence to curb domestic violence
- CHINA: Survey conducted on public opinion of anti-domestic violence law
- MALAYSIA: Mufti condemned for advocating wife-caning
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Free domestic violence hotline by year’s end
- SAUDI ARABIA: Shoura Council OKs panel on domestic violence
- UNITED STATES: Watch the first anti-domestic violence Super Bowl commercial
Sexual Assault / Rape
- BANGLADESH: State facilities for Bangladeshi war rape victims
- CANADA: Two eighth-graders tackle rape culture and petition for educational awareness
- CAMBODIA: Witness describes forced marriage, rape and killings by the Khmer Rouge
- INDIA: India’s new pink taxi fleet offers women pepper spray and panic buttons
- MYANMAR: Burmese army rapes, tortures and kills two Christian teachers
- SOUTH AFRICA: South African police accused of rape, murder
- UNITED KINGDOM: Mel and Sue attack new wave of male ‘rape’ comedians
- UNITED STATES: Survivor tells her account of rape 14 years after it happened (trigger warning)
Sex Trafficking
- WORLD: (Editorial) Sex trafficking, the dirty downside of global sporting events
- CAMBODIA: Rights of young victims ignored by justice system, says report
- CANADA: Sex trafficking victims to get special Toronto housing
- GERMANY: Germany plans changes to prostitution act (discusses sex work)
- INDIA: From HIV to trafficking – shifting frames for sex work in India
- ITALY: Italian convents act as safe houses for victims of sex trafficking
- NIGERIA: Nigerian woman caught in Italy’s sex-trade trap
- UNITED STATES: Human trafficking issues surround Super Bowl weekend
Female Genital Mutilation
- WORLD: Waris Dirie says that FGM can be eradicated in her lifetime
- EGYPT: Doctor jailed after Egypt’s first FGM conviction
- IRAN: FGM a growing problem in Iran
- KENYA: Women protest anti-FGM activists’ bid to rescue girls from cut
- SPAIN: Spain asks parents to sign declaration form to protect daughters from FGM
- TANZANIA: Former first lady of Mozambique and South Africa commends the rejection of FGM by 800 girls in Tanzania
- UGANDA: FGM cases on the rise
- UNITED KINGDOM: Hospital deals with 1500 cases of FGM in five years
Forced Marriage and Honour Killing
- WORLD: How the decline in arranged marriages helps the fight against poverty
- AUSTRALIA: State of New South Wales releases ads on child marriage targeting migrant communities
- GERMANY: Daughter dies in honour killing
- GHANA: Stakeholders called for prosecution of perpetrators of child marriages
- INDIA: Couple kills daughter to ‘save’ family honour
- KENYA: Daughters in Kenyan tribe kept in the dark about forced marriage (trigger warning)
- PAKISTAN: Bride commits suicide after forced marriage
- UNITED KINGDOM: Support for people forced into marriage
Activism
- WORLD: United Nations launches next phase of ‘HeforShe’ campaign at Davos Forum
- WORLD: One woman’s new tool to stop Gamergate harassment on Twitter
- INDIA: Superhero takes on violence against women in India
- ITALY: Rock band dedicates song in memory of Nanjing Massacre victims
- PERU: Video of harassers who mistakenly catcall their mother goes viral
- SOUTH AFRICA: These South African men tackle the country’s epidemic of violence against women
- UNITED KINGDOM: Call for volunteers for a burpee-thon in aid of domestic violence
- UNITED STATES: Two new documentaries will highlight student activism against sexual assault