Violence against women (VAW) is one of the most widespread and toxic human rights violations in the world. It takes a wide variety of forms from domestic violence to rape
The Pixel Project VAW e-News Digest: Edition 104
Welcome to 104th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest! In Malaysia, an anti-rape campaign targeted at men sparks debate about marital rape in Islam, with some scholars denying
The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest – Edition 89
Welcome to the 89th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest! This month Europe and Turkey signed an important agreement called The Istanbul Convention, which requires participating countries to
A Silver Lining in Afghanistan
Post by Katie Rosenthal Our blog this week comes from Gereshk, a town 120km West of Kandahar in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Helmand is a Taliban stronghold, and has seen much
A Silver Lining in Australia
Blog by Katie Rosenthal This week’s blog comes from the Australian city of Melbourne, where a demonstration took place targeting violence against women. About 30,000 people assembled to march through
A Silver Lining in Haiti
Post by Katie Rosenthal A men’s group in Haiti has been confronting the issue of gender based violence through group discussion and education. Their work forms part of a new
A Silver Lining in Turkey
Post by Katie Rosenthal Police in Turkey have added new measures to existing programs, to help to protect women from gender based violence. Violence against women not a new issue
A Silver Lining in Cape Breton
Post by Katie Rosenthal Sydney’s “Take Back the Night” march returned in style recently, with an impressive number of people attending to assert their opposition to violence against women and
A Silver Lining in Egypt
Post by Katie Rosenthal Women in Egypt have taken a stand to end Violence against Women. The country has been the site of well publicised recent social and political disruption,
A Silver Lining in British Columbia
Post by Katie Rosenthal A Canadian football club has recently announced a new alliance to help to end Violence against Women. The B.C Lions are based in Vancouver, and compete