Welcome to the Pixel Project VAW e-News Digest – Edition 5!
As usual, we have collated the most relevant news on Violence Against Women (VAW) across the world that came out over the past 2 weeks. Each headline summary is hyperlinked and will click through to the full article.
Over the past few days the world was stunned by the destruction of a small country caused by an earthquake of around 7.0 off the Richter scale in Haiti, followed by an aftershock of around 6.0 in magnitude. The earthquake in Haiti saw the demise of three leaders of the women’s movement in Haiti, while exacerbating the chances of violence against women in the already socially and politically unstable country.
At the same time, developments concerning violence against women are happening in different parts of the world. In the wake of five murder-suicide deaths in British Columbia, the Canadian district is seeking to reform its domestic violence laws to prevent such tragedies from recurring. Ghana is working on a five-year plan to reduce violence against women. In the United States, prenatal counseling is discovered to reduce domestic violence. These are all encouraging news.
Meanwhile, greater awareness about gender violence and inequalities draw a spotlight to things that were taken for granted as harmless but were, in fact, something which perpetrates inhuman practices.
United Kingdom’s BBC points out that stag parties are fuel for modern-day slavery: prostitutes hired tend to be victims of human trafficking. Two incidences of a politician being threatened with rape – one in the United States, and one in Zambia – reveals the extent of rape culture in our society.
Think about the ways you can help to reduce and put an end to violence against women. Small gestures can mean a great deal. You can send any news concerning violence against women that you wish to see in forthcoming editions of The Pixel Project VAW e-Newsletter to our archivist, Catalina Rembuyan, at catalina@thepixelproject.net.
In the meantime, do enjoy our fifth e-Newsletter and do feel free to share it around! If you prefer to get breaking VAW news from us in real time, please follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/PixelProject).
With best regards,
The Pixel Project team
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General Violence Against Women news
A call to deepen democracy by building gender equality
Haiti: Women’s movement mourns the death of 3 Haitian leaders
Haiti: Disaster exacerbates violence against women in Haiti
United States: Government to work to address violence against Native American women
Domestic Violence
Canada: More news about the reforms planned in the district of British Columbia
Canada: “Domestic violence plan mostly talk”. Make sure politicians walk the talk!
Malta: Reported cases of domestic violence jump 25%
Pakistan: Domestic violence at alarming level
United Arab Emirates: Campaign on violence against women and children tackle taboos
United States: The Charlie Sheen domestic violence case is being postponed
United States: More men speaking up about domestic violence
United States: Prenatal counseling reduces domestic violence
Rape
Indonesia: Sharia police involved in rape, case now casts a dark shadow over the sharia police
Malaysia: Judge to review the legality of video testimony of rape survivors
United States: Insult hurled at political candidate reveals rape culture
United States: Final suspect of the Richmond High rape nabbed
Zambia: Rape threat made against woman politicians opposing the government
Honour Killing
Germany: Syrian jailed 14 years for honour killing
India: Man bludgeons his daughter to death
India: Couple tortured to death in suspected honour killing case
India: First-time Bollywood film director tackles honour killings
Forced Marriages
United Kingdom: Children as young as nine rescued from forced marriages
Sex Trafficking
Canada: Predicted sex demand during the Vancouver Olympics may increase human trafficking
United Kingdom: Stag parties fuel sex trafficking
United Kingdom: Gangs traffic women for stag parties
United States: Human trafficking in California
United States: Clip of Lindsay Lohan’s documentary on sex trafficking is now available
United States: Meeting in San Antonio, Texas on fight against human trafficking.
United States: One American Indian woman’s long fight to escape prostitution
United States: Couple devotes life to end human trafficking
United States: Campus screening of ‘Slavery Still Exists’, a documentary on human trafficking
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