Welcome to the 49th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest! As usual, we bring you the latest and most relevant news related to violence against women and efforts at eradicating it from around the world.
In UK, law makers and enforcing officers continue to face problems with increase in reported cases of violence against women. Amongst them, the highlighted case were of family accused of abducting a young girl for forced marriage, whereas BBC Sue Roberts reported on the hidden world of female genital mutilation.
Meanwhile, India broke into a nationwide debate as gang of over 20 men that stripped, assaulted and molested a teenage girl outside a pub in Guwahati. The video of the incident was recorded which went viral in a couple of hours all over the internet.
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The Pixel Project Team
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General Violence Against Women News
- UNITED NATIONS: UN highlights violence against women in Pacific
- CANADA: Working with youth to end violence against women
- HONDURAS: Sharp rise in number of women killed in Honduras
- JAMAICA: Country still struggling with issues affecting women
- MALAYSIA: Women frustrated that drug penalties are harsher than sexual violence
- PAKISTAN: Deadly virus of violence against women
- UK: Violence against women must be tackled on all fronts
- UK: Women’s views on the policing of rape, domestic violence and stalking
- USA: Time is running out to re-authorize Violence Against Women Act
Domestic Violence
- AUSTRALIA: Alcohol policies stir concern over domestic violence spike
- NAMIBIA: Domestic violence law makes a difference
- PALESTINE: Palestinian Women protest recent cases of domestic violence
- PALESTINE: What Gazan women are facing
- SCOTLAND: Man ‘terrorised’ five women over 17-year period
- THE PHILIPPINES: Justice and Violence in The Philippines
- USA: New Research focuses on treatment for perpetrators, not victims
- USA: Turning the page on domestic violence through a cultural lens
Rape and Sexual Assault
- FRANCE: French parliament adopts sexual harassment law
- INDIA: Citizens raise voice against sexual violence
- INDIA: Guwahaiti incident sparks nationwide outrage
- KENYA: Kenya’s election rape victims say they have been forgotten
- KUWAIT: Raped victims narrate their ordeal, cry for help
- LIBERIA: Breaking the cycle of violence & HIV
- PERU: Peru widens civil war compensation for victims of sexual violence
- UK: Rochdale grooming gang leader gets 22 years for child rape
- USA: Dennis Hopper’s Son in Rape Lawsuit
- USA: Sexual assault victims billed by Wisconsin hospitals
Female Genital Mutilation
- IVORY COAST: Sentences for Genital Cutting
- INDONESIA: Inside a female circumcision ceremony
- SOMALIA: Report on female genital circumcision
- SOMALIA: Somali leaders adopt new constitution that also outlaws FGM
- SENEGAL: Honouring Maimouna Traoré: Brave pioneer of abandonment of FGM in Senegal
- UK: BBC commended for highlighting FGM
- UK: Thousands of children might be looking at summer cutting session: FGM
- UK: Hidden world of female genital mutilation
- USA: FGM affecting young girls in America
Honour Killing and Forced Marriage
- AFGHANISTAN: Afghan man allegedly shoots teenage daughters in honour killing
- AFGHANISTAN: Honour killing of mother, 30, beheaded by her ex-husband
- INDIA: Cops must curb honour killing
- INDIA: Three awarded life imprisonment for honour killings in Haryana
- PAKISTAN: Forced Marriage – Woman seeks protection
- UK & PAKISTAN: Family jailed in forced marriage row kidnap of Bradford woman
- Muslim cleric attacks daughter who refused forced marriage
- UK: Forced Marriages continue despite tightened legislation
Human Trafficking/ Sex Trafficking
- CANADA: Ottawa to crack down on fraud, human trafficking amongst international students
- GHANA: Twenty teenagers rescued from alleged trafficking
- INDONESIA & AUSTRALIA: Indonesia and Australia to strengthen cooperation in fighting human trafficking
- NORWAY: Anti-Human Trafficking measures now law
- TAIWAN: Taiwan arrests dozens in human trafficking ring targeting Canada and Australia
- UK: Vigilant hotel staff help detectives smash sex-trafficking gang
- USA: Human trafficking victims eligible for special visas, officials says
- USA: Case puts sex trafficking measures towards California voters
Activism
- THE PIXEL PROJECT: Musicians say NO to Violence Against Women via Youtube Carnival
- THE PIXEL PROJECT: Raising funds and awareness at the intersection of Photography and Philanthropy
- SOUTH AFRICA: Religious Leaders Pledge Support in Fight Against Domestic Violence
- KENYA: Wangu’s Story: From rape victim to campaigner
- MAUI: Stacy Moniz: Ending domestic violence in Maui
- USA: Olympian shares story of sexual abuse in hope of rescuing others
- USA: A New Nonprofit in Houston Coffee Shop fights sex trafficking with every cup of caffeine
- USA: Domestic Violence victims speak out to raise awareness
- USA & MEXICO: Visual Artist Elina Chauver places red shoes outside of Mexico consulate to protest violence against women