Welcome to the 61st edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
In honour of April’s Stop Street Harassment Week, we have added an extra section on efforts on raising awareness about street harassment in the United States and United Kingdom. Let us know if you have news about street harassment awareness movements in your neighbourhood!
April 2013 saw several strides forward in the global effort at eliminating violence against women including:
- Saudi Arabia’s first PSA ad aimed at raising awareness on violence against women.
- Silicon Valley giant Google has begun a project in collaboration with others in order to tackle human trafficking,
- A study conducted by the University of Michigan from a sample of 26 countries show that around the world, acceptance of domestic violence is decreasing.
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General Violence Against Women
- AUSTRALIA – Male violence against women tends to be under-reported
- THE BAHAMAS – Bahamian society ‘not dealing with violence against women’
- CANADA – UN report finds Canada not doing enough to stop violence against women
- INDONESIA – Youth in Bali stand against sexual violence against women
- ISRAEL – Israeli-Arab activists set out in motorcade to protest violence against women
- MAURITANIA – Locals protest violence against women
- UNITED STATES – Mountain Dew pulls racist and sexist ad that glorifies violence against women
- UNITED STATES – Activist addresses the relationship between American manhood and violence against women
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Domestic Violence
- WORLD – Why women in some countries still say domestic violence is okay
- CAMBODIA, NIGERIA and ZAMBIA – Decrease of acceptance in domestic violence worldwide
- EUROPE – Europe’s most advanced treaty against domestic violence set for 2014
- EUROPE – Members of the European Parliament say that domestic violence remains a problem of pandemic proportions
- SERBIA – Austerity measures leave domestic violence victims stranded
- UNITED KINGDOM – Anti-domestic violence pilot scheme (Clare’s Law) in the United Kingdom a success
- UNITED STATES – US Vice President Biden says domestic violence is the single most important cause of his life
- UNITED STATES – Domestic violence offenders learning and giving back to abused animals
- UNITED STATES – Domestic violence offender bill passes House in Texas
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Sexual Assault
- WORLD – G8 pledges millions to combat rape in war zones
- WORLD – United Nations Security Council debates measures to end rape in war zones
- AFRICA – Child rape crisis – babies as young as 6 months victims of sexual violence in conflict zones
- INDIA – UN expert says India’s new anti-rape law insufficient
- INDONESIA – Rape in Bali highlights ongoing threat to female travelers in Asia
- PAKISTAN – Pakistani woman reports of gang rape and is kicked out of the police station
- SOLOMON ISLANDS – Post-conflict trauma (including related to sexual violence) haunts Solomon Islands
- SOMALIA – Somalia acknowledges rape by its soldiers
- SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa desperately seeking a political champion to tackle rape in the country
- UNITED KINGDOM – Rape is not just a weapon of war but of gang conflict
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Sex/Human Trafficking
- WORLD – Google launches global human trafficking helpline and data network
- EUROPE – European member states must respond to increased human trafficking in their countries
- ARMENIA – New novel highlights sex trafficking in former Soviet Union
- NEW ZEALAND – Policeman to speak on sex trafficking in Rotorua
- MEXICO –Mexican women forced into the sex trade in New York and New Jersey
- SOUTHEAST ASIA – Human trafficking syndicates growing, becoming more organized due to technology
- UNITED KINGDOM – Women sex trafficking other women – the problem is getting worse
- UNITED STATES – Big banks unite to combat sex trafficking
- UNITED STATES – Film ‘Eden’ highlights sex trafficking
- UNITED STATES – Lawyer worked undercover to rescue Pinay victims of human trafficking
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Honour Kiling and Forced Marriage
- AFGHANISTAN – Afghan women escape forced marriage through suicide
- BANGLADESH – Bangladesh woman escapes forced marriage
- INDIA – Indian girls stand up against forced marriage
- INDIA – Chennai considers enacting law against honour killing
- INDIA – Tamil movie ‘Gouravam’ to tackle caste-based honour killing
- JORDAN – Jordanian kills sister to cleans family honour
- NORWAY – Forced marriage on the rise in Norway
- UNITED KINGDOM – Health staff to receive advice in recognizing forced marriages
- UNITED STATES – Arranged marriage is a US issue
- YEMEN – Egyptian embassy in Yemen rescues girl from forced marriage
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Female Genital Mutilation
- EUROPE – FGM must be brought to public attention, urge MEPs
- WORLD – Following community-based programs, more women are refusing female genital mutilation
- BURKINA FASO – 5 FGM-related fatalities recorded in Burkina Faso last year
- EGYPT – Egyptian Islamists could undermine years of work on FGM
- MALI – 1,116 girls and women treated for FGM last year
- SENEGAL – Over a quarter of Senegalese families practice FGM
- SOMALIA – Female genital mutilation down
- UNITED KINGDOM – Police reopen six cases of FGM as hopes rise of landmark prosecution case
- UNITED KINGDOM – Television show ‘Casualty’ features episode about female genital mutilation
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Street Harassment
- UNITED KINGDOM – UK feminists talk about international anti-street harassment week
- UNITED STATES – Victims unite during international anti-street harassment week
- UNITED STATES – Note to Lego: street harassment is not a construction worker problem
- UNITED STATES – Street harassment is no compliment
- UNITED STATES – How millenials can put an end to street harassment
- UNITED STATES – Bed-stuy women’s group fights back against street harassment
- UNITED STATES – Hollaback!: finding effecting solutions to street harassment
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VAW Activism
- AUSTRALIA – MTV advertisement campaign highlights sex trafficking
- CANADA – Operation Thunderbird is a movement to shed light on violence against aboriginal women in Canada
- GUAM –Random Women’s Rally (RaWR) planning a rally to raise awareness on violence against women
- IRELAND – Domestic violence charity Sonas launches verbal abuse campaign
- SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia launches powerful ad campaign against domestic violence
- SOUTH AFRICA – Annie Lennox calls on South Africa to fight gender-based violence
- UNITED KINGDOM – Kensington to hold seminar of forced marriage and honour killing, complete with screening of ‘Banaz: a love story’.
- UNITED STATES – Forum on technology and violence against women held
- ZAMBIA – Chanda Katongo, writer and journalist who covered violence against women, celebrated in this article