Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end – everywhere
1 year ago

Criminalisation of victims of male violence needs to end – everywhere

Al Jazeera  

In the West, we are often told terrible stories about women in the Global South countries being subjected to male violence and then punished afresh by “community leaders” and the courts. They would also know about “honour killings” of women and girls in countries like Albania and Kurdistan for breaking patriarchal rules, such as having sexual relationships outside of marriage. CWJ hopes the film will help educate criminal justice agencies and women’s support services on the reasons female victims of male violence end up in prison. These days feminists are routinely blamed for exaggerating male violence, making women “scared of men”, and causing them to limit their lives by taking precautions.

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Revealed: What to do if you see a woman being intimidated or attacked in the street
1 month ago

Revealed: What to do if you see a woman being intimidated or attacked in the street

Daily Mail  

The UN has announced a step-by-step guide for what you should do if you witness violence against women and girls in public. Tabitha Morton, Executive Director for UN Women UK says: 'As harrowing as the statistics are, violence against women and girls can be prevented and bystander intervention is a crucial part of a whole-systems approach. Violence against Women and …

Violence against women
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Violence against women

The Hindu  

Violence against women, especially in the form of rape, remains a pervasive issue worldwide. Rape culture creates a toxic environment where sexual violence is normalised and victims face significant barriers to support and justice. Rape culture significantly impacts societal attitudes and behaviours towards sexual violence, particularly in conflict zones where sexual violence is weaponised. Misconceptions regarding women’s night-time behaviour, marital …

Threat at every step: What it takes to stay alive as women
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Threat at every step: What it takes to stay alive as women

New Indian Express  

Grim figures Violence and abuse against women and girls is frequent on streets, in public transportation and in other public places. In 2022, the Delhi Police registered a total of 1212 cases of sexual assault which says that on an average three women were raped daily in the city. According to the data shared by the National Crime Records Bureau, …

Violence against women at ‘epidemic’ levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn
5 months ago

Violence against women at ‘epidemic’ levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn

Associated Press  

LONDON — Violence against women and girls has reached epidemic levels and police are treating it as a threat on the same scale as terrorism, Britain’s police chiefs said Tuesday. “Violence against women and girls is a national emergency,” Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth said in a statement. “We need to move forward as a society to make change and …

Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency', police chief warns - as almost 3,000 crimes recorded every day
5 months ago

Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency', police chief warns - as almost 3,000 crimes recorded every day

Daily Mail  

Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency' with almost 3,000 crimes recorded every day, a leading police chief warned in a new report. Deputy chief constable Maggie Blyth also warned that online influencers like Andrew Tate could radicalise young men into extreme misogyny in the same way terrorists draw in followers. Police recorded more than a million crimes …

The Horrible Abuse Allegations Against Diddy Reveal the Legacy—and Limits—of #MeToo
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Horrible Abuse Allegations Against Diddy Reveal the Legacy—and Limits—of #MeToo

Slate  

Seven years after the #MeToo movement swept the United States and then much of the globe, some of the movement’s biggest villains—Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby—have seen their criminal convictions overturned. The #MeToo movement never promised to solve the problems of sexual violence and harassment, nor the problem of powerful men getting away with everything from sexist exploitation to serious crimes …

Tory Lanez’s 10-year jail sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion isn’t unfair – it’s a victory for Black women
1 year, 4 months ago

Tory Lanez’s 10-year jail sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion isn’t unfair – it’s a victory for Black women

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another chimed in: “Tory Lanez getting sentenced to 10 …

Rape victims should not be left ‘traumatised’ by brutal court questioning, CPS chief says
1 year, 11 months ago

Rape victims should not be left ‘traumatised’ by brutal court questioning, CPS chief says

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I just kept saying ‘no’, I was crying.” Claire Waxman, the London Victims’ Commissioner, called Alison’s …

Making India safer for women
1 year, 11 months ago

Making India safer for women

Hindustan Times  

A woman stabbed 51 times by her stalker with a screwdriver in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district. National Crime Records Bureau data shows that in 2021, a crime against a woman was recorded nearly every minute, with abduction, rape and domestic violence forming the bulk of the cases. It has left the police baffled and society shocked, underlining a fundamental disconnect between …

Gone girls: On crimes against women
2 years, 2 months ago

Gone girls: On crimes against women

The Hindu  

Reported violence against women is the proverbial tip of the iceberg; it conceals more than it reveals. Last week’s incident of violence in Chennai, where college student Sathyapriya was decapitated as a young man pursuing her romantically pushed her in the path of an oncoming train did no less tug at the heartstrings of the public. The incidents of violence …

Sexual violence against women and girls should be treated as a national emergency, says RISHI SUNAK
2 years, 4 months ago

Sexual violence against women and girls should be treated as a national emergency, says RISHI SUNAK

Daily Mail  

How serious are we as a society about protecting women and girls? Rishi Sunak vows to launch a 'major crackdown' on grooming gangs plus wider efforts to give women the freedom to go out at night without fear By MARTIN BECKFORD POLICY EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Rishi Sunak today promises a 'major crackdown on grooming gangs' as well as …

We need to let the police know the scale of male violence and entitlement
3 years, 2 months ago

We need to let the police know the scale of male violence and entitlement

The Independent  

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A memo on the perfect victimhood
3 years, 6 months ago

A memo on the perfect victimhood

Live Mint  

Tarun Tejpal was acquitted last week of several charges relating to his alleged sexual assault of a journalist colleague during a 2013 conference in Goa. Reconstructing the sequence of events in the Farooqui case, the court suggested why the accused may have misread the accuser’s feelings: “The history of intimacy and the unabashed liking/attraction of the prosecutrix towards the appellant …

This Women’s Day, I Wish Gender Justice Isn’t Just a Utopian Ideal
3 years, 9 months ago

This Women’s Day, I Wish Gender Justice Isn’t Just a Utopian Ideal

The Quint  

What I want this International Women's Day is a change in how our system responds to cases of violence against women and girls. As a young woman, it never ceases to amaze me that people still use the term “gender equality” as if it were an unattainable, utopian ideal. Perhaps one of the most important conversations of our time, at …

Promising Young Woman’s rape plot has won praise – are we getting better at telling victims’ stories?
4 years ago

Promising Young Woman’s rape plot has won praise – are we getting better at telling victims’ stories?

The Independent  

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Why does the media fail to hold violent men to account?
4 years, 1 month ago

Why does the media fail to hold violent men to account?

Al Jazeera  

Headlines often focus on the perceived faults of the women killed by men, and never on the real issue – male violence. This is the latest in a string of reports in the UK this year that have led to outrage from domestic abuse charities and campaigners like myself about how the media reports fatal domestic abuse, where reports victim-blame …

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