Welcome to the 70th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
The world celebrated the International Day of the Girl on October 11th. The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) reports an increase of violence against women in Afghanistan that the United Nations (UN) Assistant General Secretary John Hendra finds worrying. Kakenya Ntaiya writes about how Kakenya Center for Excellence is giving more than 150 girls in her Kenyan community an education that will forever alter the course of their lives.
The New York Times published an editorial on October 16, 2013 on the slavery in India. The opening sentence says, “Although a brutal gang rape in Delhi last December grabbed national headlines and caused a public outcry, sex trafficking in India has not provoked the same degree of outrage.
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Violence Against Women-General News
- WORLD-Thursdays in Black – Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Women
- WORLD-UN Women: Curriculum to end gender violence
- AFGHANISTAN-On International Girl’s Day, Violence Against Women Trends Worrying
- CANADA-Site Makes Violence Against Women Personal
- ETHIOPIA-Priests Are Responsible for Ending Violence Against Women, Says Ethiopian Church
- KENYA-On International Day of the Girl, Proof That Education is Power
- PERU-Peruvian government works to reduce violence against women
- PHILIPPINES-‘Electronic violence against women’ should be included in anti-rape law – Gabriela
- UNITED STATES-Time to block gun violence against women
Domestic Violence
- AUSTRALIA-CFMEU joins domestic violence campaign
- CHINA-SW China City Establishes Shelter for Domestic Violence Victims
- LEBANON-Amidst Syrian refugees, domestic violence grows
- MEXICO-Mexico Girls Experience Higher School Dropout and Domestic Violence
- NETHERLANDS-Putin demands Dutch arrest apology as ties worsen
- PHILIPPINES-Abused women, kids get free legal assistance
- SAUDI ARABIA-3-year-old becomes latest victim of domestic violence
- UNITED KINGDOM-New workplace policy to tackle domestic violence
- UNITED STATES-New Jersey Bars Employers From Firing Victims Of Domestic Violence Who Need Time Off
Rape and Sexual Assault
- AUSTRALIA-Phone app sex trap
- CHINA-Li Tianyi Rape Case Verdict May Help Women
- INDIA-Anoushka Shankar discusses impact of Delhi gang rape
- KENYA-Kenyans accuse police of ignoring gang rape
- KUWAIT-4 men rape little girl for 3 weeks
- PAKISTAN-In Pakistan, new focus on rape after a string of deadly attacks on children
- UNITED KINGDOM-Student club night investigated after video ‘promoting rape culture’
- UNITED STATES-Five Creative Ways That Students Are Fighting Rape Culture On College Campuses
- ZIMBABWE-Man wore two condoms to rape gravely ill woman
Human/Sex Trafficking
- WORLD-Index: Nearly 30 million people in slavery
- WORLD-Not Enough Done to Reintegrate Victims of Human Trafficking, UN-Backed Report Warns
- AFRICA-Campaign Names Africa’s Slave-Holding Nations
- BRAZIL-Reports of Human Trafficking Rise Dramatically In Brazil
- CAMBODIA-The Estée Lauder Companies partners with Somaly Mam Foundation
- INDIA-Sex Trafficking in India
- THAILAND-Thailand must do more to end human trafficking
- UNITED KINGDOM-Human traffickers who sold smuggled woman as a sex slave for sham marriage jailed
- UNITED STATES-Proposed Legislation Should Make Sex Trafficking an Expensive Crime
Female Genital Mutilation
- AFRICA-Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo issue communiqué
- AFRICA-Postcard from Africa: Have Buddha, Will Travel
- CANADA-Quebec Virginity Tests Called ‘Degrading,’ Doctors Warned To Stop
- INDIA-P.E.I. women represent Canada in India
- KENYA-How schoolgirls in western Kenya are rising up against FGM and child marriage
- SENEGAL-The Evolution of My Perception of FGC
- SOMALIA-Day of the Girl: A survivor’s journey after female genital mutilation
- TANZANIA-The FGM Monster Still Rears Its Ugly Head
- UNITED KINGDOM-Britain Is Failing Victims of Female Genital Mutilation
Forced Marriage and Honour Killing
- WORLD-Girls Fare Worse in Disasters
- CANADA-Extradition judge accepts testimony in Sidhu ‘honour killing’
- GHANA-Sustain interventions on girl child education – GNECC
- INDIA-On world stage, India lets down its child brides
- MALAYSIA-Child marriages on the rise in Malaysia
- PAKISTAN-‘Honour’ killing: Gunmen kill four of a family in Mardan
- TURKEY-Kurdish Film About ‘Honour Killing’ Wins European Prize
- UNITED KINGDOM-Her film about an ‘honour’ killing won an Emmy. Now it’s being used to train police
- YEMEN-Yemen child brides the victims of poverty, tradition
Activism
- WORLD-Heroes Changing the Status Quo for Women and Girls
- WORLD-Women dance, world trembles
- AUSTRALIA-Reclaim The Night march for end of violence against women packs road in Melbourne
- INDIA-Pink Sari movement in India fights violence against women
- PAKISTAN-Malala Yousafzai: ‘It’s hard to kill. Maybe that’s why his hand was shaking’
- SOUTH AFRICA-Rape survivor wants to “Break the Silence”
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-Filipino rights group to relaunch anti-violence campaign in Dubai
- UNITED KINGDOM-Waris Dirie: ‘Female genital mutilation is pure violence against girls’
- UNITED STATES-Raheel Raza talks ‘Honour Diaries’, gender inequality during Chicago Film Fest