Welcome to the 82nd edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
The April 2014 issue of Vogue Italia featured a controversial fashion editorial photographed by Steven Meisel entitled ‘Horror Story.’ Mimma Vigzelio argues, “Italian Vogue’s domestic violence-themed cover story proves that fashion photography is a powerful medium which can carry important messages, but it should have been stripped of its commercial credits.”
In La Rochelle, France, French police are taking DNA samples from more than 500 men in a rape case of a 16-year-old girl in a private Roman Catholic school that occurred in September 2013. Saliva samples will be taken from 475 students, 31 teachers, and 21 other adult males who were on the premises at the time. While the testing is voluntary, any male refusing to take part could come under suspicion.
Pope Francis denounced human trafficking as a crime against humanity Thursday, 10 April 2014, after meeting with four women who were trafficked and forced into prostitution. The pope met privately with freed sex slaves from his native Argentina, Chile, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Three of them addressed the conference, which issued a final statement pledging to develop strategies to do more to prevent trafficking, care for victims, and help them reintegrate into society once freed.
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Violence Against Women – General News
- CANADA-Don’t Separate ‘Honour Crimes’ From Other Violence Against Women
- GUATEMALA-Femicide Courts in Guatemala: A Beacon of Light in the Fight against Impunity
- INDIA-Lok Sabha polls: No party has made it safer for women
- MALTA-‘Government committed to curbing violence against women’ – Helena Dalli
- SOUTH AFRICA-Pistorious Trial Is a Referendum on Violence Against Women in South Africa
- SRI LANKA-Video exposes violence against female soldiers in Sri Lanka
- TANZANIA-No to tampering with gender violence cases
- UNITED KINGDOM-UN inspection of Yarl’s Wood was blocked, claim campaigners
- UNITED STATES-Carter: Violence against women is ‘worst human rights violation on Earth’
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Domestic Violence
- WORLD-Home can be the most dangerous place—UN study
- WORLD-Op-Ed: Violence is Not Pretty, But It Can Hide Behind a Pretty Face
- AFRICA-Africa Is An Alarmingly Dangerous Place For Women
- AUSTRALIA-Domestic violence stats show the impact
- CHINA-An American Tackles Domestic Violence In China
- MALTA-‘1 in 3 women suffered beating or some other form of abuse worldwide’
- SOUTH AFRICA-Uproar over Vogue’s ‘Horror Story’ Domestic Violence Fashion Shoot
- UNITED KINGDOM-Domestic Dangers: Deterring violence and healing victims
- UNITED STATES-Walker signs 3 domestic-violence bills
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Rape and Sexual Assault
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLI OF CONGO-UN: 3,600 raped in DRC in four-year period
- EGYPT-Sexual violence against Egypt women ‘goes unpunished’: report
- FRANCE-Mass DNA tests at French school over rape
- KENYA-Empowerment program greatly decreases incidence of rape, Stanford/Packard-led study finds
- MOROCCO-Morocco jails British Pedophile for 20 years
- NIGERIA-Exclusive – Gang-Raped Girl, Gang-Raped Justice: How Nigeria Police Forced Victim to Free Rapists
- RWANDA-Trauma still fresh for Rwanda’s survivors of genocidal rape
- SUDAN-Eritrean Seeking Safe-Passage to Sudan Was Led Into a Nightmare
- UNITED STATES-Sexual Assault Is a Crime Against Women’s Health
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Sex/Human Trafficking
- WORLD-Pope meets ex-sex slaves, denounces trafficking
- ARGENTINA-Mother of Sex Trafficking Victim Speaks Out as Suspects Return to Court
- MALAYSIA-Seminar never referred to Penang as ‘sex city’, say organizers
- NIGERIA-Women Education Will Checkmate trafficking- Experts
- RUSSIA-Russia blames human trafficking in Europe on open borders and corruption
- SINGAPORE-Guidelines to protect human trafficking victims during investigations being considered
- THAILAND-Thailand joins forces with South Africa in tackling human trafficking
- UNITED KINGDOM-Resort is location for film drama about human trafficking in Britain
- UNITED STATES-Sex trafficking easy to find in Montana, speakers at UM say
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Female Genital Mutilation
- WORLD-FGM ‘has close parallels with other forms of child abuse’
- AFRICA-Criminalisation will not stop FGM in east Africa
- CANADA-Canadian doctors performing vaginal surgery banned in Britain
- KENYA-Anti-FGM Board to step up law enforcement in Kenya
- NIGERIA-Group Urges FG To Ban Female Genital Cutting
- SOMALIA-Somaliland: Somalians campaign for their children to not suffer FGM
- TANZANIA-Educated Young Tanzanians Reject Female Genital Mutilation
- UNITED KINGDOM-FGM: first suspects to be charged appear in court
- UNITED STATES-Let’s talk about female circumcision
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Forced Marriage/Honour Killing
- AFGHANISTAN-Child Marriage and Domestic Violence A curse For Afghan Society
- CANADA-Arranged marriages can work out well says Sikh community
- INDIA-‘Tough to bring sex in child marriage on a par with age of consent’
- IRAQ-Iraqi Girl-Marriage Bill Called Vote-Getting Ploy
- NIGERIA-Cops: Child Bride Forced to Marry Kills Groom With Poison
- PAKISTAN-Photos: These women were doused in acid for turning down marriage proposals
- TURKEY-To Shield Their Daughters, Former Child Brides In Turkey Recount The Horror
- UNITED KINGDOM-Derby College tackles forced marriage
- ZIMBABWE-Families Marry Off Teenage Daughters to Escape Poverty
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Activism
- WORLD-Women Should Not Have to Live in Constant Fear of Assault
- AUSTRALIA-Rachael Taylor opens up about domestic violence
- INDONESIA-Activists urge women to speak out on equality, violence
- JAMAICA-A Silent, Powerful Cry Against Female Physical And Sexual Abuse
- MIDDLE EAST-Men Must Play Their Part in the Battle for Arab Women’s Rights
- PAKISTAN-A better tomorrow: Public awareness only way to counter violence against women
- PALESTINE-Salwa Duaibis, the defender of Palestine women
- SAUDI ARABIA-The Power Princess: Ameerah Al-Taweel and Her Work For Women’s Rights
- UNITED STATES-Fighting Harassment Against Women With Beautiful Street Art