Welcome to the 88th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
Canada will be contributing $20 million dollars to UNICEF over a course of two years for a project to end forced marriages. The project will target six key countries, namely Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Yemen and Zambia. Previously, the Canadian government has supported projects to end forced marriage of children in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Somalia and Zimbabwe.
In India the rape of a six-year old girl in a private school at Bangalore has resulted in furious lashback from parents and the public. Angry parents stormed the school after they were not allowed to meet the school management. This incident is the latest in a tragic series of events related to sexual violence against girls and women across India.
In Uganda research suggests that the solution to end female genital mutilation may be access to clean water. Ethnic communities that practice female circumcision tend to have trouble accessing clean water. The practice of female circumcision is frequently associated with cleanliness.
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Violence Against Women – General News
- AFRICA: United States works to end violence against women in conflict zones
- AUSTRALIA: Wicked Campers backs down on slogan that incites violence against women
- CANADA: Violence against women costs businesses
- HONDURAS: UN expert says country must address widespread impunity for crimes against women and girls
- PERU: Singer’s death spotlights violence against women
- LIBERIA: The United Nations and Liberia cooperate to eradicate violence against women
- SYRIA: Syria’s forgotten women face attacks from all sides
- TURKEY: Rights group call for parliamentary action against murder of women
- UNITED STATES: How the FBI is enabling violence against women while silencing speech (focus on sex workers)
Domestic Violence
- AUSTRALIA: Brutal murder spurs greater police and agencies to tackle efforts in South Australian domestic violence cases
- BRAZIL: Graffiti artists take to the streets to combat violence against women
- CANADA” City councilor faces new domestic violence charges
- CHINA: Hunan launches project of fighting domestic violence
- NEW ZEALAND: Senator Owen Glenn urges for more anti-violence measures
- SOUTH AFRICA: How a Steenberg woman is helping victims of domestic violence
- TURKEY: Wife-beating is rampant in Turkey
- UNITED KINGDOM: Poor World Cup showing by England results in reduced domestic violence cases in Straffordshire
- UNITED STATES: New report shows that colleges don’t know their own domestic violence policies
Rape and Sexual Assault
- AFRICA: Tackling sexual violence in war needs gender justice in peace too
- AUSTRALIA: Sexual assault response team formed in Cape Breton
- EGYPT: Egypt still has a sexual assault problem
- INDIA: Parents lash out at Bangalore school for sexual assault on six-year old girl
- KENYA: Is Kenya finally starting to tackle its sexual violence epidemic?
- LIBERIA: Tackling Liberia’s high rape rates
- SOUTH AFRICA: Drug abuse fuelling sexual violence
- THAILAND: Country struggles with rampant sexual violence
- UNITED STATES: Four real-life stories of marital rape (trigger warning)
Sex/Human Trafficking
- CAMBODIA: Poverty and abuse in Cambodia’s ‘virginity trade’
- CANADA: Bill C-36 hearings told not to conflate sex work and trafficking
- CHINA: Obama’s administration claims China doing better on trafficking but one-child policy is making it worse
- IRELAND: Pimps see Ireland as a safe haven
- MARSHALL ISLANDS: Marshall Islands under spotlight for not being proactive in stopping human trafficking, defends itself
- MEXICO: Invisible victims: sexual exploitation and trafficking of women in Mexico
- VIETNAM: Brides for sale: Vietnamese women trafficked to China
- UNITED KINGDOM: Women trafficked into Britain threatened with black magic
- UNITED STATES: Roosevelt Avenue in New York City is ‘epicentre’ of sex trafficking
Female Genital Mutilation
- AUSTRALIA: Female genital mutilation losing support in Melbourne
- EGYPT: Father and doctor on trial after 13-year old dies from FGM
- GAMBIA : Female circumcision soon to be outlawed in Gambia
- KENYA AND SOMALIA: Wealthy Somalis flout Kenyan law banning female circumcision
- SOMALILAND: Somaliland movie denounces practice of female genital mutilation
- SWEDEN: 60 cases of FGM found in Swedish school
- UGANDA: Improved access to water may help end female genital mutilation
- UNITED KINGDOM: UNICEF and the UK creating Instagram documentary of female genital mutilation at the Girl Summit
- UNITED STATES: Female circumcision in the US sparks warnings
Forced Marriage and Honour Killing
- AUSTRALIA: Speech to support honour killing prompts boycott of Festival of Dangerous Ideas
- CANADA: Edmonton sued over removal of honour killing bus ads
- INDIA: Madras High Court orders police protection for girl who fears honor killing
- JORDAN: Pakistani given reduced sentence for honor killing
- NORWAY: Launching of new app in fight against forced marriage
- PAKISTAN: Hindu Marriage Bill to stop forced marriages of Hindu girls
- SYRIA: Syrian child marriage has doubled since the war
- UGANDA: Government warns local courts against handling early marriage cases
- UNITED KINGDOM: Strategy to tackle child marriages angers women’s expert
Activism
- WORLD: All hail the global womanitarians, celebrities raising awareness on violence against women
- WORLD: All around the world, a street artist proves that ‘Women are Heroes’
- AFRICA: At the Girl Summit: Ending FGM within a generation
- AUSTRALIA : Prime Minister Tony Abbott launching plan to stop domestic violence, forced marriages and female genital mutilation
- CANADA: Canada provides $20 million to UNICEF to end forced marriage
- GHANA: MILEAD Fellows Leadership Institute to train young women for leadership, eventually eradicating violence against women
- ITALY: Artist’s illustrations raise awareness on violence against women (trigger warning)
- SOUTH AFRICA: Eve Ensler new play Emotional Creature addresses the lives of girls around the world
- UNITED STATES : Men wear high heels to raise awareness on domestic violence