Welcome to the 102nd edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
Boko Haram has seized 400 women and girls in Nigeria. Sexual violence is endemic in times of military conflict, and in the hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reported girls as young as 18 months have become victims of rape.
Significant measures against feminicide have occurred this month with Brazil enacting laws that impose stricter penalties against it. Read also about the women in Mexico who are organizing against feminicide.
The documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ has received strong responses from around the world. In this edition we feature four different news stories offering different perspectives of the film and its reception:
– students are defying the ban to watch it in private screenings
– the director defends the documentary
– an Indian woman from Delhi responds after watching it
– the film has been banned in India, but another documentary on rape, ‘Daughters of Mother India’ received a film award
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General Violence Against Women
- WORLD: Twitter updates its policies to address revenge porn
- AFRICA: Violence against women rises in Ebola-hit nations
- AFGHANISTAN: What President Ashraf Ghani should do to reassure Afghani women
- BRAZIL: Brazil enacts law imposing stricter penalties for feminicide
- MEXICO: ‘The Other Ayotzinapa’: Organizing against feminicide in Mexico
- NIGERIA: Boko Haram seize 400 women and children in new outrage
- NEPAL: Activists call for amendments on existing laws on violence against women and girls
- TURKEY: In Turkey, not even posters of women are safe from violence
- UNITED STATES: In an unprecedented case, ‘revenge porn’ defendant sentenced to 18 years in prison
Domestic Violence
- AUSTRALIA: New South Wales state election focus – domestic violence
- CHINA: China’s domestic violence victims could benefit from new legal protections
- COOKS ISLANDS: New Cooks bill will recognize domestic violence
- KYRGYZSTAN: Kyrgyzstan to begin campaign on domestic violence
- MEXICO: Domestic violence prevention event a success
- TIMOR-LESTE: Timor-Leste’s law on domestic violence is just the beginning
- UNITED KINGDOM: Moves to tackle domestic violence and ‘revenge porn’
- UNITED STATES: The NFL and domestic violence: nothing has changed
Rape / Sexual Assault
- WORLD: Journalists raped for reporting on conflicts – but will not stop speaking out
- AUSTRALIA: Rapes, sexual assault, drugs for favours in Nauru detention centre
- COLOMBIA: US troops, contractors allegedly sexually abused Colombian girls with impunity
- CROATIA: Croatia plans compensation for wartime sexual violence victims
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Hospital sees rise of rape in young girls as young as 18 months
- INDIA: Students defy Presidency University to hold private screening of ‘India’s Daughter’ (Additional reading: ‘India’s Daughter’ filmmaker defends documentary amid criticism and “I am not India’s Daughter” – response from an Indian woman who grew up in Delhi )
- MYANMAR: Kokang refugees caught between army, aged warlord and a pipeline to China
- VENEZUELA: Venezuelan woman’s 14-year wait for justice after rape and torture
- UNITED KINGDOM: William Hague was inspired by Angelina Jolie’s film to act on war rape
Sex and Human Trafficking
- WORLD: Doctors not trained to spot sex trafficking victims
- AFRICA: Human trafficking: African perspective
- ASIA: How Asia and the US can help end human trafficking
- CAMBODIA: Sold by their mothers — shining a light on the child sex trade in Cambodia
- INDIA: This father-and-daughter team have helped hundreds of sex trade survivors find jobs
- IRELAND: Groups accuse Ireland of failing victims of sex trafficking
- NETHERLANDS and THE PHILIPPINES: Manila and Amsterdam seal pact to combat human trafficking and child porn
- UNITED STATES: Law helps those who escape sex trafficking erase their criminal record
Female Genital Mutilation
- BURKINA FASO: This male rapper is trying to stop female genital mutilation
- EGYPT: How to end female genital mutilation in Egypt
- GAMBIA: Report cites Gambia’s progress in FGM but…
- IVORY COAST: Mother jailed for circumcision of daughter in Ivory Coast
- SIERRA LEONE: Halting of female genital mutilation amid Ebola fears
- SOMALIA: Female genital mutilation in Somalia 2015
- TANZANIA: Meet the amazing woman running a safe house for girls fleeing FGM
- THAILAND: In Thailand’s Muslim south, authorities turn a blind eye to FGM
- UNITED KINGDOM: Laws against female genital mutilation inadvertently ban vaginal piercings
Honour Killing and Forced Marriage
- BOTSWANA: Botswana group intervenes to stop teenager’s forced marriage
- GHANA: Forced and early marriages increasing in Kintampo and Nkroranza districts
- INDIA: Kidnap, rape, and honour killings — on the road with a female reporter in rural India
- NIGERIA: Executions, beatings and forced marriage – life as a Boko Haram captive
- PAKISTAN: Novelist tackles forced marriage in her novel ‘Written in the Stars’
- SYRIA: Refugees of ISIS tell of fears of forced marriage
- UNITED KINGDOM: Romani girls as young as 12 are being forced to live in arranged marriages
- ZIMBABWE: Child brides take Zimbabwe government to court over marriage laws
Activism
- WORLD: FIDH launches an interactive map chronicling violence against women from around the world
- WORLD: Ashley Judd condemns violence against women in a powerful essay
- WORLD: What a masculinity conference taught me about the state of men
- AFRICA: Harnessing football’s appeal to tackle violence against women and girls
- CHINA: Detained feminist actvisits in China spark worldwide support, new questions
- GUATEMALA: Group ‘Las Poderosas’ uses theatre to confront violence against women
- INDIA: ‘Daughters of Mother India’ wins Indian national film award
- MEXICO: Irish painter Brian Maguire pays tribute to ‘invisible’ victims of Juarez, Mexico
- TURKEY: Photo exhibition raises awareness of violence against women
- UNITED STATES: Monument Quilt stitches 400 stories of violence against Native American women