Silver Lining Stories

$2.1 million has been raised for the Canadian Women’s Foundation, one of the ten largest women’s foundations in the world, to help end violence against women. Violence against women is

Post by Katie Rosenthal A recent Silver Lining blog focussed on legislative progress in ending violence against women in Pakistan. This week’s blog returns to the country, and features a

Post by Katie Rosenthal This week positive news in ending violence against women comes from the East Caribbean. At a recent ceremony in Washington, Chile and the Organization of American

Young women in Afghanistan have risked their own safety to highlight violence against women in their country. The women staged a protest march in the country’s capital, Kabul, beginning at

450 girls in the east Mediterranean Republic of Lebanon have graduated from a martial arts programme designed to help them to resist the threat of sexual violence. The programme formed

According to the recent United Nations UNITE to End Violence Against Women Report, 50% of schoolgirls surveyed in Malawi reported sexual harassment at school, a worrying indication of the violence

A football match is scheduled to take place in Dundee to raise awareness of violence against women. David Bowman, who played for Dundee United between 1986 and 1998, will lead

Horrific reports and suggestions of violence against women have emerged from Syria since the so called “Syrian uprising” began in early 2011. Syrian activists have claimed that government forces have

In the United States on Capitol Hill, legislators are meeting over the reinstatement of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which is up for reauthorization. Initially enacted in 1994, signed

The University of Alberta, Canada, has played host to an art installation hoping to draw attention to violence against women. Visual artist Jamie Black is behind the campaign, which features