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A Way of Life?

Published date: 
23 Jun 2009
How would the media react if Michelle Obama, Grace Mugabe, Sarah Brown or Carla Bruni-Sarkozy had been violently gang-raped, asks Marianne Thamm of Media24.

Quarter Of Men Admit Rape - Medical Research Council

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18 Jun 2009
One in four men in South Africa have admitted to rape and many confess to attacking more than one victim, according to a study that exposes the country's endemic culture of sexual violence.

Commentary: War On Women In Congo

Published date: 
18 May 2009

Eve Ensler the playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" and the founder of V-Day wrote this commentary based on her remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommitte on Internation Operations and Organisations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues.

 

RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE: Women Call for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation

Published date: 
13 May 2009
Women's rights groups have urged the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission in Zimbabwe as part of bringing to justice people who committed human rights violations - including sexual abuse against women - during the run-up to a second-round presidential vote in June 2008.

Rape Now Being Prosecuted As Weapon Of War

Published date: 
11 May 2009
Local and national women's organizations In Colombia say there are thousands of cases of sexual violence - by right-wing paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas - that go unreported by women too afraid to talk. But now, the groups are campaigning to make women aware of their rights as victims and to push prosecutors to question paramilitaries about sexual violence.

RIGHTS: Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women

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2 May 2009
Increased cases of rape and sexual abuse of women and girls is closely associated with armed conflict and its aftermath in Africa.

Former Child Soldiers, Sex Slaves Recover From Liberia’s War

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Fri, 17/04/2009 - 10:15
Publisher: 
World Focus
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http://worldfocus.org/
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
This video shows survivors of the bloody civil war that spanned 14 years in the signature series Liberia's Long Road Back.
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Former Child Soldiers, Sex Slaves Recover From Liberia’s War

'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 15/04/2009 - 09:51
Publisher: 
IPS
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http://www.ipsnews.net/
Author: 
Mel Frykberg
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
As a man in a patriarchal society, an outspoken advocate of women's rights and a harsh critic of the way Palestinian women are treated, Mashoor Basissy, MOWA's director in the West Bank, brings a fresh male perspective to the growing problem of domestic violence against Palestinian women.
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'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

Life in Jail For Rapist Teacher

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14 Apr 2009
A 51-year-old Limpopo teacher has been jailed for life for raping a pupil inside a classroom in Makhado in November 2007.

Afghanistan - President Karzai Vows to Review Family Law

Published date: 
4 Apr 2009
President Hamid Karzai ordered a review on Saturday of a new law that has been criticized internationally for introducing Taliban-era restrictions on women and sanctioning marital rape.
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