TAG: sexual violence

Campaigning for the right to safe abortion – Highlights from 2015

International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion’s roundup from 2015.

Reflections On The Limitations Of The Call For Full Criminalisation Of Marital Rape: Madhu Mehra

I will critically discuss the campaign for (full) criminalisation of marital rape to call attention to ways by which this campaign reduces a potentially tranformatory agenda on gender, sexuality and marriage, to one of law, crime and punishment.

Northern Ireland law on abortion ruled ‘incompatible with human rights’

NI attorney general considers appealing against judgment that could see women being allowed terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, rape and incestt. Read more on The Guardian.

Partners for Law in Development (PLD) launches an online database, Feminist Law Archives

The Partners for Law in Development has launched the Feminist Law Archives (FLA) to celebrate the rich and vibrant history of feminist engagement with law in India. The FLA is an online portal which chronicles the evolution of debates, perspectives and activism within the women’s movements in India by providing access to documents and advocacy materials from […]

‘Coming Out of Concrete Closets’: LGBTQ Criminalization as Reproductive Injustice

The data in Coming Out of Concrete Closets sheds light on the ways in which systemic discrimination of LGBTQ communities—particularly low-income communities and communities of color—forms a dragnet of criminalization for the most marginalized. (Shutterstock)

RHM nº 47: Call for Papers – Gender-based and sexual violence: barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights

Reproductive Rights Matters – volume 24 number 47 may/june 2016 In this issue of the journal, we are hoping to gather a wide diversity of articles on how violence can be conceptualised, comprehended and measured. We want to look at the impact of violence on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what effective […]

AWID’s jobs news

Research and Policy Associate Location: Global | Organization: AIDS-Free World | Deadline: 11 September 2015 You will be responsible for producing written materials on pertinent issues spanning a wide range of the organization’s projects, including global health and HIV/AIDS, sexual violence, gender issues, UN policies and international human rights and development. Read more here. *** […]

Kohl’s summer issue is out!

Check the English version of the very first issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research. Kohl serves as an alternative platform of knowledge production. It tackles feminisms, bodies, and sexualities, as they intersect with other identities and struggles in the Middle East, South West Asia, and North Africa region. Coming soon: Keep an eye out for the […]

Taking Action to Combat State-Sanctioned Violence Against Women Worldwide

by Leila Hessini, Ipas / Global Fund for Women and Beatriz Galli May 28, 2015 – 12:23 pm May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health—a day advocates have commemorated since 1987. This year, the focus is on institutional violence. (Shutterstock) Violence against women is one of the most pervasive human rights […]

France launches criminal inquiry into alleged sex abuse by peacekeepers

Prosecutors announce investigation into claims French soldiers raped children on peacekeeping operation in Central African Republic Kim Willsher in Paris and Sandra Laville in London French prosecutors have ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that French peacekeeping soldiers raped children and demanded sex for food in the Central African Republic. The decision follows revelations in […]

UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops

The French Army was plunged into a scandal after a UN report came into public in the last few weeks. While French prosecutors announced a criminal investigation to punish peacekeeping troops at Central African Republican accused of raping children and exchanging food for sex, the investigator nominated by the UN to review the case was suspended.

Ecuador’s Left punishes women rights

by By Manuela L. Picq* A debate on abortion suspended the voting on the new penal code in the Ecuadorian Congress this week. Congresswoman Soledad Buendía, from President Correa’s party Alianza PAIS, made a forceful move demanding that Article 149 of the Constitution legalizes abortion in cases of rape. Her motion was supported by congresswomen María […]