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Native American Women

Images of domestic violence are typically reserved for poorer nations where women’s rights are slim-to-none. In it’s oft-proud spirit of exceptionalism, the United States took a stab at changing this. These statistics have ...
by Laura Casey
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Nepali Women Fighting for Change

Human Rights Film Week, organized by Human Rights Film Focus Nepal (HRFFN), was held in Kathmandu and Patan from November 17-24, 2012 in order to spread awareness about human rights through films [documentaries]. The main focus...
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Sexual Violence in and after Conflict

It has been mentioned many times that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This adage also has truth to it when it is applied to conflict situations, especially in Africa. Many women, children and also men su...
by Mark Mngomezulu
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Human Rights, Interrupted

Like many, I am a firm believer that without global discussion and activism in regards to human rights, there will never be answers or results. It is therefore imperative that all human rights issues be discussed at all levels,...
by Rebecca Collier
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A Life Phases approach to Gender Based Violence

There lacks a unanimous definition of what Gender Based Violence (GBV) is as it differs in countries, communities and the legal context. Murray Straus, of the University of New Hampshire however echoes it as aggression, as oppo...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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What Looms on the Horizon for Egyptian Women?

Ever since the Muslim Brotherhood- al-ikhwan al-muslimun, came to power in June 2012, it seems as though they are shaping a government that looks less and less like a liberal democracy. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood has al...
by Ola Abou-Khsaiwan
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Silence Behind Closed Doors

Domestic violence in the Russian Federation is a silent issue. According to the CEDAW, almost 14,000 Russian women are killed every year by partners or family members. Taking into consideration the skewed government statistics...
by Ekaterina Mordvinova
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IPF to participate in the Center for Global Women’s Leadership’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign

The International Political Forum is a participating organization in The Center for Global Women’s Leaderhip’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign. From November 25th through December 10th, The IPF will co-...
by Natasha Lipman
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