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Are Indians Killing Their Tourism Industry? A Rise In Incidences Involving Crimes Against Tourists Suggests So

How safe are western tourists in India? This is a question which does not have a black and white answer – yet ignoring this question also means ignoring the tourism business, and of course, giving credence to India̵...

by Chirag Sutar

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WATCH: A ‘Living Report’ On Art And Sexual Violence In Egypt

Ever since the end of the revolution in Egypt, the country has been cast under the spotlight for their increasing levels of sexual violence against women. Tahrir Square has long since lost it’s association with liberation...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Female Participation in the Kenyan Political Process

The March 2013 general elections in Kenya left me with one burning question. Where are the women? In response to my question you might point out the 47 women representatives in each county, a result of the special post created...

by Elizabeth Maina

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‘Things Fall Apart’

My maternal grandmother has been an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) since 1997, immediately after the December elections and the subsequent ethnic clashes that ensued. My maternal grandfather and his second family followed th...

by Ruth Nyambura

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How Far Will One Woman Go To Uncover The Mysteries Of Honour Killings?

When Amy Logan first learned that Druze women and girls live in fear of honor killing, she herself was involved in a physically and verbally abusive relationship. She found herself identifying profoundly with these women, and...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Cartoon Character ‘Meena’ Changes South Asian Attitudes Towards Girls

Only two decades ago, the status of many women in some South Asian countries was low. Many girls in rural areas were not allowed to study. Girls were inevitably married off as soon as they grew up, so what good was studying? Bo...

by Pantha

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Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

Recently George Osborne visited India on a mission to encourage further trade links. There was much talk of the economic potential of India, to match the weight of expectation the Indian people have placed on Narenda Modi’s n...

by Lucy Ratcliffe

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To Address Trafficking From Nigeria We Need To Work Together To Confront Domestic Violence

Research carried out in partnership by Nigerian and UK organisations shows that anti-trafficking policy needs to address factors that make women vulnerable to exploitation. Beatrice grew up in the south of Nigeria. She was coer...

by Jenny Pennington

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ISIS Sex Slave Market Staged In London

We’ve all read about the savage beheadings of journalists and aid workers by the Islamic State (IS), as well as the horror tales of them taking over towns and villages and destroying non-Sunni places of worship.

by Priyanka Mogul

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Are Indians Killing Their Tourism Industry? A Rise In Incidences Involving Crimes Against Tourists Suggests So

WATCH: A ‘Living Report’ On Art And Sexual Violence In Egypt

Female Participation in the Kenyan Political Process

‘Things Fall Apart’

How Far Will One Woman Go To Uncover The Mysteries Of Honour Killings?

Cartoon Character ‘Meena’ Changes South Asian Attitudes Towards Girls

Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

To Address Trafficking From Nigeria We Need To Work Together To Confront Domestic Violence

ISIS Sex Slave Market Staged In London

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