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Gender-Based Violence

India bans BBC documentary in attempt to sweep the rape crisis under the rug

Indian authorities have made the decision to ban the screening of BBC documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’, which was due to be broadcast on 8th March, International Women’s Day. The documentary recounts the ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Asia
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Recalling A Million ‘Deaths’ On National Girl Child Day

India – young girls increasingly ‘disappear’ in this country of great cultural integration and interconnectedness; more than 50 million girls go missing in an atmosphere marked by technological and scientific advancem...
by Arpita Mitra
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Asia

On Rape, Short Skirts & Patriarchy: Are Women Wearing Short Skirts ‘Asking For It’?

What do miniskirts, booty shorts and low rise jeans have in common with rape? With the uproar that arose in India and the region, following the Delhi Gang Rape, which drew the kind of attention that issues of rape and sexual vi...
by Senel Wanniarachchi
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Human Rights

The Logic Of Our Sex Laws, Part 3: Altering The Acceptable

Previously: The Logic of Our Sex Laws, Part 2: Moving Forward The Nordic countries are often at least one step ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to social progression. It’s perhaps unsurprising then, that the...
by Urban Times
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Gender-Based Violence

Maimuna’s Fight Against FGM

The United Kingdom is one of the international leaders on topics such as Female Genital Mutilation, commonly known as FGM, with many summits on the topic held in London. However, the British government is much less progressive ...
by Charlaine Grosse-Lopez
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Is Sex An Effective Tool For Empowerment?

Sexuality has occasionally been employed by women as a campaigning tool for gender equality. This has been manifested numerous times in campaigns such as SlutWalk, which aims to fight against the notion that women ought to be ...
by Josie Poulter
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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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More Than 16 Days

Violence Against Women Online

The nightmare begins by unwittingly annoying someone. It could be a colleague. It could be a ‘friend’. It could be someone who read something you posted, and thought you were too outspoken. Chances are, you never find out. ...
by Natasha Lipman
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WATCH: The world’s gender gaps in 2013

The 2013 World gender gap index, produced by the World Economic Forum, reveals gender inequalities across the world. Out of 136 countries Iceland has received the highest ranking in terms of having the smallest gender gap, fol...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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