Introduction: Violence against Women and Girls in Africa in the absence of UbuntuElijah, BaloyiLilian, SiwilaJournal of International Women's Studies
Ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women which falls on Nov. 25, the Afghan human rights commission released a report on Saturday, registering 2,762 cases of violence against women within first seven Afghan months. Violence against women and girls, according to Afgh...
Each woman killed is a loss in and of itself in relation to the woman whose life has been taken. On average, in the UK 58 percent of women killed by men are killed by a current or former partner. Often in these cases, the killing of a woman follows months, years or even decades o...
The article looks at the role Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (the Circle) have played in the struggle to end or reduce the rate at which violence against women and girls occurs in West Africa by highlighting the contributions of older Circle women, especially the initiator of the...
Fiji's Minister for Women and Children Mereseini Vuniwaqa said Monday the increasing number of domestic disputes and arguments that lead to the victimization of children is alarming. Fiji's rates of violence against women are among the highest in the world. The Fiji Women's Crisis Center repor...
The Enveff survey, commissioned by the Service des Droits de femmes in 1997, and which was undertaken by the French State Secretary of Women's Rights, is the first national survey to be carried out on this subject in France. The primary aim of the Enveff survey was to gauge the frequenc...
Deaf Women Against Violence Everywhere Deaf Women of Iowa Against Abuse Deaf Women United, Inc Deaf World Deaf Youth Drama Program Deaf Youth Rainbow Deaf, Dumb and Blind Deaf, Education of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Hearing Social Workers deaf-aid deaf-and-dumb deaf-and-dumb deaf-and-...
Events around the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women are coordinated by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The logo of this organization consists of "UNIFEM". The letters “U” and “N” are in blue and the letters “I”, “F”, “E” an...
Murder, manslaughter and physical injury, rape, stalking, deprivation of liberty and forced prostitution are all examples of domestic violence, of which women are particularly affected. In the past year, cases of domestic violence against women have increased in Germany again. According to a recent...
He was speaking at a gathering marking the National Women's Day in Paarl near Cape Town. The violence that women are subjected to crosses boundaries of race and class, culture and language, he said. "Yet there is a real danger that because violence against women has become so pervasive, ...