Welcome to the 66th edition of The Pixel Project’s VAW e-News Digest!
In the United Kingdom, girls who are being taken out of the country to be married against their will are hiding spoons or any other metal objects in their underwear to set off the metal detector at the airport and avoid the flight at the last minute. The revelation follows a Government warning to teachers, doctors and airport staff to be alert to the problem that school age girls who are seemingly being taken abroad on holiday may actually be on their way to a life of enforced servitude.
A silent but visible gesture to make Italians pause and reflect on women killed in domestic violence has appeared in the form of red signs left on seats at public events in at least two towns in Italy, where the victims might be sitting – if they were alive. The “Posto Occupato” campaign aims to draw attention to the vacuum left by all women victims of violence.
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Violence Against Women-General News
AUSTRALIA-Melbourne lord mayor plans safe havens for women
CANADA-Violence Against Indigenous Women Demands Inquiry
FIJI-Violence against women in the Pacific remains among highest world rate
GHANA-Violence against women continues despite enactment of laws to stop it
GUYANA-Violence against women seems unending
INDIA-In a first, women’s commission to come out with ads
ITALY-New campaign “saves seats” for victims of gender violence
SOUTH AFRICA-Women judges meet to tackle abuse
UNITED STATES-Republicans Seek to Decriminalize Rape and Other Crimes Against Women
Domestic Violence
WORLD-An evidence-based response to intimate partner violence – WHO guidelines
AUSTRALIA-Invicta fighter opens up about domestic violence
EUROPEAN UNION-When Male Unemployment Rises, Domestic Violence Rates Fall
LIBYA-Media campaign gives Libyan women a voice
MALAYSIA-Increase in domestic violence
MYANMAR-Ministry drafting law on domestic violence
SOLOMON ISLANDS-New Solomons women theatre group to tackle domestic violence
UNITED KINGDOM-Exclusive: The violent men cleared by police
UNITED STATES-Closing a restraining order loophole
Rape & Sexual Assault
WORLD-Reintegrating the Body, Mind & Spirit After Sexual Violence. ~ Molly Boeder Harris
BARBADOS-Barbados rapes: Watchdog inquiry criticized
EGYPT-Egypt’s sexual assault epidemic
INDIA-Indian Girl, 11, Dies After Being Set On Fire For Resisting Rape: Reports
SOMALIA-African Union troops accused of Somalia gang rape
SOUTH AFRICA-Teen receives life for rape
UNITED KINGDOM-Twitter rape threats leave feminists divided on how to respond
UNITED STATES-As Students Prepare To Return, Yale Faces New Scrutiny For Rape Policy
Sex & Human Trafficking
WORLD-Oscar Winner Kickstarts Documentary to Expose U.S. Military’s Role in International Sex Trafficking
WORLD-Slave maids cost the price of a smart phone
AFRICA-Interpol Arrests Dozens of Human Trafficking Suspects in Africa
GUATEMALA-Guatemala Children Stolen for Illegal Adoption, Organ Trafficking
HONG KONG-Hong Kong Sex Workers Forced to Pay for Good Reviews Online
LAOS-Minneapolis Lao-American fights human trafficking in Laos
MEXICO-Sex traffickers exploiting children along border; Latina legislators vow to improve detection
PHILIPPINES-6 rescued from cybersex den in Pampanga
UNITED STATES-SC attorney general: Human trafficking a growing problem
Female Genital Mutilation
WORLD-30 million girls risk genital mutilation: UNICEF
AUSTRALIA-Lawyer charged over female’ circumcisions
EGYPT-Female genital mutilation still widespread in Africa
GHANA-Ghana to ‘sensitise parents’ who take children abroad for FGM
INDONESIA-U.N. pressures Indonesia to stop health workers performing FGM
NIGERIA-Child marriage and Nigeria’s priority agenda for children
SUDAN-Sandi Toksvig: How I woke up to the barbaric practice of FGM
TANZANIA-NGO steps up fight against FGM, early marriages
UNITED KINGDOM-RAPAR plans fundraiser to save 16-year-old from FGM
Forced Marriage
WORLD-Time to Make Child Marriage History, Says U.S. Report
AFGHANISTAN-LOOK: Married too young
BANGLADESH-Early marriage poses threat to family planning
EGYPT-‘Some girls have been married 60 times by the time they turn 18′
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO-Teenage Girl Forced Into Marriage Absconds To Education Ministry
NIGERIA-Forced Marriage: Sharia Court Orders Arrest Of Girl’s Father
PALESTINE-Forced Underage Marriage Continues in Gaza
SRI LANKA-Child marriages on the rise
UNITED KINGDOM-Girls escape forced marriage by hiding spoons in their clothing to set off metal detectors at the airport
Activism
WORLD-On Waris Dirie, Our Monday Muse
AFRICA-African women and the fight for equality
AUSTRALIA-Project Futures saves sex-trafficking victims
KENYA-Betty Gikonyo – the Girl Who Dared to Dream
PHILIPPINES-Speaking of women and children
SOUTH AFRICA-Putting ‘men’ back into in women’s rights
TUNISIA-Thousands of Tunisians Rally For Women’s Rights
UNITED KINGDOM-Caroline Criado-Perez: ‘Twitter has enabled people to behave in a way they wouldn’t face to face’
UNITED STATES-Dealing with rape in life and fiction