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November 06, 2013 | Mary Ann Swissler | Violence against women
Using Student-Made Films to Confront Campus Sexual Assault
Student filmmakers and their professors at five far-flung colleges have united to create a diverse collection of short films to promote campus sexual assault awareness and prevention. So far, the films have reached 400 additional schools, and counting.
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November 06, 2013 | Megan Riesz | International, Violence against women
U.S. steps up protection of women in war
One of the first things that happens when war breaks out is that the rule of law crumbles. Women become targets of violence—whether through rape or sexual exploitation as food and other resources quickly become scarce. This can have critical consequences not only for the women themselves, but for the escalation of the war.
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November 03, 2013 | Sarah Colome | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Race/Ethnicity
Where Are the White Women? A Response to Halloween, Blackface, and Missed Opportunities
It is always important to make sure that white folks are not taking up space in a racial justice movement whose very problem is derived from our privilege and racism: it is important to stand in solid...
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November 01, 2013 International, Violence against women
Women under siege (and on the Web) this week
Our roundup of what's happening around the world and around the Web when it comes to women, war, and sexualized violence this week.
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October 30, 2013 | Natalia R. | Body image and body standards, Feminism
Young, Feminist and Hungry: An Insider's Perspective On Body Image
As a teenage girl, I'm constantly haunted by social and cultural standards that dictate harmful and confusing messages, like that a low weight is correlated with beauty, that you need to be thin to be...
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October 30, 2013 | Soraya Chemaly | International
Do We Really Want to Talk About Mass Surveillance?
As U.S. activists protest against NSA rights violations, we should bear in mind that Saudi women are all too familiar with the surveillance state.
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October 29, 2013 | Shazdeh Omari | International, Violence against women
Women in South Africa are living in a war zone
This year has been especially horrific for the women of South Africa. On October 15, two little girls, aged 2 and 3, were found in a public toilet in Diepsloot, a settlement in the north of Johannesburg, according to news reports. The girls, both cousins, who had been abducted in broad daylight, had been raped and strangled.
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October 27, 2013 | Sam H | Body image and body standards, Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
The Black Girl Conundrum
I will never forget the noise that my mother made when she first saw it. We were navigating the streets of New York on a busy Saturday in 2011, running late for a hair appointment. She was walking so ...
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October 26, 2013 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Violence against women
What's going on in Syria is about a lot more than chemical weapons
We're off talk of "intervention" in Syria, and on to trying to get everyone to the negotiating table. It's not going very well.
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October 25, 2013 International, Violence against women
Women under siege (and on the Web) this week
Our roundup of what's happening around the world and around the Web when it comes to women, war, and sexualized violence this week.
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October 24, 2013 | Laura Bates | Misogyny, Online harassment, Violence against women
Shutting us down: How online misogyny prevents women from fully participating in democracy
There are two major barriers to women’s full participation in the democratic process in the UK at the moment—the first relates to their taking part in the vital and shaping process of grassroots activism, and the second to their participation in more traditional political careers.
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October 23, 2013 | Marianne Schnall | Media
Honoring Game Changers at the Women's Media Awards
More than 400 people gathered in New York to honor and celebrate women who are making themselves and other women visible and powerful in media.
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October 18, 2013 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Violence against women
The Index: Rape in War
Number of countries that signed the UK and UN’s Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict: 128. Countries that refused to sign the declaration at the UNGA on September 24: 80...
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October 17, 2013 | Shazdeh Omari | International, Violence against women
'Their untold stories eat away at them': Rape and the women of Mali
In late September, a Malian woman told UN workers that she had been raped, and identified four Chadian soldiers—UN peacekeepers—as her rapists, according to a BBC report. A UN spokesman issued a statement a few days later, reaffirming the organization’s zero commitment policy against sexual abuse and calling on the Chadian government to fully investigate the matter.
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October 16, 2013 | Caroline A | Feminism, LGBTQIA
What My Mom Doesn't Get About Being Transgender
Some time ago my mum and I had an argument. It all started when I was wasting time on Facebook, checking my cousin's profile. My cousin is a few years older than me and is someone I've always admired...
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