Tag Archives: Gender-Based Violence
One million men, one million promises to help end gender-based violence
TweetOur own Zerlina is still getting rape threats from conservatives who apparently think suggesting men can end sexual violence is the very height of stupidity. Meanwhile–over in the reality-based community–a global movement of men doing just that is growing. Launched today by Breakthrough, in partnership with UN Women and grassroots groups from South Africa to Malaysia, [...]
Also tagged Activism, global feminism, male allies, Masculinity, Violence Against Women Comments closed
A tipping point on gender-based violence in South Africa?
TweetA number of recent articles have suggested that February 2013 will go down in history as the month when South Africa finally began an earnest fight against epidemic intimate partner and gender-based violence. Femicide is no rare occurrence in the country, but in the last three weeks two particularly brutal, high-profile murders have captured media [...]
Also tagged Anene Booysen, Gender Links, intimate partner violence, Reeva Steenkamp, Sally Matthews, sexual violence, South Africa Comments closed
Quick Hit: Lidia Yuknavitch on the pervasiveness of male violence
Tweet*Trigger warning* Lidia Yuknavitch, whose wonderful new book I just finished reading (review forthcoming), has a must-read piece at The Rumpus on how women “travel through male violence like it’s part of what living a life means.” It begins: In a bar, with friends, listening to a man I’ve admired for years saying this: “Enough [...]
Also tagged abortion, Rape, Violence Against Women Comments closed
#140reasonsdvisnotajoke
TweetTo many a decent human being’s great disappointment, #reasonstobeatyourgirlfriend became a top trending topic on Twitter over the weekend. In response, here are 140 reasons to never treat domestic violence as a 140 character joke. All of these people have been killed by an intimate partner or family member. Please feel free to tweet this [...]
In Timor-Leste, communities mobilize to confront domestic violence