Tag Archives: International
Quick hit: New protests over sexual violence in India
Tweet**Trigger warning** New protests have erupted in Delhi after a seven-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted at her school. The BBC reports: Police used batons to break up angry crowds outside a hospital where the girl had been taken for treatment. Teachers and security guards at the government school are being questioned over the alleged assault, [...]
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What matters
TweetHer name was Reeva Steenkamp, and she was allegedly shot by her boyfriend this week. That’s all that matters. It doesn’t matter that he’s an Olympic track star. It doesn’t matter that she was blonde and “leggy.” It doesn’t matter that she posed for “bikini clad, vamping photo spreads” or spoke out against rape. What [...]
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While not perfect, #1billionrising is a step in the right direction
TweetOne Billion Rising is a global movement started by playwright and V- day founder Eve Ensler. Today on the 15th anniversary of V-day, in cities across the globe, survivors and allies are gathering in solidarity to bring awareness to the epidemic of violence against women by dancing flash mob style. ONE BILLION RISING IS: A [...]
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While the US cuts abortion access, Australia likely to increase it