951 posts tagged violence against women
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Beyond Rape
http://thecurvature.com/ 2008/ 05/ 18/ beyond-rape/Towards the beginning of this month, Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer published a 5-part series called Beyond Rape: A Survivor’s Journey. It’s written by journalist named Joanna Connors who was raped while on assignment for the newspaper in 1984. It tells her story, and partially, that of her rapist. It also tells a too-common tale of race and class.
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Confess to Killing a Sex Worker Today, Go Free Tomorrow
http://thecurvature.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ confess-to-killing-a-sex-worker-today-go-…One day after being convicted in the death of a sex worker, having killed her by his own admission, Wayne Ryczak was free to walk the streets. Judge Stephen Glithero sentenced the 55-year-old St. Catharines construction worker to one day in jail Thursday for the death of 29-year-old Stephine Beck.
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Why Rape Survivors Go Online
http://abyss2hope.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ why-rape-survivors-go-online.htmlCNN has a story about a teenage girl, Crystal, who turned to the Internet for help after being raped at the age of 15 and after the criminal justice system stopped working for her. The first part of the story focuses on rape victims who decide to go online and the risks they face by doing so.
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Abused Women See Danger in Family Court
http://www.feistyaphrodite.com/ 2008/ 05/ abused-women-see-danger-in-family-cour…The following is from the article written by Alison Bowen and is the latest from the series “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” published by Women’s eNews: Susan Lob says it’s simple: Good mothers should keep their children.
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The Bystander Effect: Would You Prevent Sexual Assault?
http://mandingueira.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ the-bystander-effect-would-you-prevent-se…If you saw someone being attacked—a man being mugged on the street, a woman being raped in an alley—would you do something? Would you intervene, call for help, phone the police…or avert your gaze, speed up your footsteps, and pretend it never happened?
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You may know the Vagina Monologues, but you may not know this monologue
http://basementapartment.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ you-may-know-the-vagina-mo…Violence against women effects EVERYONE. If you can be nothing, be aware. “Every mother has what I call, “developmental dreams”; for her daughter To be happy as a child, to find a sense of love for herself early on To find maturity through adolescence, regardless of how it grays us as parents
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Southall Black Sisters get injunction to temporarliy stop Ealing Council funding cut
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/ ?p=32Update from Southall Black Sisters on their funding situation On 24 April 2008, a High Court judge granted SBS users permission to proceed with legal action against Ealing Council for its failure to have proper regard to its duties under the Race Relations Act.
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Demand a 24 Hour Rape and Sexual Assault Helpline - SIGN THE PETITION!
http://burningtimes1645.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ demand-a-24-hour-rape-and-s…As part of At the Root’s first campaign (which will be launched soon), I have set up a petition to the Prime Minister, asking that the Government provide the funding and expertise for a much-needed 24 Hour National Helpline for Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault.
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Burning Bed - Story of Domestic violence!
http://eaandfaith.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ burning-bed-story-of-domestic-violence…Burning Bed was a movie that started to wake people up when it came to matters of domestic violence. Its a story of a women that tried to escape many times, and was failed by the system, family and was left with no real support system. Domestic violence or Domestic Abuse is more than hitting.
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INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Launches New Website
http://couchpotatorevolution.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ incite-women-of-color-again…Some happy news in the activist front! INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, a women of color organization working to eliminate violence against women of color through direct action, critical dialog, and grassroots organizing just launched their new website and it looks hot!
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