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WHEN YET ANOTHER MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION OFFICER IS ARRESTED FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Is The ‘James Bond’ Gun Bill A Silver Bullet Against Gun Violence?

You may start seeing more people carrying James Bond’s gun around — by law. A new proposed federal law would require that all new guns, and eventually all guns for sale, would be required to have “smart” identification technology that only allows specially authorized users to fire it, something the silver screen saw recently in [...]

“It bothers me when people look down on those who do dirty or the so called undesirable jobs.”

These comments are from KKZ and Tom B. on "Ask the Feminist Answers: Definitions, Recommendations and Media Violence Against Men."

FBI Charges Man With Murder, Tricked Girlfriend Into Taking Abortion Drug

In a case which shows the strange inconsistencies in laws dealing with violence against unborn children, a Florida man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for tricking his pregnant girlfriend into taking abortion pills, leading to the death of their unborn child. Remee Lee, 26, was happy to be pregnant and planned on [...]

Presidential Candidate Brags About His Direct Role in Violence and Repression

(May 16, 2013) The international community should immediately institute a travel ban and asset freeze against Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the current mayor of Tehran and a contender in the upcoming presidential election, due to his extensive role in gross human rights violations, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

Melis Figanmese: Working to End Violence Against Women in Turkey

"For years I was intimidated though oppression and fear. I went to a KAMER meeting. There was a beautiful woman there. A really beautiful woman,...

Melis Figanmese: Working to End Violence Against Women in Turkey

"For years I was intimidated though oppression and fear. I went to a KAMER meeting. There was a beautiful woman there. A really beautiful woman,...

No, actually. No. Violence against women actually isn’t funny.

No, The Onion. No, Hanna Rosin. A joke about beating a woman to death is not funny.

Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality

Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Against Women. read more

This Mother’s Day, It’s Motherhood, Not Rape, That Makes Congo the Worst Place to Be a Woman

The gross abuses associated with wartime violence against women don’t even factor into Congo’s ranking; the report cites among the highest rates of maternal mortality, child mortality, poverty, poor education and, interestingly, women’s very limited political participation.

Domestic Violence Protection for Everyone

Blogger and feminist lawyer Verónica Rivera Torres writes [es] about the piece of legislations that seeks to extend the Law Against Domestic Violence (Law 54) in Puerto Rico to same sex couples: Since our Supreme Court ruled that the Law of the Prevention and Intervention in Domestic Violence, known as Law...

Pakistan Begins Landmark Vote

Defying threats of violence, Pakistanis streamed to the polls today for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But militant attacks that killed 22 people underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots.The violence was a continuation...

Interfaith Groups: Stop Religious Violence in Myanmar

Interfaith groups in Myanmar are actively working for peace, understanding and harmony amid rising cases of violence against the minority Muslims in the country

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Guatemala: 1982 MacNeil/Lehrer on reports Ríos Montt committed atrocities against Ixil Maya

[Guatemala City] -- In this 1982 episode of MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (now PBS NewsHour), Jim Lehrer and Charlene Hunter Gault report on violence and instability across Guatemala and the actions of Efrain Rios Montt, the man at the center of a genocide trial due to reach a verdict today. This archival episode includes rare footage from [...]

Grandson of Malcolm X dies in Mexico

In recent years, Malcolm Shabazz was writing a memoir and speaking against youth violence.

Terri Ludwig: To Curb Domestic Violence, Start With Housing

When lawmakers in March reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act--the landmark legislation that guarantees certain rights and protections for survivors of domestic violence--they expanded a rule to bar landlords from evicting survivors from any publicly-supported home.

Chile violence video: Teargas, water cannons used against students

Facebook Page Run By Active Marines Mocks Violence Against Female Troops

A Facebook page run by active Marines mocking violence against female troops has been taken down after it was publicly outed by a Congresswoman. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) penned a letter to the Secretary of Defense and the commander of the Marine Corps asking them to take action on the page, F’N Wook, which showed [...]

Rep. Speier forces shut down of Facebook page promoting violence against female Marines