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Victims of Serial Rapist Transform Oregon Law

By Ann Marie Cunningham ● Crime & Law ● June 3, 2014

The possible parole of Richard Troy Gillmore, the “Jogger Rapist” of Portland, Ore., has spurred victims to overturn the statute of limitations on rape in the state and require that parole boards spend more time with victims and their family members.

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California Slayings Trigger Outcry at Misogyny

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● May 28, 2014

Since the May 23 attack over a million people have written about their own experiences of everyday misogyny using the hashtag #YesAllWomen. A new Tumblr page, “When Women Refuse,” is collecting examples of violence that women suffer for rejecting sexual advances.

Latin American Indigenous Women Hold NYC Tribunal

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● May 20, 2014

To puncture official indifference, Latin American indigenous women are staging a tribunal on the sidelines of a U.N. permanent forum “to push back the invisibility” about what they suffer. “The justice system really doesn’t work for us,” says one.

India Politics So Dangerous to Women They Keep Out

By Swapna Majumdar ● Uncategorized ● May 16, 2014

India’s marathon national elections have added to the collective toll of vicious, sometimes deadly, violence against political women. Only 8 percent of this year’s candidates were women and advocates point to rape and harassment as likely reasons.

Jordan Activists Profile ‘Honor’ Killing Victims

By Farah Maraqa ● Uncategorized ● April 28, 2014

In Jordan, critics are finding shortfalls in the local press coverage of a March “honor” killing. To fill the void in reporting, one advocacy group, No Honor in Crime, publishes profiles of the victims to humanize them in ways local press reports do not.

U.N. Probes Canada’s Neglect of Aboriginal Women

By Sally Armstrong ● Uncategorized ● March 8, 2014

The first CEDAW investigation in a developed country is a “big black eye for Canada,” says one activist. The findings may not produce government action, but can stir activism, says Sally Armstrong in this excerpt from the book “Uprising.”

Study: Domestic Violence Takes a Heavy Toll

By Hajer Naili ● Crime & Law ● March 6, 2014

Released today, the study indicates that more than half of victims who needed emergency shelter or transitional housing found it. But many women are still being turned away.

Women’s Champions Cheer a Victory in Afghanistan

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● February 19, 2014

“Now we are going to be very attentive to what is going to happen and we are going to work with the Ministry of Justice,” one safety activist said after Karzai refused to sign a law that would have kept perpetrators of domestic abuse from facing justice.

Islam Will Not Teach My Son That Wife Beating’s OK

By Ranya Tabari Idliby ● Uncategorized ● February 1, 2014

One of the Quran’s most controversial verses, Ranya Tabari Idliby was horrified to discover, was being taught to her American Muslim son. In this excerpt from “Burqas, Baseball and Apple Pie,” she interprets the verse as allegory, not instruction.

Syrian Women in Jordan Face Economics of Survival

By Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● December 29, 2013

Prepared by their culture to stay home with the children, single female heads of household are ill-equipped for refugee life in the cities of Jordan. Survival sex, domestic violence and early marriage are all part of the coping effort.