Being a victim of violence is about losing power: the power to protect one's body or mind from abuse; the power to have some control over how one
Action Aid has launched a new campaign on women and HIV and AIDS called Invisible Womenin order to ‘bring the crisis facing women into the spotlight.'
According to the
I had a chance to catch up with Sandy Pitcher, the Director of the Office for Women for the South Australian Government, today and took the opportunity to ask her
One of the most dangerous places for a woman is in her own home. This is quite contrary to many people's beliefs. For example, in today's
Many theorists argue that mass media generally, and advertising in particular, encourages male violence against women. Jean Kilbourne's third Killing us Softlyfilm for instances argues that advertising:
* Normalizes
Rape has been used as a weapon of war for centuries. As Laura Smith-Park wrote a few years ago:
From the systematic rape of women in Bosnia, to an estimated
Is there any role left for the idea of cultural relativism when it comes to violence against women? Part of me would like to say, ‘no', that violence against
Ethnic minority women lack access to power. They are severely underrepresented in senior decision-making positions across the public, private and voluntary sectors. The statistics are stark: less than 1% of
