New Resources
Women against fundamentalism and for equality
Speaking at an international conference held in Paris, February 2011, Mary Robinson discusses the relationship between religion, tradition and gender inequality. Citing the issue of child marriage as one example, she argues that promoting the rights of girls and women cannot be imposed on a society; instead, we must support activists working to change their culture from within.
Read more...Genocidal Intentions: Social Death and the Ex-Gay Movement
In this article, the authors contribute to the literature on predicting and preventing genocide in an international context, focusing on social death practices elaborated in articles II(b)-(e) of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (UNCG).
Read more...Conscience magazine
#32(1), 2011 (published by Catholic’s for Choice)
Read more...Strategising Online Activism: A Toolkit
A new resource from Violence is Not our Culture. This toolkit was inspired by the workshops held in Asia and Africa for the partners and members of the Violence is not our Culture (VNC) campaign. While this toolkit has been designed primarily for the local partners and activists of the VNC campaign, this can be a resource, too, for human rights activists who are keen to develop their online activism and want to know where and how to to start.
Read more...Nowhere to Turn: Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa
The report, Nowhere to Turn: Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa, illustrates how LGBT Africans are made doubly vulnerable by the criminalization of homosexuality and the often-violent stigmatization they face if their sexuality is revealed. Based on research from 2007 to the present, the volume features articles and research by leading African activists and academics on the prevalence, severity and impact of these human rights violations on LGBT people in Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe.
Read more...Cultures, Traditions and Violence Against Women: Human Rights Challenges
March 7 2011 Palais des Nations, VNC in partnership with IWRAW AP, PLD and AWID. Presentation: Farida Shaheed, Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights
Read more...Africa - Human Rights and Traditional Values: exploring the intersections, challenges, and opportunities
From the International Conference on African Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity, Practices, Identities and Communities
Read more...Slovakia - New Report: Slovak Women Struggle to Buy Birth Control
For too many Slovak women, modern contraceptives remain tragically out of reach, according to a new report released by the Center and its partners Freedom of Choice Slovakia and Citizen, Democracy, and Accountability.
Read more...Tunisia - Women will not allow their rights to be ignored during the transition
This interview with Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation of Human Rights was carried out by Égalité on March 7, 2011. She was first asked: "How did Tunisian women participate in the revolution."
Read more...Lines of Resistance: Prison Art from the Middle East
Lines of Resistance: Prison Art from the Middle East is a mixed media work produced by former political prisoners from the Middle East, notably Iran, as well as artists standing in solidarity with them. The exhibition is an instance of visualizing atrocities committed by states in the region including Israel. These works were exhibited at Beit Zatoun in Toronto and can be seen at Memories, Memoirs, and the Arts.
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