On this International Day of Action Against Violence Towards Women, La Via Campesina is again denouncing the structural violence that women have to confront each day and that has been systematically silenced, made to appear natural, and rendered invisible by patriarchal capitalist society. In 2008, in its Vth Conference, La Via Campesina launched the Global …
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Women with severe mental illness are up to five times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault and two to three times more likely to suffer domestic violence, reveals new research led by UCL and King’s College London funded by the Medical Research Council and the Big Lottery. The study …
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WE DREAM OF A WORLD WITHOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT…. … and we’re on our way to creating that world. SAVE – Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton – is a broad-based coalition comprised of educators, NGO’s, sexual assault counselors, the Edmonton Police Service, caring/invested businesses, and individuals who are committed to creating a safe community and city …
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Artist Uses Images Of Iconic Cartoon Characters To Illustrate The Horror Of Domestic Violence One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Imagine that; sitting around a table on a night out with three of your friends, one of you has probably been a victim. These statistics are infuriating, horrifying and unacceptable. …
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