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How to counter rape as a weapon of war
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30.7.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Increasing pressure on African men to discuss gender equality could lessen the incentive to use rape as a war weapon, according to new research from Uganda
The incentive to use rape as a weapon of war in Africa would be less if more was done to ensure men were involved in discussions about gender equality, claims the director of a human rights project in Uganda.
In an interview with Christian Aid , Chris Dolan, director of the Refugee Law Project , based at Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda, said: "If gender equality were a reality, the incentive to use rape of men and women as a weapon of war would be reduced. Unfortunately much of the gender work done to date has presented 'gender' as essentially a discussion about women's rights, ... |
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[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[basavapatna :: Any Refugee Term]
[basavapatna :: Refugees]
[thiyagz :: socialissue]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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'Feminism is not finished'
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24.7.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| After years of derision, feminism is finding its voice again, from grassroots protests to a flurry of books, websites and even a summer school. But will it lead to real change?
If you want to gauge the energy in the current British feminist movement, you have to speak to the young campaigners. Alex Corwin has defined herself as a feminist since she started reading avidly about women's issues a few years ago, aged 19. It made her "SO ANGRY", she had to become an activist.
Corwin joined a local grassroots group – Sheffield Fems– and since then she has taken part in campaigns that run the gamut: local, international, political, cultural. She could recently be found in a high-street newsagent, armed with Post-it notes to stick on the half-clad ... |
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[kjrajesh :: Media]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- All Terms]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Abuse]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Rape]
[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[avyakto :: Law]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Hidden reality of sexual governance
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17.7.2010 |
NIE: voices |
| That the media’s interest in the question of gayness is nothing more than salacious and homophobic and not linked to the question .. |
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[TOM :: General]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[ssurekha :: women]
[campaigns :: India]
[pwdc :: General]
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Letters: Fight continues to defend gay rights
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15.7.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Comments in several papers have attacked the supreme court decision to prevent the deportation of two gay asylum seekers ( Report , 8 July). The Daily Express on 8 July was headlined: " Now Asylum if You're Gay : they must be free to go to Kylie concerts and drink multicoloured cocktails, says judge." The Daily Mail asked: " What planet is he on? "; and the Daily Star warned that "opening the floodgates to gay asylum seekers is absolute madness".
In reality, only one in 50 people who claim asylum on the basis of sexual orientation is admitted to the UK. Homosexuality is illegal in over 80 countries and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum seekers are often fleeing attempted murder or rape – only to be told by the UK authorities to ... |
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[newstrust :: Supreme Court]
[basavapatna :: Any Refugee Term]
[basavapatna :: Refugees]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[lgbt :: Hijra]
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Sun, sweat and harassment | Eva Wiseman
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11.7.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| It's not just men on building sites who intimidate women when the city heats up
As the heat rises, in clouds of petrol and melting crisp packets, so do the levels of sexual harassment found on city streets. Long roads hum with cars which pass in a burst of catcalls. Recently, one warm evening, a chubby nine-year-old boy called me closer and asked, dripping Fab lolly in hand, if I'd show him my breasts. While I admired his chutzpah (I liked that he said please) I declined. It's the crowds of lunching men in fluorescent tabards that make me uneasy, though, the groups you have to squeeze through as they share cigarettes on a pavement, and the drive-bys, who loudly name bits of your body as if competing on a midday game-show.
On London's City ... |
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[lgbt :: LGBT]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- All Terms]
[ssurekha :: women]
[animeshn :: Petrol]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[suganya :: Corporal punishment]
[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
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'Orphanage head indulged in homosexuality'
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6.7.2010 |
NIE: Tamil Nadu |
| TIRUNELVELI: The arrested Arumai Packiam Maunel Orphanage head Justine had indulged in homosexuality and voyeurism while orphanage.. |
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[campaigns :: India]
[ssurekha :: women]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Teach your children well
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3.7.2010 |
Business Standard: Life & Leisure |
| Books for children, reminders for parents. |
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[campaigns :: India]
[ssurekha :: women]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[anitha :: corporal punishment in schools]
[suganya :: Corporal punishment]
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Thin blurred line between innocuous flirting and sexual harassment
(Cached)
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27.6.2010 |
DNA: Top News |
| It happens in every office. Suggestive looks, gestures and even propositions are made among co-workers. But the fun can turn messy just as easily. |
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[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[campaigns :: India]
[pradeepbv :: OpenNGO]
[fredericknoronha :: NGO]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[ssurekha :: women]
[nilaymedh :: law]
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Shobha offers Hijras a patient ear
(Cached)
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23.6.2010 |
DNA: Top News |
| Are sex work and begging the only means of livelihood for the Hijra community, even the educated among them? Are slums the only places where they can find shelter? Sadly, yes. |
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[meerak :: Bengaluru Election]
[swetharao :: Slums]
[campaigns :: Bangalore]
[campaigns :: India]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[lgbt :: Hijra]
[arvin :: Slums]
[nwct :: Healthcare]
[ssurekha :: women]
[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[meerak :: bengaluru]
[meerak :: bengaluru civic]
[meerak :: bengaluru government]
[meerak :: bengaluru infrastructure]
[Jake :: Informal Economy]
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Mr Gay UK policeman on rape charge
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22.6.2010 |
The Guardian -- Front Page |
| PC also faces charges of sexual assault and possession of body-building drugs
A police officer who won the Mr Gay UK contest four years ago was given conditional bail this morning on charges of raping another man, three sexual assaults and an attempted sexual assault.
PC Mark Carter, 27, is also charged with possessing the body-building drug Stanazol, which is in the criminal law's lowest category C. He was bailed unconditionally on that charge.
Carter, who is suspended from duty from West Yorkshire police, spoke only to confirm his personal details to magistrates in Leeds. He stood in front of the dock wearing a grey suit, white shirt and striped tie.
The brief hearing was told that he had been arrested and charged after an ... |
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[pwdc :: Torture]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[avyakto :: Law]
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Football's stand against sexual violence and homophobia | Jennifer Doyle
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19.6.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| At the last World Cup, Fifa campaigned against racism. In South Africa, it should highlight the hate that killed Eudy Simelane
Before the start of their 2006 World Cup semi-final, players for Brazil and France stood together and held a banner declaring "Say no to racism". The gesture was part of a Fifa campaign – each of the 64 matches included a visible statement against the racist abuse directed especially at black players in Europe. From the round banner marked with this slogan which covered the centre circle until the start of the match, to pre-game statements read by team captains before kick-off, during Fifa's 2006 World Cup, players, fans and tournament organisers declared that racism has no place in football.
Imagine a similar ... |
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[anjana :: Women-Harassment]
[ssurekha :: women]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Staring at 178 men's private parts helps crack case
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19.6.2010 |
Mid-Day: Mumbai |
| Cops solve 6-year-old's rape and murder by asking men in Bhayander to strip, to check them for injuries
Imagine a policeman walking into your house in the dead of night and asking male adults to pull down their pants, and then taking a hard look at their private parts.
ILLUSTRATION/SATISH ACHARYA
Nah, no act of queer voyeurism this. Instead, this is what policemen in Bhayander had to go through on Wednesday during a nocturnal combing operation in the locality.
It was part of an investigation pertaining to a rape and murder case of a six-year-old girl. The victim's body was found in an open drain. The autopsy confirmed that she was raped before being murdered.
A police team underwent a five-hour-long exercise of examining genitals of ... |
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[pwdc :: Torture]
[TOM :: All-States]
[TOM :: All]
[pwdc :: All-States]
[pwdc :: All]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Future pope refused defrocking of convicted priest
(Cached)
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1.6.2010 |
Hindustan Times: News |
| The future Pope Benedict XVI refused to defrock an American priest who confessed to molesting numerous children and even served prison time for it, simply because the cleric wouldn't agree to the discipline. |
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[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- All Terms]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Abuse]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Rape]
[tulir :: Paedophilia]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Future Pope refused defrocking of convicted priest!
(Cached)
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31.5.2010 |
Zee News : World |
| The future Pope Benedict XVI refused to defrock an American priest who confessed to molesting children. |
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[fredericknoronha :: catholic]
[avyakto :: Law]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Future pope refused defrocking of convicted priest
(Cached)
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31.5.2010 |
Sify News |
| 't agree to the discipline. The case provides the latest evidence of how changes in church law under Pope John Paul II frustrated and hamstrung U.S. bishops struggling with an abuse crisis that |
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[avyakto :: Law]
[tulir :: Paedophilia]
[meerak :: bengaluru]
[meerak :: bengaluru civic]
[meerak :: bengaluru government]
[meerak :: bengaluru health]
[meerak :: bengaluru children]
[nilaymedh :: law]
[Jake :: Informal Economy]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- All Terms]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Abuse]
[tulir :: Child Sexual Abuse -- Rape]
[TOM :: All-States]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
[fredericknoronha :: catholic]
[fredericknoronha :: IANS]
[pwdc :: All-States]
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Overhauling definition of rape
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30.5.2010 |
NIE: Magazine |
| The proposed bill will constitute a thorough overhaul of the definition of rape and sexual assault. |
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[lgbt :: LGBT]
[pwdc :: Torture]
[indiatogether :: Dowry]
[ssurekha :: women]
[campaigns :: India]
[avyakto :: Law]
[suganya :: Corporal punishment]
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Michael Tomasky: Don't ask don't tell don't engage with reality
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27.5.2010 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| More seriously on don't ask, don't tell, I found this very interesting today:
On a conference call with reporters today, Family Research Council Senior Fellow for Policy Studies Peter Sprigg delivered the results of what he said was the first-ever study of "homosexual assault" in the military. Joined by several former military officers opposed to allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces, he warned Congress that the DADT repeal language currently under discussion with the agreement of the White House will turn the U.S. military into a terrifying free-rape zone where no heterosexual is safe.
"We are today releasing an analysis of publicly available documents which show that homosexuals in the military are three times ... |
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[lgbt :: LGBT]
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Malawi: Gay couple found guilty
(Cached)
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18.5.2010 |
Sify News |
| A gay couple in Malawi was found guilty Tuesday of unnatural acts and gross indecency after a trial that drew worldwide condemnation of this southern African country's colonial-era laws on |
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[rakujha :: social-defence]
[nilaymedh :: law]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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I want to get married: Celina
(Cached)
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18.5.2010 |
TOI: All Headlines |
| I want to get married: Celina |
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[ssurekha :: women]
[campaigns :: India]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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dated May 17, 1960: Sordid aspects in films
(Cached)
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17.5.2010 |
Hindu: Weather-Etc |
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[fredericknoronha :: censorship]
[lgbt :: LGBT]
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