All posts tagged "violence against women"
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Feminist Leadership: Leading For the Least of Us
By Kelly Macías If you’ve been paying attention, the last three months have made for a fascinating study in leadership; or more specifically, the lack...
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Yale’s Response to Campus Rape is Not Enough
By Sukjong Hong I long for the day when a woman can speak about her experience of rape with all the force of her convictions, as...
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Op-Ed: Not Okay, Uncle Rush
By Darrian Wesley Thomas Dear Uncle Rush, Pull up a chair. We need to handle some family business. So, I saw the “Harriet Tubman Sex...
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Instant Messages: On White Womanhood, Fear of Black Men, and Changing Our Minds
By Abe Louise Young because because because as far as I can tell less than a thousand children playing in the garden of a thousand...
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AVERAGED: A Photo Essay
By Brook Dorff AVERAGED is a collection of photographs and personal histories taken in Andhra Pradesh, India. The documentation of stories and images in the...
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An Open Letter to Facebook
From Women, Action and Media May 21, 2013 An Open Letter to Facebook: We, the undersigned, are writing to demand swift, comprehensive and effective action...
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10 Ways Men Can End Violence Against Women
By Sacchi Patel As I checked my Twitter feed on the morning of Tuesday, April 30, 2013, I expected to find mostly depressing news, as...
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Are Men to Be Trusted? Thoughts on Sexual Assault and the Chain of Command
By Bill Patrick This week brought the startling news of the arrest of Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, the officer in charge of the Air Force’s...
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It's Open Girl-Meat Season
By Jawahara Saidullah “Kya maal hai.” What good stuff. “Bilkul sahi cheez yaar.” Absolutely, great stuff, man. Maal means, stuff, thing, or merchandise. So does...
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Op-Ed: Putting Violence Against Women on ‘Display’
By Laura Odenthal At first glance Syria, India, and the U.S. have little in common. However, even with their potentially divisive geographic locations and ideological...
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Masculinity and Domestic Violence: A Conversation with Sally MacNichol and Quentin Walcott, Co-Executive Directors of CONNECT
Quentin: It’s interesting that Sally and I were invited to talk about masculinity and domestic violence; these are two issues that are often seen as...
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Delhi: From Shame to Defiance
By Harsha Walia Two months ago, Jyoti Singh Pandey was brutally raped and beaten by a group of men in Delhi. She died a few...
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Op-Ed: Nicholas Kristof and the Politics of Writing About Women’s Oppression in Darker Nations
By Sunil Bhatia On February 13, 2013, Nicholas Kristof gave a talk at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. His talk, titled Striving for Global Justice, was...
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Femmes, Pulling the Pieces Together: A Keynote Address by Pratibha Parmar
Last August, award-winning filmmaker Pratibha Parmar delivered a keynote address at FEMME Conference 2012: Pulling the Pieces Together, in Baltimore, Maryland. We are thrilled to...
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Oscar Pistorius: Salvaging the Super Crip Narrative
That prosecutors have charged double-amputee track athlete Oscar Pistorius with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has made headlines throughout the world. Together with...
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Simposio de la Feminización de las Migraciones y Derechos Humanos: Signing a Pact for the Future
Today is not only Valentine’s day or Día V, the day against violence against women, but it marks an interesting moment in Mexican national policy....
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Some Concluding Thoughts on Violence Against Women in the U.S. and India
By Julie A. Hagstrom My perspective comes from a long career as a community and statewide advocate for domestic and sexual violence victims in Michigan....
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“If You Are Now Saying, No, Women Are Equal…”
By Amita Chudgar The day after our teach-in, on January 24th, 2013, the airwaves and newspapers were filled with the announcement that the U.S. Pentagon...
