Credit goes here This infographic was created specifically for my blog; the statistics and data come from this Sociological Images blog post on the CDCP report and the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010 Summary Report.
Category Archives: women’s rights
Patterns of violence
Recently, Penelope Trunk has written several blog posts about her current experience as a survivor of domestic violence. She has been in an abusive relationship with her husband, the “Farmer” — and in the comments, many individuals accused her of not leaving, and subjecting her children to further abuse. Penelope quotes an interesting comment from…
Feminism for Real
Even the introduction of “Feminism for Real: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism” by Jessica Yee is so badass. She talks about how feminism has started as a white woman’s movement, and that indigenous women and women of color were not always allowed to be part of this movement. I can’t wait to read…
Imprisoned, with nowhere to go
During my time working with an Afghan NGO providing free legal services, I have heard many stories of women who have been imprisoned on false accusations or “moral crimes” such as adultery and running away. Running away is not even a crime under Afghan law, yet many women and young girls are detained and held…
Young Feminist Blogathon: Video post on the Girl Effect campaign
One of my New Year’s resolutions from a year ago was to post a video blog at some point during the year. Almost, ahem, a year later, I’ve finally put in the effort to make this resolution a reality! I’m a bit nervous posting it, but I hope you all enjoy this video blog! It…
Interview with Shemeer P, founder of maps4aid!
Today, I am excited to announce an interview with Shemeer P, founder of maps4aid, a new innovative social media and SMS platform for recording and combating instances of violence against women in India. Tell me more about your background. I am 28 years old, and I work full time as a Consultant Civil Engineer for…
Women, War & Peace
Women, War & Peace is an incredible, touching, inspiring and important five-part special series on PBS. There are many things to love about this series — but the thing that touched me the most was hearing the stories of women around the world who came together, organized, mobilized, and raised their voices to fight for…
Cultural Relativism and women’s rights: ending FGC in Senegal
Right now, there’s an excellent series going on over at the Gender Across Borders blog called “Culture and Human Rights: Challenging Excuses for Gender Based Violence.” I will be following the posts in this series, but I also wanted to bring up discussion about the topic over here. Cultural relativism is used worldwide as an…
Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
Recently, I’ve been reading several dystopian novels in my free time, and “The Handmaid’s Tale” is probably my favorite. What is so deeply chilling about this story that it is in many ways, not a science fiction tale of a far-off world, but a reflection of some of the worst violence and rights violations that…
A victory for Afghan women!
A few months ago, a controversy erupted in Afghanistan when the government announced that it would take control over running women’s shelters in the country, places where many Afghan women and girls turn to as a last resort after being subject to domestic violence, abuse, and forced marriage. These shelters were some of the few…
