Empowering Women Against Violence
Rape is a controversial topic. Especially so in India, which has experienced several horrific and high profile cases in recent years. Such cases include that of a gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a public bus in Delhi in 2012. This case and subsequent ones prompted a revision of sections in Indian law that deal with rape and sexual …
*Trigger Warning* Topic: Child Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping My Story I was born on January 8, 1980, in Readfield, Maine to J. and M. I was their first child and my sister was born in 1982. My parents never really got along very well and though they tried for my sister and me, they eventually separated in 1983, and their short …
It’s possible to end Violence Against Women! UNiTE to End Violence Against Women designates the 25th of each month to Orange Day. This month, Orange Day is dedicated to Mobilizing Resources to End Violence Against Women (VAW). That includes: Providing survivors with resources and services Increasing measures to prevent VAW Creation and also implementation of laws and policies to provide lasting change …
Topic: Disability and Violence Against Women “Over 1 billion people worldwide experience a disability and, in the U.S. alone.” Orange Day is a monthly occurrence on the 25th of each month in 2017, designated by the U.N.’s UNiTE to End Violence Against Women campaign, to raise awareness about, and end, violence against women and girls. March 25th, was dedicated specifically to …
Artwork by Kully Rehal The Hands Jolts awake, The bus, His hands, It happens all over again. Every night it haunts you, The Mumbai rape that will never leave your mind. You are the one in five, Though you wonder if this number may be higher here. Such a huge issue, Yet no one cares. The government laughs, Friends scoff, …
Violence Against Women is not funny. Stop joking about it! I got up this morning with an urgent need to write. I had received a simple forward. A meme. The joke seemed almost harmless, just like every other misogynistic joke which rides the internet waves. The picture depicted a wife and a husband in a car with the caption “Darling, put on …
Violence Against Women is not funny. Stop joking about it! I got up this morning with an urgent need to write. I had received a simple forward. A meme. The joke seemed almost harmless, just like every other misogynistic joke which rides the internet waves. The picture depicted a wife and a husband in a car with the caption “Darling, put on …