'The family fears he could return and try to take revenge for their efforts to publicise the case at the time of the trial. The family’s refusal to stay quiet meant the case resonated with the public, and the police who failed to show up to the repeated calls for help from the neighbours were even tried for negligence' - #Russian #women living in fear as convicted murderers freed to fight for #Wagner return
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/russian-women-wagner-convicts-war-ukraine?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #VAW
I welcome the ratification by the European Union of the Council of #Europe #IstanbulConvention and I urge all #CouncilofEurope member states to ratify and fully implement this landmark instrument to combat #ViolenceAgainstWomen and #DomesticViolence. #VAW #EU @coe
#EU #vaw #domesticviolence #violenceagainstwomen #CouncilofEurope #IstanbulConvention #Europe
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And regarding "[authors of a parenting book encouraging this] have defended their methods, saying they are not meant to encourage brutality and, when properly applied, reduce the frequency with which parents must later discipline their kids."
That's identical to an argument often heard defending husbands beating their wives. It's #torture in both cases.
#torture #violenceagainstwomen #vaw
#Australian #WomenWithDisabilities face #ReproductiveViolence, including #ForcedSterilization, #abortion and #contraception https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/26/disabled-australian-women-face-forced-sterilisation-abortion-and-contraception-health-groups-say
#ReproductiveHealth #VAW #VAWG #GenderBasedViolence #WomensHealth #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#australian #womenwithdisabilities #reproductiveviolence #forcedsterilization #abortion #contraception #reproductivehealth #vaw #vawg #genderbasedviolence #womenshealth #ableism #disabilityjustice
#Australian #WomenWithDisabilities face #ReproductiveViolence, including #ForcedSterilization, #abortion and #contraception https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/26/disabled-australian-women-face-forced-sterilisation-abortion-and-contraception-health-groups-say
#ReproductiveHealth #VAW #VAWG #GenderBasedViolence #WomensHealth #ableism #DisabilityJustice
#australian #womenwithdisabilities #reproductiveviolence #forcedsterilization #abortion #contraception #reproductivehealth #vaw #vawg #genderbasedviolence #womenshealth #ableism #disabilityjustice
The European Disability Forum is disseminating a questionnaire on the priorities of #girls and #WomenWithDisabilities in #Europe. The survey focus is on core issues of #women with #disabilities in European societies, which include leadership, #health, #accessibility, and #GenderBasedViolence. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=x493RNXEo061m9g8AYWbzlqvf9nx0WpOjxrccFX190BUM05SUlZUVFE0S0haOFcyOFE2TDhDVUpDNi4u
Please respond to the survey by June 15th. It will help us to prepare the EDF’s Third Manifesto on women and #girls with disabilities.
#GenderEquality #GenderViolence #VAW #VAWG
#girls #womenwithdisabilities #europe #women #disabilities #health #accessibility #genderbasedviolence #genderequality #genderviolence #vaw #vawg
The European Disability Forum is disseminating a questionnaire on the priorities of #girls and #WomenWithDisabilities in #Europe. The survey focus is on core issues of #women with #disabilities in European societies, which include leadership, #health, #accessibility, and #GenderBasedViolence. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=x493RNXEo061m9g8AYWbzlqvf9nx0WpOjxrccFX190BUM05SUlZUVFE0S0haOFcyOFE2TDhDVUpDNi4u
Please respond to the survey by June 15th. It will help us to prepare the EDF’s Third Manifesto on women and #girls with disabilities.
#GenderEquality #GenderViolence #VAW #VAWG
#girls #womenwithdisabilities #europe #women #disabilities #health #accessibility #genderbasedviolence #GenderEquality #genderviolence #vaw #vawg
BBC News - Progress from Scottish domestic abuse law too slow - report
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65468876 #VAW
The #Jakarta government must involve #disability organizations, especially those working with persons with #DownSyndrome, in expediting the drafting legislation on #GenderViolence https://en.antaranews.com/news/276264/disability-organizations-needed-in-drafting-tpks-derivative-laws
#GenderBasedViolence #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #WomenWithDisabilities #InclusionMatters #inclusion #DisabilityJustice #VAW #VAWG
#jakarta #disability #downsyndrome #genderviolence #genderbasedviolence #nothingaboutuswithoutus #womenwithdisabilities #inclusionmatters #inclusion #disabilityjustice #vaw #vawg
The #Jakarta government must involve #disability organizations, especially those working with persons with #DownSyndrome, in expediting the drafting legislation on #GenderViolence https://en.antaranews.com/news/276264/disability-organizations-needed-in-drafting-tpks-derivative-laws
#GenderBasedViolence #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #WomenWithDisabilities #InclusionMatters #inclusion #DisabilityJustice #VAW #VAWG
#jakarta #disability #DownSyndrome #genderviolence #genderbasedviolence #nothingaboutuswithoutus #womenwithdisabilities #inclusionmatters #Inclusion #disabilityjustice #vaw #vawg
Last February, as a feminist coalition, we published a statement on the Special Rapporteur on #VAW, Reem Alsalem, harmful position on gender identity.
📰⭐️Read it here: https://bit.ly/SRISRVAW
#vaw #sogie #SRHR #SexualRights
meme: a butterfly is greeting a caterpillar. The butterfly says, “Hello. I am a butterfly.” The caterpillar replies, “Hello, caterpillar. You are a caterpillar.” This is #transphobia.
#homophobia #nonbinary #GenderIdentity #VAW #pronouns #DEI
#transphobia #homophobia #nonbinary #genderidentity #vaw #pronouns #dei
meme: a butterfly is greeting a snail. The butterfly says, “Hello. I am a butterfly.” The snail replies, “Hello, caterpillar. You are a caterpillar.” This is #transphobia.
#homophobia #nonbinary #GenderIdentity #VAW #pronouns #DEI
#transphobia #homophobia #nonbinary #genderidentity #vaw #pronouns #dei
The #FamilyMedicalLeaveAct doesn’t currently include victims of #DomesticViolence or #SexualViolence https://msmagazine.com/2023/02/03/fmla-congress-paid-leave-domestic-sexual-violence/
#VAW #VAWG #InclusionMatters #women #healthcare #WomensHealth
#familymedicalleaveact #domesticviolence #sexualviolence #vaw #vawg #inclusionmatters #women #Healthcare #womenshealth
The #FamilyMedicalLeaveAct doesn’t currently include victims of #DomesticViolence or #SexualViolence https://msmagazine.com/2023/02/03/fmla-congress-paid-leave-domestic-sexual-violence/
#VAW #VAWG #InclusionMatters #women #healthcare #WomensHealth
#familymedicalleaveact #domesticviolence #sexualviolence #vaw #vawg #inclusionmatters #women #healthcare #womenshealth
The degree to which #women and #girls bear the brunt of suffering at the US-Mexico Border can’t be overstated https://msmagazine.com/2023/02/04/border-immigration-biden-women/
#WomensHumanRights #HumanRights #WomensHealth #healthcare #VAW #VAWG #PeriodPoverty
#women #girls #womenshumanrights #humanrights #womenshealth #healthcare #vaw #vawg #periodpoverty
“The second reason is the way in which it tries to explain the fatal violence committed by a man against a woman and girl by focusing on her behaviour, on her actions, turning the focus away from his agency. To do so is to dangerously ignore the drivers of men’s violence against women and girls, fatal or otherwise.”
#vaw #domestickilling #domesticviolence
“First, it is wrong to call what happened an “unthinkable tragedy” when a woman is murdered by a man every three days in England and Wales. Women being murdered by men is not unthinkable, it is desperately, horribly, normal.“ #vaw #DomesticKilling #DomesticViolence
#vaw #domestickilling #domesticviolence