Urban Services Linked to Gender Violence
The lack of public services is contributing to the violence and intimidation that women face in cities across the world, a report shows.
Negotiating the city streets.
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Africa:
'Marks of Manhood' Fuel Gender-Based Violence
IPS, 25 February 2013
Some of the most harrowing cases of gender-based violence Kathryn Bolkovac came across while working as a U.N. human rights investigator in Bosnia involved a perpetrator dubbed… Read more »
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Kenya:
Sexual Violence Still a Major Urban Threat
UNIRIN, 21 February 2013
Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in Kenya's cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the… Read more »
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South Africa:
The Scourge of Gender Based Violence in South Africa
Fahamu, 21 February 2013
South African women are regularly confronted with systemic sexual harassment, violence, and murder as the recent cases of Shrien Dewani, Anene Booysen and Reeva Steenkamp… Read more »
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South Africa:
Why We Can't 'Fight' Violence
ISS, 22 February 2013
The murder of Reeva Steenkamp, following only two weeks after the brutal gang rape and murder of Anene Booysen, will almost certainly give rise to a clamour of questions about… Read more »
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Namibia:
The Right to Wear Miniskirts
Namibian, 22 February 2013
ACCORDING to news reports, women in various parts of the country have recently been arrested or threatened with arrest for wearing miniskirts or even shorts - with the potential… Read more »
InFocus
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Activists have called the brutal murder and rape of Anene Booysen a tipping point in national attitudes toward violence against women, but they maintain that more needs to be done. Read more »
