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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
openDemocracy's 50.50 initiative is covering the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence from 25 November to 10 December 2008, exploring issues of gender equality and empowerment on a global scale, with contributions from women and men around the world. Israeli women's organisations demand immediate peace talks, not war: that words and actions be conducted in another language
The struggle for women's rights in the Arab countries is rendered obsolete in the face of the escalating violence, especially in Palestine, Iraq and lebanon. Zoya Rouhana writes
Syrian Women's Rights: "The fight does not stop here, this is not the end of the story". Listen now
Also read: Bassam AlKadi - one man's fight to end 'honour killings'.
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: finding a place of peace. Women in Birmingham who have escaped violence at home talk to Siobhan O'Connell. Listen now
Iraqi women refugees: surviving in Syria. As the months turn into years, more and more women refugees in Damascus are becoming vulnerable to the human trafficking networks. Listen now
Femicide and Patriarchy in Lebanon: The Lebanese judiciary has tried sixty six cases of 'honour killing' since 1999 and rejected all of them. Dr Azza Baydoun told Jane Gabriel the story behind the trials. Listen now.
Reclaim the Night: Win the Day
A photo-essay on London's Reclaim the Night march, by Nick Eastlake
The British government has promised to roll out a network of Independent Domestic Violence Advisors to help women to escape from violent relationships. Joanne Miller works at the coalface with women who can stand the violence no more. She spoke to Siobhan O'Connell about her advocacy work. Listen now
The Lebanese government is about to decide whether to introduce the first ever piece of legislation to protect women from violence in their extended families. Jane Gabriel met the women's organisations and activists who have been campaigning for this law for more than fifteen years. Listen now
Dr Azza Baydoun has analysed every ‘honour killing' in Lebanon that
has gone before the courts since 1999 and found that behind the plea of
offended honour lies the crime of femicide. She describes the patriarchal concepts of ‘deviant women' and ‘deficient men' in her research. Here she outlines some of her findings.
This article is part of 50.50's coverage of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence from 25 November to 10 December 2008
Professor Balghis Badri speaks to Jane Gabriel about the women being empowered in the midst of conflict. Listen now
The Wilton Park conference in May 2008 on "Women Targeted by Armed Conflict: What Role for Military Peacekeepers?" was organised in cooperation with UNIFEM and UNDPKO, on behalf of UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict.
The conference on women targeted by armed conflict proved an eye-opener for Rosemary Bechler. In the first of four reports, she looks at the effects of the changing nature of warfare, in which "It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in
armed conflicts"
For Bangladesh's women, a tool of public empowerment is no cure for private abuse
Provided with the necessary knowledge and
awareness, every woman has the capacity to help stop violence against women
Hibaaq Osman on
dignity and violence in the middle east. Plus: blogging 16 days
Afaf Jabiri talks about taking on the Jordanian government over women's rights. Plus: blogging 16 days
Where is the delivery of rights for India's "invisible women"?
The UN's John Holmes on confronting sexual violence worldwide
Plus: blogging 16 days
The organised abuse of women is not a by-product of conflicts but at its heart
It is only by listening to those most
affected, that we can bring about real change in tackling HIV/Aids
Listen now to Takyiwaa Manuh on her work to empower women in Ghana
plus: tackling domestic violence in Africa
The debate about how and why rape happens goes to the heart of cultural gender and power dynamics
The
courageous voices of the women of Iran's One Million Signatures campaign demand to be heard
Women's
exploitation lies at the heart of a modern-day underclass that keeps the
machinery of civilised Britain
well-oiled
Faustina Fynn Nyame talks about returning to her native Ghana to campaign for
womens' right to safe abortion.
Plus: blogging 16 days
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