Tag: violence

This article attempts to villify suffragettes as violent while documenting that even the most militant attacked only property. The suffragettes pioneered hunger strikes and non-violent civil disobedience long before Gandhi.

http://www.historytoday.com/fern-riddell/weaker-sex-violence-and-suffragette-movement

“Worldwide, it has been estimated that violence against women is as serious a cause of death and incapacity among women of reproductive age as cancer, and a greater cause of ill-health than traffic accidents and malaria combined.” source:WHO

Why does an extra X chromosome make such a difference?

Mother of three stabbed to death by estranged husband in front of three hundred witnesses

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-20/zahra-foundation-supports-women-children-domestic-violence/6337260

Dehli rape documentary banned by Indian Government, but aired in the UK.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/04/indias-daughter-bbc-delhi-rape-documentary-uk-india-ban

Women are being terrorised in the gaming industry – but authorities fail to act.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/63466-im-brianna-wu-and-im-risking-my-life-standing-up-to-gamergate

One in ten girls sexually abused, according to UN Report

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-29071073