All women should be a paying attention to the recent news that cruise lines do not typically disclose the statistics about “crimes at sea.” For the first time ever, the three largest cruise lines in the world reported this information on their website. Of course it comes only after pressure from US Congress and crime victims […]
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The WHO (World Health Organisation) just published research on domestic violence. Almost 40% of all women killed worldwide were killed by an intimate partner. A lover! A husband! Nearly 600million women live in countries where domestic violence is not even a crime! It’s time to name the problem for what it is. It is not about women, it
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This is what people in power should do. First, educate yourself about women. Second, do something. Angelina is amazing. She went directly to the UN Security Council! and simply said what we all know is true: To use rape as a weapon in war is totally unacceptable. All the Council (that represents hundreds of countries around the world) has
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It just shows how far women have to go. A year ago a 16 year old Moroccan girl was forced to marry a man who raped her. Jut recently the government of Morocco decided to change the law so women could not be forced into marriage. This traditional practice is still found across the Middle East, sadly. [Source:
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I just heard about the new documentary “Invisible War” about sexual assault and rape of women in the military. They found that since WWII an estimated 500,000 US military personnel have been sexually assaulted or raped. A female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than be
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My husband was surprised (rare) when I told him that soldiers are educated and directed to use rape as a strategy of war. In fact pouring melted rubber down a woman’s vagina has become core military strategy. Soldiers are told that because women are seen as possessions of the husbands, rape “kills two birds with
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