Category: Violence Against Women
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50 Shades of Grey…….And So What?
Getty Last weekend I expected a lot of friends and family members to give me the gist on the 50 Shades of Grey movie that was recently released (because I had plans to spend my weekend doing other busy stuffs) but to my utmost surprise and the disappointment of eager Nigerians, the movie was banned by the censor board.I think…
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ORANGE SCARF CAMPAIGN; A new fight to end violence against women and girls.
Getty Images UN Facts and Figures: Ending Violence against Women A pandemic in diverse forms-According to a 2013 global review of available data, 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. However, some national violence studies show that up to 70 per cent of…
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WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A RAPE; PROJECT ALERT
SOURCE Project Alert is a non-governmental human rights organization established in 1999 to protect and promote the rights of women and young girls in the society, especially their rights to live free from all forms of violence against them. Their areas of intervention are Research and Documentation (R&D), HumanRights Education (HRE) and Support Services Program (SSP) which includes…
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2013 BLOGATHON; END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
For over a century, International Women’s Day has been celebrated annually on March 8 to honour women and to inspire women to fight to progress gender equality.The United Nations General Assembly defines “violence against women” as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mentalharm or suffering to women, including threats of such…
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