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16 daysAs part of our 50.50 initiative, openDemocracy is covering the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence from 25 November to 10 December. Visit our daily-updated dedicated blog exploring issues of gender equality and empowerment on a global scale, with contributions from women and men around the world.
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 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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