News and Views

You are here

Home

News and Views

On this page, you will find news and opinion pieces that deal with the issue of culturally justified violence against women. If you have a news or opinion piece that we should know about, write us at: info@violenceisnotourculture.org

To find VNC-published commentary, go to: VNC Commentary and Blogs

To find news around the world reporting on culturally justified violence against women, go to: News on CVAW

U.N. Condemns Religious Intolerance, Drops 'defamation'

December 20, 2011
Reuters

For the first time in more than a decade, the U.N. General Assembly on Monday condemned religious intolerance without urging states to outlaw "defamation of religions," an appeal critics said opened the door to abusive "blasphemy" laws.

The call on countries to prohibit "defamation" had been included in a non-binding resolution on combating religious intolerance passed annually by the 193-nation assembly.

Should we call it ‘honour killing’? No!

January 30, 2012
Montreal Gazette

It’s a false distancing of ourselves from a too-common crime: the murder of females.

Violence against women, Papua New Guinea's "silent war"

February 2, 2012
Trust Law

Aid workers say a combination of poverty, lack of education and an entrenched patriarchal system may explain the horrific levels of violence against women in Papua New Guinea.

Men Can Stop Rape Launches “Where Do You Stand?” Campaign

February 2, 2012
Prevent Connect

Yesterday, Men Can Stop Rape launched their new bystander intervention campaign geared towards addressing sexual violence on college campuses. “Where Do You Stand?” uses a number of tools such as trainings, posters, and media materials to encourage young men to become active bystanders to end sexual violence.

'Honour'-based violence runs deep and wide

February 2, 2012
The Guardian

The issue must be seen in the context of violence against women and the inequality found throughout society.

Research on Rape of Jewish Women during Holocaust breaks Decades of Taboo

May 30, 2011
Women's E-News

Gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict zones around the world is a subject of continual research and education through witness testimonials, podcasts and information presented by the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

But this year the museum took a look back, delving into a topic from history that, surprisingly, is entirely new–pivotal research about the rape of Jewish women during the Holocaust, described in a new book by two female scholars.

Pakistan: Taliban Continue to Attack Girls' Schools

January 4, 2012
IPS

PESHAWAR - Suicide bombing is down, bomb attacks are fewer, but the Taliban are keeping up attacks on girls’ schools. In retaliation, a growing number of girls are going for school education – without school buildings.

The Higher Secondary School at Kumbar (in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area of northern Pakistan) is one such school that has yet to be repaired after it was damaged heavily in a bomb explosion in May 2009.

Honour killings in Canada: even worse than we believe

January 31, 2012
Globe and Mail

Do we focus on so-called honour killings precisely because the victims are Muslims, or South Asians, or Middle Easterners?

Violence Against Women in Lebanon: A Debate That’s Not Going Away

January 13, 2012
Middle East Voices

On the surface, it would seem that passing a law that criminalizes violence perpetrated against women by family members would be straightforward in a diverse, and seemingly progressive country such as Lebanon. But the country’s diversity is one of the main hindrances to bringing it in line with international norms regarding women’s rights.

Pages

more
Copyright © 2011. All Rights Reserved.