The Violence Is Not Our Culture Campaign is an initiative of Women Living Under Muslim Laws to eliminate all forms of 'culturally-justified' violence
against women.
The Violence Is Not Our Culture Campaign is an initiative of Women Living Under Muslim Laws to eliminate all forms of 'culturally-justified' violence
against women.
On this page, you will find original commentary, opinion, and blog posts written by allies for the Violence Is Not Our Culture Campaign. If you have a piece about culturally justified violence against women and would like to contribute your work, please write us at: info@violenceisnotourculture.org
“Your skin glows with a fairness that’s superior in all possible ways”. This is the marketing message of a fairness cream advertisement spread over a quarter of the front page and the entire second/inside page of a leading Pakistani national news paper. The advertisement is directed generally at women who need to aspire to a fair complexion in order to receive privileges associated with the color.
This post is by Beata Zpevakova as part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Part II).
This post is by Anamaria Vargas and is a part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Pt II).
This post is by Karin Björnberg as part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Part II).
This post is by Leticia Zenevich as part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Part II).
This post is by Melissa Kaminker as part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Part II).
This post is by Amrita Kumar-Ratta and is a part of the Culture and Human Rights series (Part II).
This post is by Sadia Hussein as part of the series on Culture and Human Rights (Part II).
This post is by David L. Meth and is a part of the Culture and Human Rights Series (Part II).
This post is by Shelle Warton as part of the series Culture and Human Rights (Part II).
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