Currently the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement have been gaining more traction. Most recently, the Harvey Weinstein scandal has surrounded the press. I saw a video a few days ago of a speech Jennifer Lawerence did with Harvey Weinstein. Her body language looked uncomfortable and her words matched that. In this article, she is mentioned by … Read more
Trump’s New Domestic Gag Order Escalates War On Women The article discusses Trump’s plan to bring an end to planned parenthood, and eventually making abortions illegal. I don’t think anyone has a right to tell any women what she should do with her body. Her body, her choice. I understand some people may be against … Read more
Article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/man-jailed-kick-woman-bus-wearing-shorts-attack-istanbul-turkey-abdullah-cakiroglu-a7936016.html Overview: In Istanbul a man saw a 23 year old nurse on a bus wearing shorts and proceeded to kick her in the face. The reasoning behind this was because he said it was against his religion and the spiritual side came out of him. He stated that she had “no right to … Read more
This article talks about Trump’s new Domestic Gag Rule. In this any healthcare providers that relies on Title X will either have to deny women any information for abortion or they will be denied federal funding. This is an issue because if denied funding they will also have to deny women to have basic healthcare … Read more
A teenage girl (16 years old) in India died after being brutally raped and beaten by a man in her own home. This was the third attack of this kind within a week. The main reportedly stormed into the home and raped the girl. Afterwards, he doused her in petrol and set her on fire … Read more
Men for Women’s Rights: Young SRHR leaders Show the Way In this article, two young men are highlighted for their work in the Southeast Asia and Africa areas with trying to promote sexual health and talk about reproductive health issues. These young men are working very hard to combat cultural practices that are very dangerous … Read more
Hi everyone, I chose this article this week particularly because in my gender-based violence class’ lecture we were discussing homophobic violence and this struck my interest. This article came based upon some statistics that were taken in 2017. According to this article there were at least 445 LGBT Brazilians that died as victims of homophobic … Read more
Link to article: independent.co.uk/…/noura-hussein-sudan-teenage-girl-kill-husband-rape-murder-pardon-death-penalty-a8347041 This particular article is based on a teenager in Sudan who was forced to marry a man who eventually raped her. The victim, Noura, claims she was forced into a child marriage to her own cousin. Noura was only 16 years old when this marriage took place and she refused to have … Read more
The article I wanted to discuss is how the violence against women often goes unpunished in Afghanistan. This article discuss how the killings and harmful doings of women are normalized. They are often called “honor killing”. When something is normalized it makes it happen more often and more likely to occur. Why do men hold … Read more
The resignation and retirement of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary who for one week was honored as President emeritus and retaining salary and benefits was upgraded to termination. The Washington Post reports that Paige Patterson was fired due to false statements regarding his “treatment of an alleged rape victim in 2003” as well as a … Read more