Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Violence'
The Courage to Create Social Change
by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor One light amongst the darkness of the tragedy that befell Newtown, Connecticut and this nation last week is the collective outrage that persists. In daily conversations with friends and family, throughout the social media, and...
A Moral Argument for Bullfighting: More Humane than Eating Meat
by Victoria Aitken -UK- The social networking world is an odd one – you see your friends less, but know more about them - and real catching up has been replaced with the dubious substitute of half a dozen status...
SlutWalk To Femicide: Making The Connection
by Rita Banerji -India- In January, a Toronto police constable told a group of students at a school safety forum that to prevent being sexually assaulted they should “avoid dressing like sluts.” This victim-blaming message sparked a global grassroots protest...
Burma Soldier, A Call for Democracy from a Silent Country
by Jessica Mosby -USA- In today’s technologically connected world, there are few places completely absent from the 24 hours a day 7 days a week international news cycle. One of those places is Burma, now known as Myanmar. For more...
Domestic Violence, Social Stigma, and a Lone Police Station for Women in Kashmir
by Afsaana Rashid -Indian-administered Kashmir- Multiple forms of domestic violence compel Sayeeda Chisti, mother of four and a resident of the village of Kona Gabra, to abandon her native place and seek ‘refuge’ in the city. Tossed between post and...
With Rights Come Responsibilities: Binalakshmi Nepram on Arms Control and Surviving Gun Violence in Manipur
by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor This author profile is the first in a series of conversations between our executive editor and The WIP Contributors. Many women, like Binalakshmi, are successful agents of change in their communities and are leading powerful...
The Hidden Side of Violence in Ciudad Juárez: Student Shot by Federal Police
by Moira Birss -USA- “Ciudad Juárez won’t be a big deal. You spent two years in Colombia!” my friend reassures me. “Yeah,” I reply with nervous knots in my stomach, “but isn’t Juárez one of the most dangerous cities in...
Despite Election, Burma's Sham Constitution Guarantees Military Control
by Cheery Zahau -Burma/India/Thailand- It is a critical time in my country’s history. The military junta, called the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has ruled Burma since 1962 through violence and the severe repression of dissidents, ethnic armed-resistance groups,...
The Female Faces of Resistance in Uganda: Preventing “Another Kenya” in 2011 Elections
by Rosebell Kagumire -Uganda- Political participation of women has changed since 2005 when Uganda, under donor pressure, opened political space to allow political parties in a country that had been largely a one-party state. With these new political changes, more...
The Shame of Honor:
Global Activists Resurrect the Voices of the Dead
by Mandy Van Deven - India - Asma. Rukhsana. Zakia. Duaa. Fereshteh. Somayeh. Heshu. Samera. Amneh, Zahra. Semse. As an investigative journalist, Rana Husseini had no intention of shifting careers to become a human rights activist until she was given...
Video Testimonials Document Politically Motivated Sexual Violence in Zimbabwe
by Abigail Wendle - USA - According to the Zimbabwe Rape Survivors Association, during last year’s highly contested presidential election an estimated 2,000 women and girls were the targets of politically-motivated sexual violence in Zimbabwe. State-sanctioned groups under President Robert...
The International Violence Against Women Act: What Are We Waiting For?
by Patricia T. Morris, Ph.D. - USA - “After the abuse I suffered during the genocide in 1994, I was 16 years old, hopeless and traumatized,” says Marie Chantal Nimugire of Kigali, Rwanda. “I asked God, ‘Why was I left?’...
Colombia’s War: “He’s giving our country away”
by Moira Birss - Colombia - The sparse media coverage of Colombia tends only to give vague descriptions of a violent country with a thriving drug trade. But I’ve come to understand in my 15 months living and working here...
Refugees and the Risk of Rape
by Elizabeth Stannard Gromisch - USA - “We need the NGOs to bring firewood in lorries [trucks]. If they do not, we have to keep going. We have heard and seen rape with our eyes here outside the camp. In...
Kashmiris Seek Closure and Justice for the Missing on the International Day of the Disappeared
by Afsaana Rashid - Indian-administered Kashmir - As the world observed the International Day of the Disappeared last month on August 30th, Asima Mohi-ud-Din attended a silent protest rally organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP). For...
Violence Touches “each family living in Kashmir”
by Afsaana Rashid - Indian-administered Kashmir - Kashmir’s ongoing armed conflict over the past two decades has had physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences for everyone living in the valley. Although no official figures exist, everyone agrees there has been...
Immigrant Survivors of Abuse Struggle within a Changing System
by Michelle Chen – USA – “I can scream, and nobody can hear me.” The walls had been closing in on Monica Bejar for years. She and her husband had both crossed over the U.S.-Mexico border for work, like countless...
Mugabe Wages Retribution Campaign After Losing the Election: Hundreds Flee for “Safety”
by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - In the early hours of April 25th, Tariro Gweru and her husband Wellington awoke to a deafening knock on their bedroom hut. Wellington says he identified the frantic voices of his two friends, Simon...
Abuse Survivors Face Systemic Struggles as Resources for Help Dwindle
by Michelle Chen - USA - Tanya McLeod’s marriage was hurting, but her husband thought he could make it up to her when he brought her a cute dog as a “peace offering.” The family stayed together and the dog...
Child Rights Activist Betty Makoni “Lights Up the Dark" for Abused and Disadvantaged Young Girls
by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - “The stories we listened to made us bleed inside, the genital wounds we later had to help nurse evoked us, the long distances we traveled every day and night to educate girls on their...
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