If communities are ravaged by unresolved state-sponsored trauma, they will continue to remain victims in a complex web of social injustice.
Tag: Violence Against Women
Feminicidio Close to Home: Remembering Dr. Raquel Padilla Ramos
Social class and education could not save her. My colleague and friend, despite all her vigilance, earned el derecho de descansar in her death by feminicidio. She fought for her life and lost.
Women, Not Witches
Ms. looks inside the growing effort to halt witch burnings in Papua New Guinea.
Wakanda, Worldbuilding and Afrofuturism for a World Without Violence
When we re-envision gender-based expectations and imagine and practice into more roles for people of all genders, we begin to shift the fundamental cultural underpinnings of oppression. We were curious about how Black and Indigenous women, trans and gender non-conforming people and their allies might imagine freedom looking and feeling like in Wakanda, a place where liberation is the norm and anything is possible.
Justice is in Reach When Indigenous Women Speak Our Truth
There is a growing movement of indigenous leaders, led by Native women, building networks of solidarity across tribal communities and using our shared unified power to expand awareness and pass reforms related to the epidemic number of cases of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls.
Anti-Violence Advocates are Calling on Senators to Re-Authorize VAWA
In a new letter from the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, the coalition of national, tribal, state, territorial and local organizations and individuals calls on Senators to re-authorize the Violence Against Women Act.
How Trump’s New Public Charge Rule Will Hurt Citizen Children and Survivors
When we discuss and understand the Public Charge Rule, let there be no question that it will harm some of the very most vulnerable in our society—including U.S. citizen children, survivors of domestic violence and recently arrived refugees and asylum-seekers who need a small measure of social support as they bravely make their way in a new country.
Rape Culture is Our Culture
Like cheeseburgers, shopping malls and apple pie, violence against women in the U.S. is a cultural staple.
We Can’t End Sexual Assault Without Consent Education
Researchers from Columbia University found that early sex education covering consent decreased rates of sexual assault, whereas abstinence-only instruction did not.
Bold Moves to End Sexual Violence: How Young Men Can Transform the Future of Manhood
What is it about male identity that links so undeniably with violence? How do we break these cycles of violence?