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Tag Archives: Gender-based violence

04Sep/15

Indian village council denies ordering rape of sisters

September 4, 2015UncategorizedAmnesty International, Gender-based violence, India, Rape, Violence against womensmbale

(R Reports) – It’s a headline that caught worldwide attention and prompted the intervention of Amnesty International- two sisters in rural India condemned to be raped as punishment for their brother eloping with a woman of a higher caste.
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21Feb/15

Turkish men don miniskirts to protest killing of woman who fought off rape attack

February 21, 2015CrimeAbuse, Ali Riza, Articles, Beyoğlu, Bianet, Crimes against women, Cultural history, Culture, Domestic violence, Ethics, Family therapy, Gender-based violence, Humans, Istanbul, Miniskirt, Ozgecan, Rape, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Social Issues, Taksim Square, Tayyip Erdogan, Tolga Akyildiz, Turkey, Violence, Violence against men, Violence against women, Women, Women in Turkeysmbale

Stung by the reported killing of a woman as she tried to fight off a rape attack, Turkish men are mounting miniskirt protests at violence against women.

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