In Canada and the United States women enjoy a measure of equality but the hard earned status of personhood is fragile at best. Built into and part of our culture are subtle and not so subtle...
Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by.--Graham Nash William Golding wrote a novel called Lord of the Flies (LOTF) in which a group of English schoolboys being evacuated from...
A medical examination today confirmed that 17-year-old Manohara Odelia Pinot had been raped, tortured, and in other ways physically abused by her husband, 31-year-old Malaysian prince Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry. "'The medical examination has been completed and the...
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Even one of the strongest family violence critics admitted that in a majority of child abuse cases had substance in it. DR Richard A Gardner, the man who coined the term Parent Alienation Syndrome stated, “The vast majority ("probably over 95%") of all sex abuse...
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Clashes between rival political parties in Sierra Leone threaten the fragile peace. While Sierra Leone is rich in natural resources, it remains one of the poorest in the world. " Police fired tear gas to...
On this International Women's Day 2009, when people worldwide unite to celebrate Women, their struggles, achievements and contributions to Mankind, the theme this year for the United Nations Organization...
Sunday, March 8, is International Women's Day. This year the United Nations has chosen as its IWD 2009 theme, "Women and men united against violence against women and girls". UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
Over the weekend authorities in New Mexico uncovered 4 more bodies, all women and one fetus, in what is now the likely dumping ground of a serial killer. Only one of the victims has been identified but all...
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An Iraqi woman who was blinded and disfigured in a horrific acid attack in 2004 by a man who had been stalking her has asked the courts to impose a rare, and some say severe, eye for an eye punishment for her...
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Four kids, ages 14,7, 4 and 18-months, were badly burned with sulfuric acid after a domestic assault attempt on their mother, Cynthia Darlene Stout. Stout's boyfriend attempted to douse her with the sulfuric acid...
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The nine victims of a Christmas Eve massacre 2008, dubbed the Santa Claus Killings because murder Bruce Pardo wore a Santa suit during the slaughter, were remembered Friday in a public service in a California...
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November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon spoke out today against the abuses against women and girls that occur...
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Women and girls should never be raped! Let me repeat, women and girls should never suffer a rape!I do not give a hot damn if she walks around half naked. Men should be taught to respect women. For a woman to be...
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"VANCOUVER - A group representing sex-trade workers held a vigil in Vancouver Sunday to protest violence against women, even as police rescued a woman in the Downtown Eastside who was being held for ransom."
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"Yes I know this was FDR's famous quote about December 7, but for Canadians who had never experienced deliberate gender based misogynist mass murder, well today, December 6th, is that day. The War on Women remains the foremost criminal social issue today. And it remains one...
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