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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Amplifying Marginalised Perspectives Through Journalism and Storytelling
Migrant Women Press have launched a powerful new initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the specific and often overlooked challenges faced by migrant and ethnically diverse women victims/survivors of gender-based violence.
We are sponsoring this campaign, held within “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” from the 25th of November to the 10th of December. The project will amplify voices and stories too often left out of mainstream narratives, aiming to foster greater understanding, empathy, and change.
16 stories will be shared—one each day during the 16 Days of Activism—authored by migrant and ethnically diverse women journalists and authors from diverse backgrounds and countries. Each piece will explore how factors like class, race, gender, immigration status, disability, and nationality intersect to increase these women’s vulnerability to violence. Additionally, stories will highlight prevention strategies and propose solutions for combating gender-based violence.
Vital pieces released so far include:
- East and/or Southeast Asian women survivors remain excluded and unsupported in the UK
- From Newsroom to Exile: The Hidden Costs of Being an Indian Woman Journalist
- The impact of the UK’s housing crisis on black and minoritised survivors of gender-based violence
- Why Won’t The UK News Media Call Femicide A Public Health Crisis?
Follow along with all posts from Migrant Women Press on their website here.
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Vital Voices Gather
A nationwide series of gatherings to share your ideas for a Scotland without violence against women and girls...
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Almost every area of our lives is affected by public policy decisions, from our healthcare to the public transport we take. Women experience life differently to men and these differences are not always considered. Engender’s Delivering Equally Safe project is exploring the consequences of when these differences are overlooked, particularly in relation to violence against women and girls (VAWG).
We want to hear from women with lived experience of this violence, to explore how all areas of public policy can work better for women and be used to prevent VAWG before it occurs.
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Engender welcomes this Scottish Parliament Debate on Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism and the opportunity to raise awareness of the ways in which women in Scotland’s inequality contributes to gender-based violence.
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Gender Matters Manifesto: Twenty for 2016
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Scottish NGO Briefing for UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Joint briefing paper for the UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
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