Category Archives: Weekly update

UK: Latest government VAWG booklet published http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/vawg-newsletters/vawg-summer-2011?view=Binary This includes news on funding for rape crisis centres, legal advice, assistance for women offenders and campaigns. Useful for keeping up to date. UK: Women’s Aid ‘Real Man Campaign’ aims for 10,000 signatures … Continue reading →

Belief in witchcraft is a big problem in many parts of Africa, and Burkina Faso seems a particularly bad place for lone or disabled women and for widows. The promising news is that legal assistance for women suspected of witchcraft … Continue reading →

Jamaica: Impunity cloaks abuse of young girls http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56719 “Over the last two years I have known of at least three cases of children under 12 years old in which the accused have walked free even when there was DNA evidence. … Continue reading →

US: Two separate assaults on abortion Kansas http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=13153 On Monday, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed an appeal on US District Court Judge Carlos Murguia’s decision to block the enforcement of a new Kansas anti-abortion law until … Continue reading →

Nepal: Religious practices oppress women http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56660 A joint statement supported by 15 organisations— including Nepal Tamang Lama Ghedung, an organisation of Buddhist monks, Nepal Buddhist Federation, and Boudha Jagaran Kendra (Buddhist Awakening Centre)— condemned the attack but said she had … Continue reading →