Bahrain became one of the first countries in the Middle East to outlaw domestic violence. It is important to recognise that achievement, but also realise that there is more that communities can do. Ultimately, this is not a men’s issue or a women’s issue. It’s a community issue…
Read MoreThese actresses are being condemned for participating in #metoo because of their privilege, while we’re forgetting that talking about abuse is terrifying at best…
Read MoreScattered houses of veneer boards and rusty tin sheets pressed against each other along streets full of dust, are filled with abuse, heartbreak and pain…
I have been travelling through Pakistan, which on its own, is a country of many paradoxes. It is regularly featured near the bottom end of the gender equality indexes in many white papers yet many have forgotten it gave rise to the first female prime minister of a Muslim majority country.
Read MoreYou tell me, eyes clouded by the heaviness, of a culture that has long moved away from your history, yet you cling to so stubbornly...
Read MoreIt is overwhelmingly apparent to me that, worldwide, there is a gender bias, generally pro-male and generally negative towards females.
Read MoreWhen that kind of visual programming is pervasive, and generations grow up watching that kind of trash on a nightly basis, is it any surprise when these countries have fairly high domestic violence rates?
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