Sentences with phrase «over gender violence»

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Harassment & Violence ◾ Nearly a fifth of students are physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation and over a tenth because of their gender expression.

Focusing on sex trafficking, gender - based violence, and maternal mortality, the authors masterfully incorporate colorful stories of real women who have both suffered from oppression and triumphed over it in order to make the case that «women aren't the problem but the solution.»

Mankessim (C / R), Jan. 28, GNA — Mrs Dela Sowah, the Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, has expressed worry over the increasing rate of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases in the country.

Over the course of the year her goals expanded to include an exploration into gender - based violence and sex education.

Stephen Robertson, in his article «Age of Consent Laws», states: «Narrowly concerned with sexual violence, and with girls, originally, since the 19th century the age of consent has occupied a central place in debates over the nature of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and been drawn into campaigns against prostitution and child marriage, struggles to achieve gender and sexual equality, and the response to teenage pregnancy.»

The gendered violence epidemic is a deep - seated cultural problem present in the homes, communities and workplaces of many millions of women all over the world.

Disturbing Innocence features over fifty artists using surrogate imagery such as dolls and mannequins to pose questions regarding the «social constructs of youth, beauty, transformation, violence, sexuality, gender, identity, and loneliness.»

Last Friday, May 18th, over 400 people gathered to launch the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict in Kenya, one of four initial countries to launch the campaign internationally.

The definition of domestic violence and abuse is: «any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality.

Additionally, Gabrielle took over the recently inactive student group Coalition Against Gendered Violence (CAGV), and focused in on two major components.

In a way, it's a culmination of the work she's been doing in Canada over the last 17 years focusing on gender - based violence and how immigration policies, such as sponsorship rules, affect immigrant women negatively.

This article argues that United States public policies have prioritized the promotion of marriage and healthy relationships over research and education about gendered violence in teen dating relationships.