Headlines AfricaJun 15
Africa: The Hidden Crisis of Violence Against Older Women - and What Can Be Done to Prevent It: [Spotlight Initiative] For the first time in history, adults aged over 60 now outnumber children under five - and are projected to outnumber all youth by 2050. Older women are the fastest-growing demographic globally. Yet, when it comes to preventing violence, they are often… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT2kyW #ElderAbuse #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #GenderEquality #OlderWomen #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay
Headlines AfricaJun 12
Africa: Gambia Makes History As First African Nation to Ratify AU Convention On Ending Violence Against Women: [The Point] The Gambia has become the first African country to ratify the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, marking a major milestone in the country's efforts to advance women's rights and strengthen protections against gender-based violence. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT0tFb #Gambia #WomensRights #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #GenderEquality #AUStrong
Mathrubhumi EnglishApr 22
As Colombia considers a historic ban on female genital mutilation, stories from Indigenous communities shed light on a practice that has long remained hidden https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/she-didnt-know-until-the-untold-stories-behind-female-genital-mutilation-in-colombia-jaw2u2pc?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #WomensRights #HumanRights #Colombia #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Show threadSimon BrookeMar 14

@GeofCox @randahl I don't believe this is 'the political right'. I believe that this is people who are powerful, testing just how powerful they are.

I wrote about it six years ago, and I still believe this is fundamentally true.

#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#Billionaires
#TheAndrewFormerlyKnownAsPrince

https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2020-07-24-rape-grouse-and-the-pathology-of-power/

Rape, grouse, and the pathology of power

Just as, as feminists keep saying, rape is not (mainly) about sex, so enclosing the uplands is not mainly about improving agriculture — the new 'improved' agriculture could make no use of such marginal land. What had been, from April to September, the summer shieling of tens or hundreds of thousands of subsistence farmers, became an arena, for a few days in August, to display the power of the few.

The Fool on the Hill
Headlines AfricaJan 25
Women 'main victims' of Sudan crisis as sexual violence used as weapon of war http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQYPBl #SudanCrisis #WomenRights #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualViolence #HumanRights
penpencilbrush🇨🇦Dec 7, 2025

As we close today...

#EcolePolytechnique #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

https://youtu.be/AtIJcdyVh5w?si=Q9JsUM1sRq6GyAA0

Event marks 36 years since Polytechnique Montreal Massacre, honours 14 slain women

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Roland MauriceDec 6, 2025
Today I remember:
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daignault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviarnick, 29
Barbara Klucznick-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Lagaière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 23
Michèle Richard, 21
Anne St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 21
The conversation around violence against women is as important now as it was in 1989.
#endviolenceagainstwomen
https://accomponent.ca/national-day-of-remembrance-action-on-violence-against-women/
National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women - AC Component

On December 6, we mark the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, a solemn day to honour the 14 women whose lives were stolen at Montréal’s École Polytechnique in 1989 because they were women. Their names remain a reminder of the urgent need to confront gender-based violence in all its forms: …

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penpencilbrush🇨🇦Dec 6, 2025

Scholarships created to honour women killed 36 years ago at École Polytechnique - the Order of the White Rose

#EcolePolytechnique #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #Canada


https://youtu.be/Rl4934l1Cq8?si=QFTSgTt4yBRVoai2

Scholarship honours women killed at École Polytechnique

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pierreacobasNov 29, 2025
3919 au palais de l’injustice – day#333 – year#12
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#EverydayPhoto #MyDailyShot #VisualDiary #PhotoChronicle #365Moments #DailyFrame #Acobas365 #PierreAcobas #CapturedToday #MomentsOf2025 #DailyVisuals #OneDayOnePhoto #Creative365 #Project365 #DailyPixels #PhotoStory #365DaysOfArt #DailyPhoto #ProtestMarch #SocialJustice #StreetScene #NightPhotography #Solidarity #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #StopViolence #3919 #VAW, #EndVAW, #WomensRights
Headlines AfricaNov 26, 2025
Africa: Why a Woman Is Killed Every 10 Minutes - the Rising Wave of Global Femicide: [UN News] Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024 and that trend is growing, according to the UN. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPSyqw #Femicide #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #GenderEquality #WomenRights #UNReports