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Editorial Note: Sexualized violence and abuse
Everyone has the right to security of person. No one shall be held in slavery. No one shall be subjected to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment. In this article you can find more information about sexualized violence, facts and numbers.
It does not happen to a few children but to many children.
Interview with Roman Löffler, Berliner Jungs. Berliner Jungs is a project, based in Germany, for boys who are threatened by or have experienced sexual violence. Prevention and consulting are the main parts of their work. We talked to Roman Löffler about their work...
A society that lives on exploiting and suppressing people logically creates other forms of violence and dominance as well
Interview with Thomas Schlingmann, founder of Tauwetter. Tauwetter is an organization for men, who experienced sexualized violence during their childhoods. The story of the non-profit organization is also a personal one.
The abuse, which is very unpleasant, can be the biggest attention the person ever got.
Interview with Mirka Schulz. Everyone can be the victim of sexualized violence and sexual abuse. Media determines what we see, and to them, sex usually happens “between people who are young, thin and blonde”.
An attack to a migrant woman’s right to be safe is an attack to all women’s rights
Interview with Illary Valenzuela of the Latin American Women’s Right Service. In late January Great Britain released a draft for a new domestic abuse bill, recognizing economic control as a part of domestic abuse.
I was never going to be silent again
Interview with Jennelle Gordon, founder of Beyond Freedom. When you look at the definition of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime you find a long list of what human trafficking is and means, but that is only words, a plain statement that explains not much.
„Homicide rates of Indigenous women were almost seven times higher than those of non-Aboriginal women.“
The impact of colonialism and underlying patriarchal values has been devastating to indigenous women and girls, devaluating their place in society and opening the door to violence against them.