NEW YORK, USA, 5 March 2010 A side event at the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on 4 March 2010 convened by UNFPA and UNICEF focused on recognizing the need to involve boys and men in the promotion of gender equality.
This side event Boys and Men: Partners for Gender [...]
Publishing a blog like The Duck Shoot it is inevitable that I find stories of shocking, unbelievable cruelty. This one about the ‘honour’ killing of a 16 year old girl left me almost devoid of words.
The excuse that this is a culture thing is just not acceptable. In this case the torture and murder of [...]
A 16-year-old girl was raped by a 20-year-old boy from her village. The Muslim Elders ordered a fatwa on the victim and ordered her to be punished with 101 lashes! The rapist was allowed to go free.
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