Category: Gender & Sexuality

  • Violence #7: So Called ‘honour’

    Violence #7: So Called ‘honour’

    Source:Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls, A Handbook for Journalist, 2019 Here is an example of this crime. It happened in Pakistan in 2016. Qandeel Baloch. Stopviolence #Womenandgirls #25November #Niunamenos #Lasmariposas #Noexcuse

  • Type of Violence: #6

    Harassment, sexual assault, and rape are not the same. Join the reading and learn more.

  • Violence 5: Gender foeticide and infanticide 

    Violence 5: Gender foeticide and infanticide 

    This violence practice occur in Asian and Caucasus and the Balkans countries, but it also affects others countries.

  • Violence 4: Forced Marriages

    Violence 4: Forced Marriages

    Today we are listed the fourth type of violence against women and girls. It is forced marriages. “It refers to the imposition of a marriage on a non-consenting individual (or both of them). This coercion, which can involve violence, physical threats or emotional blackmail, theoretically distinguishes it from ‘arranged marriage’, which involves the consent of…

  • Stop Female Genital Mutilation

    Stop Female Genital Mutilation

    FGM is a violation of women and girls human rights, shouldn’t be use as a cultural practice excuse.

  • Child Marriage

    Child Marriage

    The campaign Unite to End Violence against Women and Girls from United Nations reports that nearly 1 in 5 women age 20-24 were married before becoming 18 years old in the year 2021. Source: Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls, A Handbook for Journalist, 2019 #25november #Stopviolence #Niunamenos #Lasmariposas #Noexcuse

  • Types of Violence

    Types of Violence

    According to key facts from the United Nations “one in three women have been subjected to violence at least once in their lifetime”. Source: Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls, A Handbook for Journalist, 2019 #25November #Niunamenos #Stopviolence #Lasmariposas #Noexcuse

  • The Butterfly Actions

    The Butterfly Actions

    Standing against women violence here and there.

  • October: Breast Cancer Awareness

    October: Breast Cancer Awareness

    Be aware and support

  • An Immigrant Story about Racism and Ageism in Oulu

    An Immigrant Story about Racism and Ageism in Oulu

    In this second part Yve describes the long process she experienced to renew her permanent resident in Finland.