The government has announced plans to expand its pilot of chemical suppression of sex offenders to three further regions across the country. In a statement responding to this, Andrea Simon, Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), said: “The End Violence Against Women Coalition has concerns about government plans for a large expansion of a pilot…| End Violence Against Women
The Parole Board of Canada's decision to release Doug Snelgrove minimizes the harms of sexual assault| Commentary Archives – The Independent
We talk about the unique factors that make sexual misconduct at conferences possible and what employers can do to mitigate those factors. The post Making Work Conferences Safe from Sexual Misconduct appeared first on RALIANCE.| RALIANCE
Welcome Week is a time for celebration for many students, and that can sometimes involve using substances like alcohol. If you choose to consume substances this Welcome Week (or throughout the year), follow these five simple keys to help keep yourself—and others—safe! Plan Ahead Planning ahead means thinking about what your night might look [...] Read More... The post 5 Keys to Staying Safe This Welcome Week (and Beyond!) appeared first on Student Wellness Centre.| Student Wellness Centre
Yesterday (22nd July 2025), the Law Commission published its long awaited report into sexual offences, making 72 recommendations to improve the understanding of consent and sexual harm in the criminal justice process, improve treatment of victims and ensure defendants receive a fair trial. The report acknowledges that rape has long been treated differently from other… The post Law Commission takes aim at myths and misconceptions: some hits, some misses appeared first on End Violence Against...| End Violence Against Women
Our final piece in the symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is a reply from our authors to the contributions by Nicole, Mohamed, Helen, and Laura. It is customary to begin such closing essays with an acknowledgement of the thoughtful efforts of the contributors, and fulsome appreciation of the same. We are indeed indebted to … Continue reading Feminist Peace In Question| The Disorder Of Things
Today’s piece for our symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace is from Laura Sjoberg. Laura is Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and Kloppenburg Official Fellow and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Exeter College, Oxford. Her research addresses issues of gender and security, with focus on politically violent women, feminist war … Continue reading Women, Peace, and Security as Argument and Tension| The Disorder Of Things
The next contribution to our symposium on Governing the Feminist Peace comes from Helen Berents. Helen is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffiths University. Helen is a feminist scholar centrally concerned with both representations of young people in contexts of crises and conflict, and with engagements … Continue reading Ecotones And Borderlands Of The Feminist Peace| The Disorder Of Things
A guest post from N.E.. N.E. is a PhD Candidate in International Relations at the University of Sussex (UK), researching militarism and ecological injustice. She is also an Advisor to Scientists for Global Responsibility, Associated Researcher with the World Peace Foundation and author of the new report Resisting Green Militarism: Building Movements for Peace and Eco-Social Justice. **Disclaimer: none of the people … Continue reading Sex, Power & Play at Europe’s Largest Arms Fair| The Disorder Of Things
There is little that speaks as clearly to the incompatibility of carceral systems and real community safety as the Doug Snelgrove sexual assault case.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
What happened one night on George Street might be an exceptional event, but it’s also very much an exemplary one.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
This is the first post in a new book symposium, on Paul Kirby and Laura J. Shepherd’s Governing the Feminist Peace, which was published in 2024 by Columbia University Press. Laura is Professo…| The Disorder Of Things
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To address the pressing problem of TFGBV, WITNESS has submitted recommendations to the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee as part of its study on TFGBV. The post Deepfakes and Digital Abuse: Dismantling Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence appeared first on WITNESS Blog.| WITNESS Blog
Sean Baker’s Anora invites our capacities for feelings, not judgment, to accompany one young, female sex worker through a few roller-coaster, genre-defying weeks in her life. Like all of Sean Baker’s films, it refuses an ending that tells us what to think. It doesn’t tie things up and lead us to a morally unambiguous conclusion but to the perfect, emotionally right one. And the magic of it is that it does it without much being said. While the comic parts of the movie, like classic screw...| Ms. Magazine
Over the last decade, philosophers have paid significant attention to the topic of sexual violence. Much of this work is socially engaged, building theory from analysis of real-life cases and empirical work on sexual violence. Various philosophers have employed concepts from the social sciences, such as “unacknowledged rape” and “rape myths,” in analyzing epistemic problems…| Blog of the APA
Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...| London Review of Books
Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.| The Marshall Project
Any analysis of the sexual violence and unfolding genocide must highlight the extent to which the media is still using an orientalist gaze to report on the war in Sudan| The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.| Contexts
Pornography has been fully normalized and mainstreamed, so why do men still feel ashamed about their porn use? The post There is a reason men feel shame about their porn use, and it’s time for them to pay attention appeared first on Feminist Current.| Feminist Current
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Photo: Chris Crisman Of the eight women newly elected to the US House of Representatives, five are women of color. Lenny profiles Kamala Harris (California), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada), Tammy …| Gender Matters
This blog post remembers the millions of murdered and displaced Rohingyas, and calls for the rightful preservation of their histories.| WITNESS Blog
Karen Human Rights Group | November 25, 2018 As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KHRG calls on the government of Myanmar to take urgent action to protect the rights of survivors of sexual violence and to bring perpetrators to justice. Widespread| Burma Link
