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STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Posted by Charlotte on July 21, 2010
Tags: Amnesty, AmnestyUK, no recourse to public funds, vaw, Violence Against Women

Do pat yourselves on the back after reading this note from Amnesty International:

Dear Supporter,

I’m delighted to tell you that on Friday the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced that she would extend the current No Recourse pilot project

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ANYONE HERE BEEN RAPED AND SPEAK ENGLISH: PART 2

Posted by Charlotte on March 13, 2010
Tags: AmnestyUK, Anyone Here Been Raped and Speak English, feminism, Gender Stereotypes, International News, Samira Ahmed, Women and the Media

In part two: I followed up the topic of International news reporting and the representation of women with Samira Ahmed from Channel 4 news over email.

I am always conscious of the danger of what I call ‘disaster porn’…

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ANYONE HERE BEEN RAPED AND SPEAK ENGLISH: PART 1

Posted by Charlotte on March 9, 2010
Tags: AmnestyUK, feminism, Harriet Sherwood, International News, Jenny Wood, Kat Banyard, Samira Ahmed

Amnesty UK held an event on Monday night as part of the Wisewords festival, both to celebrate women’s writing and self expression and to raise the profile of their media awards.

The event, Anyone Here Been Raped…

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