violence against women

Feminist scholars blast ‘abandonment’ of Israeli women by major organizations

The National Women Studies Association has done little to condemn Hamas or assist the victims of the worst attack against women in recent memory, says the AEN.

UN Women’s late statement on sexual violence by Hamas - not enough

Evidence of Hamas’ sexual violence on October 7 was available all along. Women activists hope that its presentation at the UN headquarters will lead more people to recognize what happened.

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
08/12/2023

Netanyahu on Oct. 7 rapes: Was world silent because victims were Jews?

“I expect all civilized leaders, governments, nations to speak up against this atrocity,” Netanyahu said.

‘Israeli female soldiers shot in crotch, vagina, breasts on October 7’

“It was often impossible for families to be shown faces – and it seems as if mutilation of these women’s faces was an objective in their murders."

Israeli and Jewish activists take campaign for greater concern about Oct. 7 sex crimes to UN

The Israeli UN mission calling for investigations into reported sexual violence by Hamas on October 7th during a conference at the UN on Monday

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
05/12/2023

Gal Gadot calls out the global silence on Oct. 7 violence against women

Gadot called on the world to break the silence on sexual violence committed by Hamas against women and girls on October 7th and in captivity.

By WALLA!
04/12/2023

Antonio Guterres: 'Accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 must be investigated'

A UN commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

30/11/2023

UN, women's orgs. ignore Hamas’s sexual violence against Israeli women

The deafening silence of global feminist organizations that were expected to spearhead the acknowledgment of gender-based violence in its most severe manifestations was followed by a denial campaign.

The argument for retributive justice in cases of femicide in Turkey - study

A new study sought to understand public perceptions on retributive justice in cases of lethal violence against women.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

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