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Contributions of articles, interviews, book reviews, perspectives,
profiles, report-backs, biographical stories, briefings, poetry,
cartoons, artwork or photographs that will enhance an understanding of
gender issues are welcome.
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Guided by a feminist philosophy, the Agenda Journal provides
space and opportunity for reflective, informative and progressive gender
publication through a combination of academic/scholarly and activist writing
that contributes to a social change and development agenda. The Journal is
perceived to be an important gender resource and development tool for academic
institutions and NGOs working with women's rights and gender issues.
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Challenges of implementing the Rape Amendement Act in post-conflict Liberia |
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On 29 December 2005, the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) passed the Act to Amend the New Penal Code Chapter 14 Sections 14.70 and 14.71 and to Provide for Gang Rape (RAA). The law is designed to protect individuals from the type of systematic rape that took place during and after the Liberian civil war. The legislature approved the RAA and the president supported it, but it is difficult to implement in court. The current, post-conflict judicial system cannot handle its caseload, so rape victims have little recourse other than the customary law system. Liberians rely on customary law because it is established and understood. While rebuilding the formal system, the government and non-governmental organisations need to explain the RAA and criminal procedure to the population. This profile discusses the creation and implementation of rape law in post-conflict Liberia and explains some of the difficulties of prosecuting rape cases.
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Combating Gender Violence in and Around Schools |
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This book is a very welcome addition to our understanding of gender based violence (GBV) in secondary education. But what makes this book even more noteworthy is its comparative perspective. It compares GBV in developed as well as developing countries. Countries/regions that are included in the book are the UK, Russia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Australia, Latin America, North America, West Africa, South Africa, Uganda, Ghana and Kenya.
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Zamzam Abdinoor, a 16-year-old orphan, has already been married and
widowed twice and is now a single mother of two.
She was first married off to a militiaman in the port town of Kismayo.
He was killed in one of Somalia's many factional confrontations. Her
uncle then found another militiaman and she was soon married off again.
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Juvenile Sexual Offenders: We are the Sons of our Fathers
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The intersection of gender and class in Ilanga and Isolezwe news coverage of rape
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Rape of prostitutes: a tool of male power and control?
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‘We live in fear, we feel very unsafe’: imagining and fearing rape in South Africa
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