Politics in Unusual Places

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Natasha Behl
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Gang Rape ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Multiple Domains

Chapter 1 recounts the 2012 gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh to highlight the contradictory nature of Indian democracy—which gravely affects its institutions and puts its citizens at risk. The book asks, why do we find pervasive gender-based discrimination, exclusion, and violence in India when the Indian Constitution builds an inclusive democracy committed to gender and caste equality? To understand women’s unequal experience of Indian democracy in multiple domains, the introduction weaves an analysis of the 2012 gang rape with ethnographic data from the Sikh community to call attention to the dangers of gender-based violence, from its most horrific expression to the more commonplace. In doing so, the book highlights similar logics at play along the spectrum of gender-based violence and explains how these logics cause women’s lives to be at risk in all spheres of life—state, civil society, religious community, and home.

South African government’s GBV plans may disappoint

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
South African ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Structure ◽  
National Strategic Plan ◽  
The Government ◽  
Gender Based

Significance Although President Cyril Ramaphosa has publicly committed to increase funding to combat what he calls South Africa’s “second pandemic”, there is a lack of transparency in how the government disburses funds linked to its National Strategic Plan (NSP) on Gender-based Violence and Femicide. Impacts Civil society groups will increase pressure on the government to make expenditure on GBV programmes more transparent. A new private-sector fund to contribute to the NSP has received strong early support, but its management structure is opaque. High levels of GBV will not only have significant humanitarian and social costs but may deter much-needed foreign investment.

“IT'S TOO MUCH!”: VICTIMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ENCOUNTER THE MOROCCAN STATE

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Katja Žvan Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Proper Training ◽  
State Agents ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Set Up

AbstractBy using the narrative approach and linking it to feminist research ethics and critical race methodology, this article seeks to understand how non-literacy and poverty hinder low-income women's access to justice and how these women experience the Moroccan state. The state here acts as an oppressive and marginalizing entity in women's lives, but also offers the potential for empowerment. This ethnographic study tells the stories of three victims of gender-based violence to demonstrate that the state needs to (1) set up an efficient and responsive infrastructure for those lacking know-how and money; (2) institute proper training of state agents for implementation of laws and to prevent them from acting on personal opinions and attitudes with regard to women's rights; and (3) strengthen procedures so that state agents can respond expeditiously to the needs and grievances of citizens.

scholarly journals A survey on gender-based violence – The paradox of trust between women and men in South Africa: A missiological scrutiny

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuze J. Banda
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Gender Based

South Africa continues to be plagued by gender-based violence (GBV). Recurring incidents of GBV cram news tabloids, social and electronic media, creating the impression of a country at war with itself. Of great concern is that, at the centre of these killings, men are allegedly the main culprits. This then has unleashed national protest campaigns, one notably, by the name #menaretrash, led by activists, mostly women, who angrily voice their disquiet against men. As a response, it was followed by another, namely, #notinmyname, led by those, mostly men, who say, there are many good and proud men who will not allow the image of manhood to be tarnished. At risk is ‘trust’ which is an important social asset, the demise of which plunges any society into a state of parody. This article then seeks to establish the damage GBV causes in terms of trust, especially of women to men. To do this, a survey was conducted to test levels of trust under different circumstances and in respect of different categories of people and public figures. The findings partly confirm existing surveys elsewhere whilst also making contradicting and worrying revelations. The article tries to reconcile these divergent positions socioculturally and theologically and conclude with proposals towards addressing the scourge of GBV.

Senegal's Sonko could be a major contender in 2024

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Government Report ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Alleged Victim

Significance The newly formed opposition and civil society alliance, the Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D), has questioned the independence and rationale for the Commission, given that a government report has already claimed Sonko instigated the violence. Impacts The politicisation of the charges and demonisation of Sonko's alleged victim may undermine lagging efforts to combat gender-based violence. Despite an inevitable public outcry, Sall is highly likely to try to win a third term in 2024. A Sonko presidency could lead to a review of various state contracts, including in the oil sector. Despite growing opposition cooperation, a formal electoral alliance is still some way off.

scholarly journals Increasing Community discourse and Action on GBV prevention in Akai Effa and Idundu, Cross River State

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Edisua Merab Yta ◽  
Gloria Mayen Umukoro ◽  
Moses Essien Ekpe
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Mothers And Daughters ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Gender Based

Gender-Based Violence is an issue of high global concern and has serious implications for every aspect of women’s lives. The aim of the study was twofold, to increase awareness and knowledge of community members on the contexts in which GBV occurs through the narrative based methodology. It also sought to generate community actions and stem the tide of gender-based violence in Akai Effa and Idundu, Cross River State. The work used a creative narrative based research methodology to explore the contexts in which GBV and inequalities occur. The study had several phases including advocacy visits, production of films, film tours, and the formation of neighbourhood committees. The film “Women of our Land” was a collage of various scenes from different authors produced by DreamBoat Theatre for Development Foundation including; Tess Onwume’s ‘The Broken Calabash’ and ‘The Reign of Wazobia’, Edisua Yta’s ‘Because I am a woman’ and ‘Wives, mothers and daughters’ TV, and radio serials, Liwhu Betiang's ‘The First Stone’, Data Phido’s ‘Rainbow City’ and Chris Nwamuo’s ‘The Substitute’. The film (an enter-educate strategy) was used as a starting point for dialogues in the communities. About three hundred community members were involved in Akai Effa and Idundu and the project ran for six months. Findings identified the following factors as manifestations of gender-based violence in the communities: Domestic violence especially wife battery, sexual abuse, harassment and rape of young girls, restriction placed on women's economic activities, loss of land, assets, and properties, forceful ejections, and young girls denied opportunities to go to school. It is recommended that an extension of project time is essential to allow for adequate behaviour change and stamp out GBV in our communities.

Harming Women with Words: The Failure of Australian Law to Prohibit Gendered Hate Speech

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya D'Souza ◽  
Laura Griffin ◽  
Nicole Shackleton ◽  
Danielle Walt
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

In Australia, gendered hate speech against women is so pervasive and insidious that it is a normalised feature of everyday public discourse. It is often aimed at silencing women, and hindering their ability to participate effectively in civil society. As governmental bodies have recognised, sexist and misogynist language perpetuates gender-based violence by contributing to strict gender norms and constructing women as legitimate objects of hostility. Thus, gendered hate speech, like other forms of hate speech, produces a range of harms which ripple out beyond the targeted individual. The harmful nature of vilification is recognised by the various Australian laws which prohibit or address other forms of hate speech. But as we map out in this article, gendered hate speech is glaringly absent from most of this legislation. We argue that by failing to address gendered hate speech, Australian law permits the marginalisation of women and girls, and actively exacerbates their vulnerability to exclusion and gender-based harm.

Mediation of Information on Eliminating Violence Against Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-97
Author(s):  
Tamara de Souza Brandão Guaraldo ◽  
Celia Maria Retz Godoy dos Santos ◽  
Daniele Mendes Melo
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
City State ◽  
Reflective Processes

Violence against women is a central topic in the public debate in Brazil. In this way, entities and other stakeholders require flexible strategies in order to eliminate it. This chapter aims to report experiences related to an action research based on the transformative and reflexive potential of civil society groups (in Bauru city, state of São Paulo) involved in eliminating violence against women. In this sense, mediation of information is discussed in order to prioritize the elimination of gender-based violence against women. In face of outcomes, mediation of information have been used in order to explore the adaptative and dynamic nature of participatory methodologies by not only allowing reflective processes but also providing value of how all stakeholders present themselves as mediators by using their knowledge in order to mediate information.

scholarly journals South Sudanese Refugee Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Torture: Health and Justice Service Responses in Northern Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Liebling ◽  
Hazel Barrett ◽  
Lilly Artz
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
South Sudanese ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

This British Academy/Leverhulme-funded research investigated the health and justice service responses to the needs of South Sudanese refugees living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda who had been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and torture. It involved the collection and thematic analysis of the narratives of 20 men and 41 women who were refugee survivors of SGBV and torture, including their experiences in South Sudan, their journeys to Uganda and experiences in refugee settlements, in particular their access to health and justice services. Thirty-seven key stakeholders including international, government, non-government organisations and civil society organisations were also interviewed regarding their experiences of providing health and justice services to refugees. All refugees had survived human rights abuses mainly carried out in South Sudan but some had also occurred on route to Uganda and within Uganda. Despite the significant impact of their experiences, the analysis indicated that there was limited service response in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda once the immediate humanitarian crisis ended. The thematic analysis indicated five main themes coming from the interviews. These included: the nature of refugee experiences of SGBV and torture, including domestic violence and child abduction and forced marriage; issues associated with service provision such as lack of adequate screening and under resourcing of health and justice services; a lack of gender sensitivity and specialist services, particularly for men; the sustained involvement of civil society organisations and local non-governmental organisations in providing counselling and offering emotional support and hope to survivors; and enhancing health and justice responses and services to improve refugee recovery, dignity and resilience. The authors recommend that integrated gendered and culturally sensitive service provision should be adopted, which brings together formal and informal health, justice services and survivor support programmes.

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