November 25th: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
From UN Women: Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. According to a 2013 WHO global study, …
20th November, Transgender Day of Remembrance
At TransGriot, Monica Roberts writes: 238 Names We’re fed up with reading the names of so many young trans* women and sadly a few trans* men …
Tiger Beatdown: November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #16days
Tiger Beatdown: November 25th, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #16days I wrote about the Day against gender violence but also about …
One more thing about Hollaback
(and hopefully, the last one for today). There is another reason why I dislike this whole affair so much (at least in the Global South …
Crime Scene TV shows and gender
After seeing this week’s episode of Criminal Minds I wish I had the time and resources to run a simple statistic: how many femicides does …
The Backstage: on Women’s Police Stations in Latin America
While writing my last post for Tiger Beatdown I came across one of my usual roadblocks: translation. Later on my roadblock was solved when I …