Female Foeticide and Infanticide By Ruth Akinradewo Femicide is defined as: ‘the intentional killing of females because of their gender’. Numerous examples we have already explored comprise diverse types of femicide. Not withstanding this, female foeticide and infanticide represent perhaps the starkest form of femicide. ‘Female foeticide’ relates to
END FGM by Ruth Akinradewo Female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, is an inhuman and gender-specific abuse. It is a procedure whereby female genitalia is deliberately cut, injured, or changed and is sometimes referred to as female circumcision, which is a misnomer as it is quite different
Rape - A Violent Violation by Ruth Akinradewo This year’s global UN 16 days of activism campaign is centered explicitly on rape: by far the most ruthless of sexual violations. Rape as defined by the Metropolitan Police, "is when a person intentionally penetrates another's vagina, anus or mouth with
The Commodification of Women’s Bodies by Ruth Akinradewo The injustices of gender-based violence are not limited to physical attacks on our bodies. They are attacks on our very personhood, and are embodied in manifold monsters, of different shapes, yet each with a very ugly face. Considering how many different faces abuse against women
Press Red x UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Press Red is joining in the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global campaign that kicks off on the 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until the 10th December, Human Rights
