{"id":2881,"date":"2016-12-12T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T11:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:49:35","slug":"stop-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2016\/12\/12\/stop-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop violence against women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/email.le.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=SqSCDKO5vT5--Mmw8f82MAakd3l0idKiu2alaZbsffOfimRdfSLUCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2f16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu%2f\">16 days of activism campaign<\/a> ended on 10<sup>th<\/sup> December.\u00a0 But the release this week of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womensaid.org.uk\/what-we-do\/campaigning-and-influencing\/femicide-census\/\">Femicide census by Womens Aid<\/a> shows why it is still necessary.\u00a0 It contains the horrifying statistic that between 2009 and 2015, 936 women were killed by men in England and Wales. It also details under reporting of this type of crimes by official police statistics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/email.le.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=0fk19nty38aaZU7qPJgTVQY-SQnUNitz651KWblthG6fimRdfSLUCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2ficchange.co.uk%2fpmb%2f\">IC Change<\/a> is campaigning for the UK to ratify the Istanbul Convention which offers a framework to protect prevent and monitor violence against women and girls. On 16<sup>th<\/sup> December a private members bill will be presented and the site is currently seeking\u00a0 support.\u00a0 They have created a great set of <strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/email.le.ac.uk\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=RrC4KU1dt8HZQKsbWSROISn9BBx0sW1AhhsCDWXib9KfimRdfSLUCA..&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2ficchange.co.uk%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2016%2f10%2fA4-Sheets-Paper-Dolls.pdf\">ChangeHerstory<\/a><\/strong> paper dolls for campaigners to use.<\/p>\n<p>For those working in the field more practical advice can be obtained from the recently published<u><br \/>\n<\/u>ICJ Women\u2019s Access to Justice for Gender-Based Violence:\u00a0<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icj.org\/womens-access-to-justice-for-gender-based-violence-icj-practitioners-guide-n-12-launched\/\">Practitioners\u2019 Guide n\u00b0 12 <\/a><\/strong>on navigating criminal justice systems for victims and their advocates.<\/p>\n<p>For those seeking background on key legislation supporting womens rights see the<a href=\"https:\/\/lsedesignunit.com\/VAW_timeline\/index.html\"><strong> Tackling Violence resource <\/strong><\/a>from the <em>LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security<\/em> which has an easy to understand colour-coded guide to the main provisions of the treaty.\u00a0 It also has a great timeline of key events in\u00a0 the struggle for womens rights<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 16 days of activism campaign ended on 10th December.\u00a0 But the release this week of the Femicide census by Womens Aid shows why it is still necessary.\u00a0 It contains the horrifying statistic that between 2009 and 2015, 936 women were killed by men in England and Wales. It also details under reporting of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,15],"tags":[234,93,125,99],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminology","category-sociology","tag-criminology","tag-united-kingdom","tag-violence","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}