A decade after the Gamergate scandal, women in the gaming world continue to face abuse, while research shows misogyny has become embedded in gaming culture despite industry pledges to change.
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The Limits Of MeToo In Italy
From time to time, testimony of sexual abuse inside the Italian entertainment industry comes out. But inevitably fails to gain much attention, another example of MeToo failing to take off in the traditionally sexist country. There are multiple explanations, though also quieter signs that something may be changing.
Colombia’s second-largest city has imposed a six-month ban on all prostitution in a bid to tackle the sexual exploitation of minors. But it only shows the government’s ignorance of — and possibly even indifference to — one of the city’s most shameful trades.
Following the strike that hit Al Jazeera journalists Ismail Abu Omar and Ahmed Matar, posts spread on social media platforms calling Abu Omar a “terrorist” affiliated with Hamas. At the same time, a campaign by Israel’s Foreign Ministry and military promoted the same allegations.
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Why Bullying In Spain Is So Rampant
Spain’s education ministry found that more than 9% of secondary school students have felt harassed or cyberbullied by their classmates at some point.
A wave of denouncements against prominent Cameroonian businessman Hervé Bopda has led to his arrest late Tuesday night. The public outcry is coming as many across Africa say its time confront sexual violence head on.
The Patio de la Estrella neighborhood being hailed as a “magical” place in Córdoba, Mexico is a perfect example of “touristification,” where the most vulnerable residents suffer the consequences.
A woman in China who falsely accused a man of filming her on the subway has sparked an avalanche of vitriol against her. There are now fears that the case will stop the many real victims of secret filming from coming forward and fighting back.
Ever since journalist Marina Ovsyannikova protested on live Russian television against the war in Ukraine, her life has changed radically. Now that includes writing for leading German daily Die Welt. In her first article, Ovsyannikova explains what drove her action, how police have targeted her and why the Kremlin’s propaganda works on so many of her fellow Russians.
Cartoon characters parading down the streets are usually synonymous with childhood glee, theme parks and carnival floats. But as French daily Le Parisien reports, recent encounters with the beloved icons such as Mickey Mouse or Winnie the Pooh have been followed by calls to the police in eastern France. Since last month, multiple reports to […]
Three survivors of terrorism in France are now being targeted online for the compassion they have shown towards the children of Islamic militants. They are taking the power in their own hands and taking the social media giant to court.
A growing number of Indians — including some lawmakers — have taken to social media to incite violence, particularly against Muslims.
MUMBAI — As far as Indian cities go, Mumbai is probably the most free-spirited of them all. The streets are bustling till the wee hours, the people are generally more friendly (believe me — I’m from New Delhi) and, as a woman, I feel safe when I go out to restaurants and bars. Provided they let me in, that is. On what was a normal Thursday evening in Lower Parel, a colleague and I decided to go for a walk after work before we headed home. Passing a resto-bar, we decided to duck in for a quick drink. The establishment, […]
-Analysis- PARIS — #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have made the past year a crucial one for women’s rights. Or at least it has, from our Western, Oscar-Night point of view. As the world celebrates its first International Women’s Day of what we can glibly call the “post-Weinstein” era of the feminist cause, a recent Reuters […]
Some 100 prominent French women artists and intellectuals have issued an open letter in Le Monde condemning the movement to call out inappropriate male behavior that erupted in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
PARIS — If you’re a woman living in a city, this has probably happened to you. You’re by yourself on a bus or a subway. Maybe you’re wearing heels and a dress, or just your boyfriend’s dirty old sweater. Suddenly you notice a man is staring at you, and won’t stop. Maybe he starts saying […]
The promise of the Tahrir Square protests has been largely unfulfilled. Yet there is some progress in how Egypt faces harassment against women.
A town in southwestern Colombia is trying to clamp down on catcalling — “piropos’ (compliments) as they’re known locally — that is all too common in a country long plagued by machismo. In a rare public move against sexist behavior, the mayor’s office in Timbío, in the department of Cauca, recently issued a “non-binding” decree […]
CAIRO — International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8. Egypt celebrates Egyptian Women’s Day on March 16, and March 9 marks the infamous day when members of the Armed Forces performed virginity tests on female protestors detained in Tahrir Square in 2011 — a crime no one has been held accountable […]
Let’s call her Juliet. This young woman is one of the few who accepted to tell her story, under certain conditions of course: no mention of her name, not even her first name, of her studies or her former university. “During my Masters, the relationship between my thesis supervisor and I gradually worsened. At first, […]
BOGOTA — The LGBTI community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual/Transgender and Intersexual) in Colombia has suffered disappearances, forced migrations, mutilations, humiliation and abuse. The phrase “damaged bodies, silent crimes’ has come to be used by this community to describe their suffering often made even worse by the civil war that has torn Colombia apart over the […]
SAUDI GAZETTE, BBC, LE MONDE (France) Worldcrunch RIYADH – For the first time in Saudi Arabia, a new law has been passed that prohibits all forms of physical and sexual abuse, a measure hailed by human rights groups as a breakthrough in protecting women and children. Sources at the Ministry of Social Affairs told the […]