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But the Victorian Royal Commission on Family Violence connected the two. Economic abuse has only recently been recognised as part of family violence in Australian law. The Royal Commission report places economic abuse within the wider framework of economic gender inequality. Following Good Shepherd’s formulation it defines economic abuse as behaviours that “control a woman’s ability to acquire, use and maintain economic resources, thus threatening her economic security and potential for self-sufficiency”. The examples range from restricting women’s access to funds, not allowing women to work or study, restricting mobility, having women take on debt that only benefits the perpetrator, or threatening to cut off services. The Royal Commission recommends improving the understanding of economic abuse and improving financial literacy.
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In a video that’s quickly going viral online — hailed as one of the most powerful videos of the entire year, and a must-see for every single person — Care Norway is calling out to fathers everywhere. #DearDaddy is a five-minute-long film that takes viewers on a woman’s journey through her life’s relationships with men, beginning from life in the womb. The woman is speaking to her father, warning him about the violence she will inevitably face — and how he may have, unknowingly, helped to perpetuate the never-ending cycle of and abuse and excuses. “I will be born a girl which means by the time I am 14, the boys in my class would have called me a w***e, a b***h, a c**t, and many other things. Respect – more than just a word. ROAR for Good. It Looks Like A Normal Purse — But See That Black Clip? This Could Save Your LIFE!
Violence against women is an extremely serious problem, and it leaves many asking the question, “What can we do about it?”
According to the Boston Globe, a study of New England’s largest colleges found a 40% increase in “forcible sex offenses” between 2012 and 2013. This seems to indicate that the problem is getting worse, not better. But fortunately — like the mom who invented cool hearing aids for her deaf son — there are amazing people out there who are focused on working towards solutions, like Yasmine Mustafa and Anthony Gold.
Together, they have created ROAR, a company set out to fight violence against women. Their first mission? This new 'sexual consent and tea' video from Thames Valley Police is brilliant. Sex and consent is a difficult issue, mainly because something that seems so simple is continually ‘misunderstood’ in rape cases.
Thames Valley Police have highlighted the issue by promoting a cartoon comparing sex to a well known British pastime – drinking a cup of tea. The result is this simple, effective and at times quite funny video, which gives clear instructions as to what constitutes as sexual consent. The Brave Girls Alliance #BraveGirlsWant - Brave Girls Want Change! I Think Majority Of Women Have Had A Male Friend Do This For Them. Get the latest stories from viralwomen on your feed!
Watch what happens when men are Photoshopped out of politics. Recently, world leaders gathered in New York to commit to the new sustainable development goals.
For the first time, a specifically urban goal is among the 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. This goal is to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. It reflects growing recognition that human development depends on how well urbanisation is managed. According to Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat and former mayor of Barcelona, the global view of “cities as containers of problems” must change.
Cities are, in fact, “accelerators of development”. This is important for Africa, where despite high urbanisation rates the development focus has been primarily rural. Ghana demonstrates how cities can be highly productive in Africa. Similarly, the Nairobi metropolitan region generates at least 50% of Kenya’s GDP. Theconversation. There are many barriers to ending an abusive relationship, and financial worries are often a major consideration.
This is a key finding of the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse’s recent report, Seeking security: promoting economic wellbeing for women following domestic violence. The report highlights the devastating ways in which domestic violence affects women’s economic situations. In turn, financial insecurity can have long term negative consequences for women’s safety and wellbeing. The study used interviews and focus groups with fifty-seven women affected by domestic violence.
Fifty workers in services across Queensland, Victoria and South Australia were also questioned. Financial hardship and domestic violence The research showed abusive men use many strategies to control and hurt their partners. They often try to undermine women’s confidence, isolate them from friends and family, and take away their financial resources. Theconversation. Australia is making long-overdue moves aimed at stopping domestic violence.
These responses focus almost exclusively on physical injury and death. Consequently, we are not recognising the existence and impact of less obvious forms of abuse that damage women’s well-being. One particularly widespread and insidious example is economic abuse. What it is. Step aside, Barbie, this looks like a job for the new breed of girls’ superhero action dolls. Walk into any toyshop in the world and the chances are you’ll be greeted by row upon row of big-breasted dolls with bee-stung lips and doe-eyes, wearing hardly any clothing. Now a new range of dolls, designed by women following creative input from girls, aims to break that mould. SuperHero Girls transports DC Comics superheroes such as Batgirl, Supergirl and Wonder Woman back to their teens and is made by toy giant Mattel, best known for former behemoth Barbie.
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When we first showed the work of Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia, it was his glorious tube house that had a wall of white planters. Now he has built a condominium housing project for Ho Chi Minh City that looks like that early project writ large. © Vo Trong Nghia via Designboom It's composed of three twenty-two storey towers with roof gardens connected by suspension bridges, turning it into a giant linear garden. Designboom notes that "with many current developments in Ho Chi Minh City expediting the loss of greenery, the roof garden feature and green screen façade is regarded not only as a dedication to the comfort of inhabitants, but also a contribution to the wider urban landscape. The bamboo in the planters will shade the apartments from the sun, and evidently also provide "structural flexibility against storms.
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