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Sexualized Violence

Online Threats Against Women Aren't Trivial and Don't Happen in a Vacuum

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.22.2013 | Technology
Read More: Adria Richards, Rape, Free Speech, SAFETY GAP, Sexualized Violence, Violence Against Women, Online Harassment, Zerlina Maxwell, Rebecca Meredith, Technology News
Soraya Chemaly

Threats like this are not harmless expressions of free speech. They're akin to hate speech and are maliciously intended to intimidate and silence. Messages like this don't make women feel safe. And that's the point, isn't it -- to make sure our gendered safety gap stays constant.

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The Safety of Haitian Girls and Women Should Be Our Goal

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.16.2013 | World
Read More: Women's Rights, Rape, Maternal Mortality, Sexualized Violence, Gang Rape, Women's Health, Cholera, Cite Soleil, Aids, Haiti, Infant Mortality, Video, World News
Soraya Chemaly

Prior to the earthquake, the country already had some of the highest rates of violence against women in the world. In post-earthquake camps, girls and women are simply grabbed from their homes, taken from the streets, and raped by men either alone or in gangs.

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