Mari Marcel Thekaekara is appalled by the tactics used by a website to raise money for poor Indian children. But do the ends justify the means?
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Sexual Politics
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Women in India are not asking for it
After an exposé reveals the true thoughts of Indian police officers about rape victims, Mari Marcel Thekaekara says attitudes must change.
Filed in: India Sexual Politics Women
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- April 10, 2012
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A year without David
A year after the LGBT rights activist David Kato was murdered in Uganda, Sokari Ekine writes to him about changes in Africa since his death.
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- Sokari Ekine
- January 26, 2012
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Papuan women stand up against violence and injustice
Three stories of courageous women fighting cruelty and repression in Papua by Carole Reckinger.
Filed in: Equality Feminism Human Rights Sexual Politics West Papua Women
- Carole Reckinger
- November 4, 2011
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Shrugging off gang rape
Sokari Ekine on how the videoed rape of a young woman that went viral on YouTube was dismissed by the Nigerian police as ‘boys behaving badly’.
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- Sokari Ekine
- October 26, 2011
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