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Lesbian Stats & Facts (Health, IPV, and Hate Crimes)

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radical facts - short feminist facts

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• Sex Trafficking Worldwide

Globally, 4.8 million victims get trafficked for the sex industry every year.

This category includes any adults who involuntarily participate in the sex industry and children experiencing commercial sexual exploitation. 3.8 million victims were adults, and 1 million were children. Globally, 99% of victims were women and girls.

(Data sourced via traffickinginstitute.org)

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A much more striking connection between the 2017 attacks, as far as I was concerned, wasn't listed in the report. Four of the five attackers had a history of domestic abuse, amounting to a catalogue of verbal and physical attacks on female relatives and, in the case of the Manchester bomber, Salman Abedi, a brutal assault on a young woman who was in his class at college; the figure rises to five out of six if we include Osborne, the right-wing extremist who drove a hired van into worshippers leaving a mosque in north London. Less information has emerged about the family relationships of the remaining attacker, Khuram Butt, but we know that he displayed a somewhat detached view of fatherhood; Butt led the suicide attacks on London Bridge and Borough Market a matter of weeks after his wife had given birth to their second child. Another of the men in Butt's cell, Rachid Redouane, had a daughter aged seventeen months at the time he was shot dead by armed police, demonstrating a readiness to abandon infants which will figure in the biographies of a number of the perpetrators who appear in this book.

The patriarchal assumptions common among such men, who seek to control every aspect of the lives of their wives and children, extend neither to considering their long-term welfare nor to protecting them from the consequences of horrific public acts of violence. It is a chilling view of family relationships in which becoming a husband and father appears to have more to do with confirming a man's status - and acquiring residency rights, in some cases - than forming close attachments. The widows and children of terrorists have to live not just with grief and loss but with the notoriety of their male relatives, even in cases where they themselves were the first victims of an escalating species of male violence.

The wider pattern of terrorists with a history of domestic abuse certainly isn't limited to the UK: in the couple of years before the 2017 attacks, I kept noticing that the perpetrators of some of the most notorious terrorist attacks in Europe and the US had first been violent towards wives and girlfriends. Domestic violence turned up in the background of the security guard who attacked the Pulse nightclub in Florida (forty-nine dead, fifty-three injured), the lorry driver who drove into crowds in Nice on Bastille day (eighty-six dead, 458 injured), the elder of the two brothers responsible for the Boston marathon bombing (three dead, several hundred injured) and a fraudster who took hostages in a café in Sydney in December 2014 (two dead, three injured).

Critics will say that is to be expected, given that we are talking about a cohort of violent men, but that is my point: male violence doesn't stay in neat categories. Persistent offenders tend to have convictions for a whole range of violent offences, as I show in chapter two, and I'm suggesting that men who are used to beating, kicking, choking and stabbing women at home are considerably further along the road towards committing public acts of violence. Police and paramedics who have attended incidents of extreme domestic violence, coming upon a scene of injured women and children, pools of blood and overturned furniture, will recognise similarities with the aftermath of a marauding terrorist attack; these are men who have practised behind closed doors, relishing the sensation of holding the power of life or death over family members and becoming desensitised to the horrible effects of violence.

-Joan Smith, Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists

[myalgias]

"Too often, courts and custody evaluators consider that reporting family violence or asking for reduced contact between the father and the child are signs of 'alienation,' that is, brainwashing by the mother to make the child reject the father," the letter, authored by the National Association of Women and the Law says.

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The calls for a blanket ban come as emerging Canadian and international research casts doubt on the controversial concept that some say highlights how domestic violence is not taken seriously in family courts. Family lawyers have recognized the abuse of the concept in divorce proceedings but assert parental alienation remains a real issue that needs to be thoroughly examined rather than banned.

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Parental alienation is a concept used to describe when one partner unfairly undermines the relationship of their child with the other parent. It is widely recognized by courts across Canada and is instrumental in custody and access disputes, though the psychological theory it stems from has been widely disputed.

Court reprimands in cases involving parental alienation are often severe. The Star spoke to one woman, who was granted anonymity so as not to risk her ongoing case, who said she had main custody with limited visitations for her ex-partner prior to his claim she was alienating their two daughters from him.

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"Then my kids were court-ordered to attend reunification camp in the United States," where she was not allowed to contact them, she said. "I had 48 hours notice to transfer care of the children from my care to his care."

"What they tell you is 90 days turned into over 500 for my oldest daughter and my other daughter is approaching 700 days," she said, referring to the time away from her children.

Following a lengthy review of the case, her eldest daughter, now 16, returned home, but her youngest is still with her father.

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At issue, advocates say, is that accusations of parental alienation have become commonly used in instances where the parent accused of alienating the child — most often the mother — is a victim of family violence. The accusation has come to overshadow allegations of family violence in custody disputes, despite clear provisions in the Divorce Act surrounding family violence. It's become so rampant that some lawyers have advised their clients not to report abuse to the courts, said Suzanne Zaccour, NAWL's director of legal affairs.

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In one recent study involving Canadians and women from other countries who had been accused of parental alienation, the majority of women surveyed said the claim was brought forward after they raised concerns about abuse from an ex-partner. A 2020 study for the Government of Quebec acknowledged violent spouses may use allegations of parental alienation to counter the charges of violence or abuse laid against them.

[humanrightsconnected]

“There has been significant progress made in eliminating the practice in the past 30 years. Young girls in many countries today are at much lower risk of being subjected to FGM than their mothers and grandmothers were in the past. However, progress is not universal or fast enough. In some countries, the practice remains as common today as it was three decades ago.” - Unicef

Explore today 5 tips from The Global Goals on how to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)!

➡️ https://bit.ly/3Ps1kZl 

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Remember, you are so much more than the pain you carry. You are a beacon of hope, a source of inspiration, and a force to be reckoned with.

Stay strong, keep shining, and never forget your worth. You are loved, cherished, and admired.

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A study by psychiatric fellow Dr. Waller reveals disparaging rates of homicide between African-American women and White, no surprise but 51% of violence from both is at the hands of an intimate partner.

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In a world where we strive for inclusivity and understanding, there’s a harrowing statistic that often goes unnoticed: 9 out of 10 autistic women have experienced sexual violence. This alarming figure isn’t just a number; it’s a reflection of the profound struggles and dangers faced by autistic women in our society each and every day.

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safehalton MYTH: You have to forgive who hurt you in order to heal

TRUTH: Forgive yourself for what you didn’t know back then

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Never forget your teenage self was a child too and she deserves the same amount of compassion and nurturing as your little self.

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SAFE is over the moon to be marching in Halton's first-ever pride parade! The parade will kick off at 2pm on Sunday, August 20th and will wind its way through the vibrant streets of downtown Milton. Expect to see a sea of rainbow flags, colourful costumes, and smiling faces. It will be a sight to behold, a true celebration of love and unity. Don't miss out! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Hosted by @prism_ontario.

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