In 2005, following the invasion of Iraq and ouster of Saddam Hussein, Iraq held its first democratic election. Voter turnout was at over sixty percent, despite attacks targeting voters. Newspapers and television channels were flooded with pictures of smiling Iraqi women holding up purple stained fingers. I myself witnessed voting stations in Dubai fill with...
Author: Camilla Gray (Camilla Gray)
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Day 13/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: A Revolution Against Shame
There is no room for doubt that violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon that is not exclusive to any specific culture or race. The phenomenon merely manifests itself in varying shapes and degrees in different parts of the world and strikes different nerves in the respective societies. In Egypt, perhaps one of the most...
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Day 11/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Engaging The ‘People In Uniform’?
GAMCOTRAP is a leading women’s rights organization based in Gambia. While promoting women’s human rights, it continuously engages communities and institutions to address gender-based violence. GAMCOTRAP is committed to the promotion and protection of women and girls’ political, social, sexual, and reproductive health, and educational rights. Engaging with Security Since 2008, GAMCOTRAP has worked to...
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Day 10/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: The Right To Be Woman.
We come from all around the globe. We emerge from different backgrounds. We speak different languages, and hold different nationalities. Yet, unfortunately, as women we suffer from the same inequalities and gender based-violence everywhere in the world. This violence begins early for some of us. It starts while we are still floating in the safety...
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Day 16/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Women Rights and War.
“Growing up in such high level of political violence, state oppression, and degradation had left its impact on me of course… from a very early age I became very rebellious against imposed norms and restrictions.” The Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq After the invasion in 2003, the situation of Iraqi women deteriorated and the...