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Survivor Voices Drive Sexual Assault Law Change in Japan

Survivor Voices Drive Sexual Assault Law Change in Japan

By Sophia Kulow Japan’s Cabinet recently approved a bill that would acknowledge sexual violence even without physical violence or coercion,while also raising the age of consent from 13 to 16. Sexual violence is any unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using...
Let’s call it what it is. Femicide.

Let’s call it what it is. Femicide.

By: Lynnette McIntireDecember 5, 2022 Femicide. A word that conjures fragmented images of girl baby drownings, honorkillings, stoned women labeled as adulterers or infidels. Why do we steer away from the term “femicide”? Is it because it seems like the word is removed...