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This week on shit that’s happened to women that the media and western Feminists haven’t discussed because they don’t care about what happens outside their own lives:
A 12 y/o in Kenya was married not once, but twice, in the space of a month. The first man was nearly 40 years her senior- she was forced into it by her father and cousins. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-africa-53420353
Next up: age of consent was raised from 13 to 16 in South Korea. That’s great and all, but it was 13 for a hella long time. As always, props to @SarahChampionMP for being a brilliant ally https://twitter.com/sarahchampionmp/status/1286658803241496576?s=21 https://twitter.com/SarahChampionMP/status/1286658803241496576
In Jordan, one of our more liberal Middle Eastern nations, a girl was publicly murdered by her father for an unknown slight. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200720-jordanian-charged-with-murder-of-his-daughter-in-honour-killing/amp/
A woman in Leeds suffered years of abuse by her husband before he killed her. He hid his homosexuality, worrying it was a sin, before killing her for insurance money and the chance to run away to Australia with his lover. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8541459/amp/Pharmacists-murder-hands-husband-strangled-classed-honour-killing.html
A woman in Pakistan was murdered by her husband and brother-in-law. She was stoned to death then dumped by the side of the road (thanks to @TampaBayAJ for kindly alerting me to this) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8493575/amp/Woman-24-stoned-death-husband-brother-latest-honour-killing-Pakistan.html
A sixteen year old girl in Bangladesh was strangled by her own scarf because she was seen alone with a boy https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/06/30/family-members-confess-to-honour-killing-in-brahmanbaria
A 17 year old girl in India was strangled to death by her own father after getting pregnant by rape https://www.google.com/amp/s/guardian.ng/life/father-strangles-his-17-year-old-rape-victim-daughter-to-death-in-honour-killing/amp
In Pakistan, a couple was killed for marrying without family consent https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/world/pakistan/family-kills-couple-for-honour-in-northwest-pakistan-3-arrested/amp_articleshow/77106719.cms
Also in Pakistan, a teenager was burnt to death by her uncle as she was already engaged to another man- her uncle wanted her to marry his son https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.albawaba.com/amp/editors-choice/honour-killings-young-girl-doused-petrol-torched-her-uncle-pakistan-1370216
A woman in India was murdered by her brothers for marrying outside their caste https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/city/agra/up-three-arrested-over-honour-killing-of-sister-in-mainpuri/amp_articleshow/77005206.cms
A gang rape victim and her mother were mown down by an old assailant. One of the men had killed her father. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8530423/amp/Gang-rape-victim-17-mother-mown-crushed-death-tractor.html
In the UK, rates of FGM are absolutely soaring. Since it was made illegal in 1985, there has only been ONE successful conviction. CC: @NimkoAli https://uk.style.yahoo.com/female-genital-mutilation-circumcision-england-144628622.html
In Nepal, a woman had acid thrown in her face. It is believed she’d rejected a marriage proposal. https://english.onlinekhabar.com/acid-attack-on-kathmandu-woman-two-suspects-confess-to-crime.html
In India, a woman hanged herself after being abused by her husband and in-laws for lack of dowry. When she escaped, her parents sent her back. https://www.google.com/amp/s/telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-woman-hangs-self-due-to-domestic-violence/amp
There’s so many more I could do, but this last one is from South Africa. Violence against women has skyrocketed. Young, old, black, white, doesn’t matter. Black women are at particular risk of getting HIV, especially via rape. https://www.oneworld.net/updates/news/iamnext-increase-femicide-violence-against-women-south-africa
98% of Egyptian women report sexual harassement. Their attackers are unpunished. Dancing gets you time inside. https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1290346554084265984
A heavily pregnant woman was stabbed then hung from a tree in South Africa. The killer had tried to murder her before #JusticeForTshego https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-africa-53076289
A Pakistani woman was killed by her older sister for wanting to marry a man of her choice. Women being the ones to kill are rare- internalised misogyny https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.devdiscourse.com/article/international/1158148-woman-killed-in-name-of-honour-by-sister-in-pakistan%3Famp
Turkey is considering pulling out of an anti-violence against women accord. They say it’s ‘anti family values.’ https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKCN2511R3
In an Iranian province, women are banned from riding bicycles. Apparently, it may arouse youth and cause fornication https://www.google.com/amp/s/en.radiofarda.com/amp/women-banned-from-riding-bikes-in-iran-province-run-by-ultra-conservative-cleric/30767110.html
Somalia is debating a bill which would allow marriage as soon as puberty/menstruation starts and defines forced marriages as one where the family, not the individual, does not want #killthebill https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/international/row-in-somalia-over-forced-child-marriage-bill/
A girl in India was burnt alive by her father in an honour killing. She wanted to marry a man not in her religion https://www.google.com/amp/s/newsable.asianetnews.com/amp/crime/honour-killing-in-gujarat-man-murders-daughter-for-wanting-to-marry-muslim-boy-qeok2y
Child marriage in Malawi, a place where half of girls already marry underage, is rising because of corona https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/child-marriages-skyrocket-malawi-covid-19-closes-schools-figures/amp/
As Mexican authorities shut down women’s shelters, more women are being murdered in a country already troubled by femicide https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/22/mexico-femicides-president-amlo-women-shelters
A girl in India was set on fire by her own parents for falling in love with a boy outside their caste. Her mother, who threw the match on her own daughter, also accidentally got burned. https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/city/hyderabad/2-hurt-in-suspected-honour-killing-bid/amp_articleshow/77580546.cms
FGM rates are still very high across the world and will continue to climb in the time of corona https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1525108/covid-19-child-marriages-fgm-rise
Female journalists in Pakistan are getting abuse in droves https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rferl.org/amp/30792594.html
A nine year old girl was raped and murdered in the Dominican Republic https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8644281/amp/Dominican-Republic-call-search-girl-9-body-dumped-Caribbean-Sea-killer.html?ico=amp_articleRelated
In India, you can’t find out your baby’s sex due to massive cases of aborting girls. Still, we could see 6.8 million fewer girls being born by 2030 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/21/selective-abortion-in-india-could-lead-to-68m-fewer-girls-being-born-by-2030
A young couple was murdered and thrown in a river in India, in a supposed honour killing https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/couple-murdered-in-sonepat-village-honour-killing-suspected-129851
A woman was killed by her husband in India, assisted by his sister and his mother. The lady was domestically abused and suffered issues related to her dowry https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/kin-of-man-accused-of-killing-wife-using-snake-arrested/1921008
A disabled 13 year old in India was believed to be raped and murdered. Her body was discovered in a classroom https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/24/differently-abled-girls-body-found-in-jharkhand-school-rape-suspected-2187344.amp
A 4 year old girl in India was raped and murdered by a man in his late twenties https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/cgarh-man-kills-fouryearold-girl-after-rape-held/1921516
An Iraqi feminist advocate was killed in a drive by in Basra https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-riham-yacoub-womens-rights-activist-killed-basra
A five year old in Sierra Leone was raped and murdered by a family member https://www.voanews.com/africa/rape-death-5-year-old-sierra-leone-sparks-outrage-debate
Thousands of Native women go missing across the USA and Canadian every year. Their murders are rarely solved. A report suggests lack of documentation amongst other things is to blame https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1235233
A young woman in Bangladesh had acid thrown on her person after asking neighbours to return the money she’d lent them https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/08/18/housewife-burned-in-acid-attack-three-held
A teenager in Turkey died after being thrown from a fourth floor window by her boyfriend. Said boyfriend had been jailed the previous year for vehicular manslaughter https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hurriyetdailynews.com/amp/death-of-young-woman-under-cloud-of-femicide-suspicion-157454
