Published at Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by Martin
Amnesty has released a new report, saying that women raped in the Nordic countries have little chance of acquiring justice. The rapists are rarely punished for their abuses.
In the report “Case Closed, Rape and Human Rights in the Nordic Countries”, the situation for rape-victims in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland gets highly criticized. The prosecutions of rapists here rarely end in conviction. The reason for this is often deficient police work ending in cases being dropped. One of the report’s other main conclusions is that prejudice against women’s sexuality weakens their credibility in the justice system, while similar ideas about men’s sexuality, on the contrary enhances the men’s credibility.
Though governments try to reverse this trend, enough is not done. We need to put pressure on the countries’ leaders to secure women’s rights. Men’s attitudes towards women also have to change. That a woman dresses provocative is not an excuse for rape, neither is flirting. No means no!
Involve yourself, and chose a way to contribute to this cause here
Tags: abuse, amnesty, change, contribute, conviction, investigation, involve yourself, police, political leaders, prejudice, provocative, rape, report, sexuality, woman, women
Published at Wednesday, December 23, 2009 by Helene
I know a lot of people out there want a new mobilephone, a doll or another material object for Christmas. Or I know that everybody want that. I also do that. But I want something more this Christmas, something bigger that I really doubt that I don’t get. I want peace in the world. Can anybody give me that this Christmas? I want that everybodys human rights will be protected in 2010 and the future, Can any body give me that? I doubt…
Another thing I wanted for Christmas was a climate agreement in Copenhagen, but nobody gave me that either. Could I wish anything from our political leaders in the world in the future? What about next year -2010? Will they give me a climate agreement from Mexico, and what about world peace? Is that to much to claim from they who has the responsibility for our community? I definitely don’t think so, and therefore I gave my face for this campaign, so I maybe could get what I want for christmas next year!
Merry Christmas from us behind the Involve Yourself campaign! (:
Published at Friday, October 23, 2009 by Helene
This is a really huge day for everyone who works with this campaign. The first political leader has given her face to the universe. Erna Solberg, I hope a lot of other leaders will do just like you, and show their support for the campaign. I need to say that I’m really proud!
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Erna Solberg 2009
foto: CF-Wesenberg/kolonihaven.no
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