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Valiant Voices
by Global Rights for Women
Gender-based violence prevents women and girls from achieving equality. Valiant Voices is a conversation series that features the human rights advocates and survivors addressing injustice and disrupting oppressive systems that cause harm. These are the stories of powerful leaders creating change in their communities and around the world.For more information about our work, please visit: https://globalrightsforwomen.org/
Episodes
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When Justice Goes Global: BWJP & GRW Join Forces
This final episode of Valiant Voices marks a powerful transition. Three weeks ago, Global Rights for Women formally merged with BWJP—bringing together two organizations rooted in survivor-centered advocacy, systems change, and the belief that justice must be both local and global. In this...
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No Pet Left Behind: Intersection of DV and Animal Welfare
The exploitation and abuse of animals is fundamentally related to the domination and abuse of women. Research has shown there is a direct link between cruelty to animals and abuse of people. People who abuse animals are five times more likely to engage in domestic violence, child abuse and other...
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The Emergent Movement to Connect Extreme GBV and Trafficking as Non-State Torture
When most people think of torture, they think of violence perpetrated during war or conflict by armies or agents of the state on combatants. Though it is not common to call out gender based violence as torture; frequently, it is exactly that. Gender-based violence, particularly domestic and…
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Amplifying African Feminist Voices: Innovations in Combating GBV
This conversation will center around African activists, leaders, and changemakers in the field of women's rights, focusing on their perspectives on gender equality and systematic approaches to addressing gender-based violence (GBV). This dialogue is crucial; voices from the global south,...
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Beyond Toxic Masculinity: Challenging Patriarchal Socialization
Patriarchy is a system of male dominance with the abuse of women deeply woven into all cultures. Societies and institutions need to address patriarchy as a system that benefits men as a group--going beyond dealing with problem individuals or “toxic” behavior. Not every man experiences power and...
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Economic Abuse -- The Invisible Barrier to Safety and Security
Eight in 10 survivors of domestic violence cite financial abuse as their primary barrier to leaving an abusive relationship, and 99% of them experience it. The average survivor has access to only $300 in assets. That’s why financial dependence as a means of controlling partners, through…
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From Stigma to Support: Integrating a Survivor-Centered, Trauma-Informed Response to Rape
The phrase “trauma-informed” is being used more and more commonly, but there is a longstanding misunderstanding of the trauma faced by victims of sexual assault. Historically victims have been blamed for what happened to them, specifically for not fighting back, which has been routinely used in...
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Safety in the Crosshairs: Guns, Domestic Violence and Community Safety
Domestic violence and access to firearms are a lethal combination. Abusers with guns are five times more likely to kill their female victims, and threats with weapons reinforce power and control dynamics in intimate partner relationships. The effects of firearms and domestic violence impact more...
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Disrupting the Pathway to Prison and Achieving Justice for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
Nationwide, women’s state prison populations grew 834% over nearly 40 years, more than double the rate of men. Women are currently the fastest-growing prison population, yet their trajectory to penitentiary is much different. Incarcerated women experience higher levels of prior victimization than...
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Addressing Gender-Based Violence of Women and Girls in Conflict Situations
Conflict zones always result in high levels of gender-based violence against women and girls, including greater risk of unplanned pregnancy, maternal mortality and morbidity, and severe sexual and reproductive injuries as a result of conflict-related sexual violence. The breakdown of political,...
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The Intersections of Reproductive Oppression, Gender-Based Violence and Survivor Justice
Reproductive rights discussions must include the context of gender-based violence and reproductive oppression. Reproductive health and gender-based violence are inextricably linked, including sexual and domestic violence, access to education on sexuality, impunity for abusers, practices of...
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How Do You Know It's Abuse? What the Power and Control Wheel Reveals about Intimate Partner Violence
The root causes of intimate partner violence are often misunderstood because gender bias and social acceptance of violence adds to the complexities. In this conversation about the Power & Control Wheel, advocates, survivors, and upstanders will gain critical insight into how domestic violence is...
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Addressing the Ultimate Question to Stopping Gender Based Violence: How Can He Change?
Programs addressing men’s abusive behavior need to include reflection and accountability that confronts harmful gender norms and learned behaviors reinforcing male entitlement and privilege. Ulester Douglas, former director of Men Stopping Violence, Scott Miller, advocate and coordinator at...
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Strategies for Seeking Justice for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence through Policy, Social Media, and Activism
Sexual violence remains an all too common experience for students on college campuses. In fact, 1 in 4 women will experience sexual violence before they graduate. Our panel, including students, activists, a professor, and sexual assault expert moderator, will unpack the ways in which campus...
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Reporting Survivor Stories: Transforming Media Portrayals of Gender Based Violence
Let’s take the conversation about ending gender-based violence to the press. Mainstream reporting on gender-based violence often lacks nuance, understanding, and context, reinforcing racial and gender stereotypes that harm survivors and their communities. Moderator Lydia Moran, associate editor…
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Addressing the Ultimate Question to Stopping Gender Based Violence: Can He Change?
Can an abusive partner change? Programs addressing abusive behavior need to include reflection and accountability that confronts harmful gender norms and learned behaviors reinforcing male entitlement and privilege. With Ulester Douglas, Deputy Director of Men Stopping Violence, Scott Miller,...
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Testimonies of Gender Based Violence and the Path to Justice
Violence against women and girls is the most prevalent form of violence globally, yet it is widely underreported to the police because reporting and testifying in court is difficult and traumatizing. Survivors are often subject to judgement about their choices, and questioned about their...
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Being an Upstander: Meaningful Support for Survivors
When people suspect someone they love is being abused or is hurting from trauma, they often don’t know what to do, but want to be helpful in meaningful ways. What survivors say they need for support may surprise you, and the ways you can be an “upstander” instead of “bystander” is doable and...
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What Needs to be in Place to Leave and Survive an Abusive Relationship
One in three women globally will experience some form of gender-based violence in her lifetime. Given that statistic there’s a high likelihood someone you know is in an abusive relationship. Social pressure to “just leave” is usually not helpful, but often what people think should happen first....
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Serving Immigrant Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with Community Innovation
Abuse is a significant problem for all women, and immigrant women globally are particularly vulnerable. Economic and social factors, including immigration status, are challenges to reporting violence or seeking necessary services. Rosario de la Torre, legal advocate at Casa de Esperanza, and...
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Addressing [Mis]Representation--LGBTQ Narratives Sparking Change
Addressing harmful gender norms is critical to ensuring all people are viewed as equals with rights to privacy, freedom, employment, education, health, safety and justice. Legal advocate Jess Braverman and advocacy director Erin Maye Quade from Gender Justice, and Andrea Jenkins, who made history...
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Honoring Survivors with a Memorial of Art & Healing
Sarah Super and Lori Greene had a vision to create the first memorial to sexual assault survivors on Boom Island Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They wanted to create a place that invited action, engagement, and remembering. Hear their powerful stories about why they created the Survivors…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Gender-based violence prevents women and girls from achieving equality. Valiant Voices is a conversation series that features the human rights advocates and survivors addressing injustice and disrupting oppressive systems that cause harm. These are the stories of powerful leaders creating change in their communities and around the world.For more information about our work, please visit: https://globalrightsforwomen.org/
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