GEOG 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Eudy Simelane, Female Genital Mutilation, Corrective Rape
8 Apr 2019
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Corrective rape: attempting to change sexuality by raping them. The partially clothed body of eudy simelane, a formal star of south africa"s acclaimed banyana banyana national women football squad, was on the outskirts of johannesburg. She was gang raped and brutally beaten before being stabbed 25 times in the face, chest and legs. Femicide: women in africa are the most at risk, Average 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day, according to new data released by the un office on drugs and crime (unodc) Violence against women: sexual assault more common in immigrant communities in us. Seeing more and more in college campuses. Light beating: although council of islamic ideology in pakistan recommendations are non binding, the 163 page document does provide a window into how the most conservative strains of islam still view the role of women.
