Social media for social good (unabridged)

Conscious Consumption is a social movement which centres on the understanding that our consumption impacts ourselves, our families, our community and our world at large. It is also concerned with the effects of the media on consumers. Conscious Consuming is based around increased awareness of the impact of purchasing decisions on the environment and the…

THE BANE OF FEMALE TRAFFICKING

Female trafficking has been in existence since the late 18th century. Recent developments reveal that trafficking in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children now constitute a major form of organised crime. There is an estimated total annual profit of US $7 billion in the market in trafficking in women for purposes of sexual…

WHY DO MEN RAPE

Rape is a sad fact of life across cultures. Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2008 varied between 0.1 in Egypt per 100,000 people and 91.6 per 100,000 people in Lesotho with 4.9 per 100,000 people in Lithuania. Rape is likely more common, however, because rapes often go unreported. Researchers estimate…

WOMEN BLAMING WOMEN

Sexual harassment as defined by The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its guidelines is: ‘’Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: • Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, or •…

WOMEN ARE FLOWERS

Violence against women, in its various forms, is endemic in communities and countries around the world, cutting across class, race, and age, religious and national boundaries. There is no universally accepted definition of violence against women. Some human rights activists prefer a broad-based definition that includes “structural violence” such as poverty, and unequal access to…