Human Rights in the Media: July 2013 – Mid-week Review
A series of events with sexism at their core exposed tensions in the media narrative on women’s rights during July, writes Jessica Szarcbord in this month’s review of human rights in the media.
Tag Archives: gender based violence
Fleeing into persecution: sending women to PNG
Papua New Guinea is ranked 134 out of 147 in the UNDP’s Gender Development Index. Given that Australia accepts refugees from PNG on the basis of gender-based violence, Angelica Neville argues that the Australian Government will be sending female asylum seekers into harm’s way.