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African Diaspora Families and Changing Gender Relations: A Focus on Gender Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence. Paper presented at "Freedom from Gender-based Violence" Conference, Africana Studies Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Sponsored by The Ithaca College Department of Politics, in conjunction with the African Women’s Initiative of Ithaca, the Center for Transformative Justice, and the Africana Center of Cornell. Saturday, June 1st, 2019. Thanks to Maryna Tkachenko for recording. hashtag # health hashtag # publichealth hashtag # refugees hashtag # AfricanImmigrantFamilies hashtag # AfricanImmigrant hashtag # GenderBasedViolence hashtag # AfricanDiasporaFamilies hashtag # IntimatePartnerViolence hashtag # GenderBasedViolence hashtag # StructuralViolence hashtag # RestorativeJustice hashtag # GenderRelations hashtag # Freedom hashtag # AfricanWomensInitiativeofIthaca hashtag # AWI hashtag # GBV hashtag # IPV

30 April 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We the undersigned Women’s Organizations, Activists, Scholars, Civil Society and Human Rights Organisations in Nigeria, strongly condemn the recent raids, public humiliation , assault and sexual harassment and of over 100 women in Abuja by the agents of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Team, which is comprised of the Department of Development Control, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) and the Social Development Secretariat (SDS). These agents raided the “Caramelo night club” and other clubs on two different occasions within one week in Abuja (17 th and 26 th April). During the raids, they arrested several women, who reported that they had been sexually assaulted and sexually harassed, some who were raped. The assaults left injuries in the vaginas of some of the arrested women and many were psychologically traumatised by the experience. It appears that the FCTA joint task team had unilaterally, a...

#112ChibokGirls have been in Boko Haram captivity For 1823 days #LeahSharibu for 416 days #AliceNgaddah for 406 days Thousands of other Nigerians are also held captive. We must keep demanding their rescue And reunification with their families. #BringBackOurDaughters #FiveYearsTooLong #HopeEndures #NoMoreExcuses #BringBackOurGirls #BBOG

    #112ChibokGirls have been in Boko Haram captivity For 1822 days #LeahSharibu for 415 days #AliceNgaddah for 405 days Thousands of other Nigerians are also held captive. We must keep demanding their rescue And reunification with their families. #BringBackOurDaughters #FiveYearsTooLong #HopeEndures #NoMoreExcuses #BringBackOurGirls #BBOG

    #112ChibokGirls have been in Boko Haram captivity For 1821 days #LeahSharibu for 414 days #AliceNgaddah for 404 days Thousands of other Nigerians are also held captive. We must keep demanding their rescue And reunification with their families. #BringBackOurDaughters #FiveYearsTooLong #HopeEndures #NoMoreExcuses #BringBackOurGirls #BBOG