Stories
- Article
How can we prevent violence?
Evidence shows that strategies to prevent some types of violence can be very effective, while other, less well-acknowledged forms continue unabated. But hope can still guide us into a more peaceful future.
- Article
What is violence?
Criminologist Laura Bui explores her early understanding of violence and outlines its definition and wider consequences.
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Books
Tackling violence against women : a worldwide approach.
Womankind Worldwide (Organization)Date: [2007]- Books
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Violence against women and girls : lessons from South Asia / Jennifer L. Solotaroff and Rohini Prabha Pande.
Solotaroff, Jennifer L.Date: 2014- Pictures
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A man sitting with his arms around 2 women, the same man taking medication, then escorting his pregnant wife away from a rural health clinic [?] and then embracing their baby; a warning about the dangers of multiple partners and the importance of protection against AIDS by NGO-AIDS Cell, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS. Colour lithograph by Unesco/Aidthi Workshop, March 1995.
Date: March 1995Reference: 677436i- Pictures
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Recto: The word 'AIDS' in Hindi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against an orange background with further illustrations below showing the dangers of multiple partners and contracting AIDS; Verso: ways in which HIV is contracted; an AIDS prevention advertisement in Hindi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 677633i- Pictures
The word 'AIDS' in Marathi across the heads of 2 black silhouettes of a man and woman against a blue background with further illustrations below ways in which AIDS is not transmitted; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement in Marathi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 677629i