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Domestic abuse in popular music: from Ma Rainey to Rhianna

Domestic abuse in popular music: from Ma Rainey to Rhianna

by Talking Humanities | Nov 13, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Being Human festival, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

For this year’s Being Human festival Dr Amy Kellam, an associate research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, is hosting two events on domestic abuse (see below). My colleagues and I use films – like ‘Gaslight’ – to explore the UK’s upcoming...
India records surge in domestic violence cases during Covid-19 crisis

India records surge in domestic violence cases during Covid-19 crisis

by Talking Humanities | Aug 26, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Republished

Nilakshi Srivastava, a student at the National Law Institute University in Bhopal investigates India’s domestic violence statistics, which have risen during the Covid-19 lockdown. It is a known fact that in India women are at the lowest rung of the patriarchal,...
Domestic abuse: a Sri Lankan perspective

Domestic abuse: a Sri Lankan perspective

by Talking Humanities | Jan 7, 2016 | Graduate Study, Human Rights

Niresha Umaichelvam’s dissertation proposal to investigate domestic violence from a South Asian woman’s perspective, won the £200 prize at the School of Advanced Study’s Human Rights Consortium’s first ‘research SOUP’ event. Below, the City University Master’s student...

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