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#PoliceReform #TyreNichols #Tyre #Video #Riots - Bodycam footage pf Tyre Nichols' murder by 5 police officers is due for release tonight. Police across USA are bracing for riots and violence. But violence will only harm and destroy communities with NO benefit. Please don't do it.
#RodneyKing #TyreNichols + Memphis, HELL NO trend. 1992's Los Angeles Rodney King riots did great harm. This was both the immediate damage and massive subsequent economic devastation as companies and customers stayed away. What do #riots do to the communities they devastate?
3/ #PoliceBrutality #TyreNichols: People have every right to be angry. I'm angry. 😠😠😠But for once, the system actually seems to be working. The five #Memphis #police officers have been fired and arrested. Quickly.

1992 Rodney King Riots #StopTheViolence:
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Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today and remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it. Image
In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:

- intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide);
- sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances,...
...child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment);
- human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation);
- female genital mutilation; and
- child marriage

Take a stand, speak out and report violence against women and girls!
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It's OFFICIAL: #Indonesia Military Finally Ends ‘Virginity Test'🙌🏾
Indonesia’s armed forces have finally ended all so-called “virginity tests” as part of the recruitment process for women.
Last week, Indonesian armed forces spokesman Maj. Gen. Sudirman announced that all three ImageImage
branches of the military – the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force – had “effectively ended virginity tests” for recruitment.
The military’s first actions against this abusive practice began in June 2021 when then-Army Chief General Andika Perkasa issued an order to army commanders
that female recruits should only be assessed on their ability to take part in physical training.
He also ordered that the fiancées of male officers who applied for permission to get married no longer needed to get a medical check, including a “virginity test.”
But despite the
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The silencing of survivors happens in many (nuanced) ways. One of them is the attitudes that are held by those in positions of power. #BelieveSurvivors #StopTheViolence
When those in power express their problematic attitudes and mindsets, survivors become unwilling to employ the mechanisms that are available to access the assistance they need.
We all carry the responsibility to understand sexual violence for what it is, and to unlearn the problematic mindsets which drive and aggrevate sexual violence in our communities.
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Good evening family, welcome to #Audacious once again. It's a beautiful Sunday here in Lagos, Nigeria. Thank you for joining us.
The topic today is a continuation of last week's topic #ThingsIWouldTellMyYoungerSelf.
We took some of these things last week, let's just together do a little more. #Audacious
If I were to go back younger, these are the things I would make use of for life. I have found out that learning is done by gleaning experiences of others. #Audacious
#ThingsIWouldTellMyYoungerSelf
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