Women's Day vow to fight violence
Story from BBC NEWS: 2009/03/08
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has marked International Women's Day by vowing to tackle the "scourge" of domestic abuse.
The day is marked around the world on 8 March and this year it is focusing on violence against women.
Ms Sturgeon said Scottish ministers had committed £44m to tackle the problem.
Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie said family should be "on the top of the agenda". Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman attacked the gender pay gap.
The comments came as politicians marked the day, which is observed by the United Nations, at a series of events.
'Heart of society'
Ms Sturgeon said: "Sadly, violence is part of too many women's lives across the world.
"On this day and throughout the year the Scottish Government is determined to tackle the scourge of violence against women and children."
Ms Goldie drew on the case of Brandon Muir, the Dundee toddler who was killed by his mother's boyfriend.
"I want today to call on my fellow political leaders in Scotland - let's put family back at the top of the agenda, let's have the debate about how we put family back at the heart of society and how we support the family," she said.
Ms Harman told delegates at Scottish Labour's annual conference in Dundee that bank bosses topped the list of treating female employees unfairly.
She said: "The gender pay gap in financial services is worse than in most other sectors."
This has been a problem since so long ago not just in Scotland, but obviously everywhere in the world. Domestic Abuse/Violence was a topic I discussed in the past. And now it has been taken to a new red carpet light. What happened to Rihanna is a story sadly many women can relate to. It is not uncommon for those who have been abused to return back to their abusers. I myself am still trying to understand why. Hopefully after finishing my work, I can actually open my Abnormal Psychology and read up on it and of course share it with all of you.
Every morning when I wake up, I would read the highlights in NST and the Star. And most of the time there would be stories of Domestic Violence. I guess it is getting worse in the economy, my freakonomics theory - the stress and pressure of the financial strain are taking the best out of people; resulting in them releasing those stress and pressure on others (or in some cases, the aftermath of the releasing of stress and pressure through medication and drugs).
Baby dies after being tossed onto mattress
By BERNAMA 2009/03/09
A four-month-old baby girl died yesterday after she was believed to have been thrown onto a mattress at home in Sungai Ara, here. The father, 35, a plumber, was said to have been angered by the baby's incessant cry and threw her onto the mattress.
South-west district police chief, Supt Hatta Mohd Zain said the man and his wife, 30, claimed they rushed their daughter to the Penang Hospital about 4pm when the baby became unconscious.
"After examining the baby, the doctor certified her dead," he said.
Hatta said the doctor found bruises and injuries on the baby's face, believed to be caused by pinching, as well as scratches on the ears and a bruise on her forehead.
"The father is remanded for six days to help in the police investigation, and a urine test found him positive with heroin," he added. -- BERNAMA
© Copyright 2009 The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad. All rights reserved.
Or is it the lack of psychological support during Sex Education
Father sodomises daughter, brother molests sisters
By Lee Shi-Ian 2009/03/07
KLANG, Sat: A man sodomised his seven-year-old daughter last week, while, in another case, a brother forced his younger sister to perform oral sex. A doctor at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital lodged a police report on Thursday after a rectal examination on a seven-year-old girl revealed numerous tears in her anus.
The girl, a Standard One pupil from Rantau Panjang, Klang, had been taken to the hospital after complaining of pain in her anus.
A police source said: “The doctor was initially reluctant to release the victim back into her mother’s care but had no choice.”
Following the report, a second medical examination was conducted on the victim and the results were conclusive, indicating that she had been sodomised.
It is learnt that the victim’s father, a lorry driver aged 47, has since gone into hiding.
In the second incident, a 19-year-old man is being sought by police after he is said to have sexually assaulted both his younger sisters on Wednesday at their home in Taman Seri Putra, Banting.
The suspect is said to have pulled his sisters, aged 11 and 8, into the bedroom, while their parents were away. He allegedly pushed the 11-year-old girl onto the bed and kissed her.
The suspect is then said to have dragged both girls into the toilet where he ordered the younger girl to perform oral sex on him.
He then warned the girls to keep quiet about the incident. However, the elder girl told her mother what happened when she returned home.
The mother lodged a report at the Banting police station. It is understood that a similar incident had occurred in the past when the family lived in Kelantan.
However, at that time, the mother did not believe her daughter. Medical examinations indicated neither of the girls had been raped.
Selangor CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Hasnan Hassan said police were looking for the two suspects.
© Copyright 2009 The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad. All rights reserved.
These are all for now, we will regroupd and discuss about it after I finish these things on my table (more like my my bed, pillows and totally half my room floor)
Story from BBC NEWS: 2009/03/08
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has marked International Women's Day by vowing to tackle the "scourge" of domestic abuse.
The day is marked around the world on 8 March and this year it is focusing on violence against women.
Ms Sturgeon said Scottish ministers had committed £44m to tackle the problem.
Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie said family should be "on the top of the agenda". Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman attacked the gender pay gap.
The comments came as politicians marked the day, which is observed by the United Nations, at a series of events.
'Heart of society'
Ms Sturgeon said: "Sadly, violence is part of too many women's lives across the world.
"On this day and throughout the year the Scottish Government is determined to tackle the scourge of violence against women and children."
Ms Goldie drew on the case of Brandon Muir, the Dundee toddler who was killed by his mother's boyfriend.
"I want today to call on my fellow political leaders in Scotland - let's put family back at the top of the agenda, let's have the debate about how we put family back at the heart of society and how we support the family," she said.
Ms Harman told delegates at Scottish Labour's annual conference in Dundee that bank bosses topped the list of treating female employees unfairly.
She said: "The gender pay gap in financial services is worse than in most other sectors."
This has been a problem since so long ago not just in Scotland, but obviously everywhere in the world. Domestic Abuse/Violence was a topic I discussed in the past. And now it has been taken to a new red carpet light. What happened to Rihanna is a story sadly many women can relate to. It is not uncommon for those who have been abused to return back to their abusers. I myself am still trying to understand why. Hopefully after finishing my work, I can actually open my Abnormal Psychology and read up on it and of course share it with all of you.
Every morning when I wake up, I would read the highlights in NST and the Star. And most of the time there would be stories of Domestic Violence. I guess it is getting worse in the economy, my freakonomics theory - the stress and pressure of the financial strain are taking the best out of people; resulting in them releasing those stress and pressure on others (or in some cases, the aftermath of the releasing of stress and pressure through medication and drugs).
Baby dies after being tossed onto mattress
By BERNAMA 2009/03/09
A four-month-old baby girl died yesterday after she was believed to have been thrown onto a mattress at home in Sungai Ara, here. The father, 35, a plumber, was said to have been angered by the baby's incessant cry and threw her onto the mattress.
South-west district police chief, Supt Hatta Mohd Zain said the man and his wife, 30, claimed they rushed their daughter to the Penang Hospital about 4pm when the baby became unconscious.
"After examining the baby, the doctor certified her dead," he said.
Hatta said the doctor found bruises and injuries on the baby's face, believed to be caused by pinching, as well as scratches on the ears and a bruise on her forehead.
"The father is remanded for six days to help in the police investigation, and a urine test found him positive with heroin," he added. -- BERNAMA
© Copyright 2009 The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad. All rights reserved.
Or is it the lack of psychological support during Sex Education
Father sodomises daughter, brother molests sisters
By Lee Shi-Ian 2009/03/07
KLANG, Sat: A man sodomised his seven-year-old daughter last week, while, in another case, a brother forced his younger sister to perform oral sex. A doctor at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital lodged a police report on Thursday after a rectal examination on a seven-year-old girl revealed numerous tears in her anus.
The girl, a Standard One pupil from Rantau Panjang, Klang, had been taken to the hospital after complaining of pain in her anus.
A police source said: “The doctor was initially reluctant to release the victim back into her mother’s care but had no choice.”
Following the report, a second medical examination was conducted on the victim and the results were conclusive, indicating that she had been sodomised.
It is learnt that the victim’s father, a lorry driver aged 47, has since gone into hiding.
In the second incident, a 19-year-old man is being sought by police after he is said to have sexually assaulted both his younger sisters on Wednesday at their home in Taman Seri Putra, Banting.
The suspect is said to have pulled his sisters, aged 11 and 8, into the bedroom, while their parents were away. He allegedly pushed the 11-year-old girl onto the bed and kissed her.
The suspect is then said to have dragged both girls into the toilet where he ordered the younger girl to perform oral sex on him.
He then warned the girls to keep quiet about the incident. However, the elder girl told her mother what happened when she returned home.
The mother lodged a report at the Banting police station. It is understood that a similar incident had occurred in the past when the family lived in Kelantan.
However, at that time, the mother did not believe her daughter. Medical examinations indicated neither of the girls had been raped.
Selangor CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Hasnan Hassan said police were looking for the two suspects.
© Copyright 2009 The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad. All rights reserved.
These are all for now, we will regroupd and discuss about it after I finish these things on my table (more like my my bed, pillows and totally half my room floor)
- PhD Proposal
- MSc Dissertation (Due on the 20th April 2009)
- Article Submission (Due on the 30th May 2009)
- Research with MMU & UNIMAS (The whole month of May)
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