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    The Xiaomi 12X also debuted last day of December 2021, and it is the device from the company with a Snapdragon 870 chip.

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  • Updated Info on 2021 MBC Music Festival

    Hosted by Girls’ Generation’s YoonA, 2PM’s Lee Junho, and Jang Sung Kyu, the 2021 MBC Music Festival will be held on December 31 at 8:40 p.m. KST. Check out the full lineup here!

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  • How Ghana and Nigeria police handle domestic violence 

    How Ghana and Nigeria police handle domestic violence cases

    The response to domestic violence by the police in Ghana and Nigeria is lacking.
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    Abena Asefuaba Yalley, University of Konstanz

    Since the 1970s feminist movement for the support of abused women under the appellation “Battered Women’s Movement”, the struggle against domestic violence has continued. In Ghana, for example, national records reveal that one-third of women have been victims of domestic violence. In Nigeria, 33% of women aged 15-49 have experienced either
    physical or sexual violence in a domestic setting.

    Both Ghana and Nigeria enacted laws on domestic violence in 2007. They essentially criminalised domestic violence and made police involvement mandatory. Special domestic violence units were set up in the two countries’ police institutions. The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit was created within the Ghana Police Service, while the Family Support Unit was established in the Nigeria Police Force.

    These units are responsible for handling cases of domestic violence, prosecuting offenders and providing support services for victims. These roles are critical in breaking the cycle of violence. They should instil confidence in victims and promote the rights of women by showing that domestic violence is unacceptable and will be punished.

    Several studies have examined police interventions in domestic violence by looking at the trend in domestic violence reports to police and the role of police in victims’ access to justice. These studies have established very low reportage of domestic violence to the police. They also found that a lack of police commitment hinders victims’ access to justice. But one aspect has been largely unexplored: police culture – specifically its masculinity – and how it is implicated in domestic violence interventions.

    As a result we set out to study the way the police in Ghana and Nigeria handle domestic violence cases and victims. In particular, we looked at manifestations of police masculinity and its impact on policing domestic violence.

    We found that although the domestic violence laws in Ghana and Nigeria aim to improve the well-being of domestic violence victims, the masculinised culture of the police impeded their success and complicated the plight of domestic violence victims. By masculinised culture, we mean traits such as force, aggression, dominance, violence and strength which are valued and celebrated in the police force. We found that these traits were continually upheld as the ideal police officer trait. Both men and women in the units displayed these characteristics.

    Police masculinity

    The research was conducted in six police domestic violence units in Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria. We conducted interviews with female victims of domestic violence, police officers who handle domestic violence cases and social workers with experience of police work in handling domestic violence.

    The study revealed that the masculine culture of police was evident even in the training content for recruits in both the Ghanaian and Nigerian police forces.

    Police personnel told us their training aimed to instil qualities such as vigour, strength, discipline, toughness, braveness and assertiveness. A police officer said:

    The training comprised parade, fatigue, bodybuilding, jungle training, early morning rising, lecture, and handling of guns.

    There was no training on how to handle domestic violence or gender issues although domestic violence was part of police work. Some training on handling domestic violence was offered after a couple of years, but was organised mainly by nongovernmental organisations. Some of the policemen we interviewed said the training they eventually received on domestic violence had made them more empathetic, humane, patient, sensitive and supportive of women.

    We noted that the police generally viewed domestic violence as a crime involving only women. As a result, the domestic violence units in the two police institutions were considered the “feminine arm” – the women unit – of the police.

    The billboards, flyers and posters in the domestic violence units featured female characters and reinforced the idea that domestic violence was only about women victims seeking redress against male violators. This was a hindrance to male victims who needed police help.

    The study also revealed that the domestic violence units were under-resourced when compared with the anti-robbery and counter-terrorism units. Little attention was given to the units in terms of training and resources.

    We found that police officers were often unwelcoming and unfriendly to victims. Some of them got irritated by the victims’ presence and display of vulnerability.

    They often blamed, insulted or mocked victims, and sometimes ordered them out of their offices.

    The findings of the study revealed that about 40% of victims abandoned their cases after the initial reports. In follow-up interviews, the victims indicated this was as a result of police hostility towards them. Victims said they found the police station a hostile environment, filled with tension. They also revealed they felt more traumatised after their encounter with police, which made them less willing to seek police assistance again.

    We found that police officers shielded other police officers who committed domestic violence offences. Those accused of abuse were barely investigated.

    Also noteworthy was a lack of psychosocial support for victims. Interventions prioritised criminality with minimal or no regard for the emotional wellbeing of victims. Emotional distress was considered a feminine trait.

    What must be done

    The practices of most police institutions in Ghana and Nigeria have reduced their ability to protect abused women, enforce the domestic violence laws and promote the rights of women.

    The Ghanaian and Nigerian police should restructure police training and rework its curriculum. Gender sensitivity and effective handling of domestic violence courses and modules should be taught in police colleges. Also, training on domestic violence should be made a compulsory part of police training.

    This would greatly reduce the stereotypical views on gender, minimise masculinised performance and improve police skills in handling domestic violence.The Conversation

    Abena Asefuaba Yalley, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Konstanz

    This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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  • iPhone: How to download apps unavailable in your country

    Often times, there may be a need to download apps that is not allowed to operate in the country where you live.

    If you need that app badly, there’s a surefire way to download and use it on your iPhone.

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  • Vivo unveils X100, X100 Pro in China

    Vivo X100 (V2309A) and Vivo X100 Pro (V2324A) are the first smartphones boasting the new MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset and with the new Sk Hynix LPDDR5T RAM – up to 16GB.

    The storage is UFS 4.0 type and is up to 1TB without an option for expansion. Both devices run on OriginOS 4 based on Android 14.

    Both use the same display unit – a 6.78-inch AMOLED panel with an 8T LTPO backplane, 10-bit color bit depth, adaptive refresh rate from 1 to 120Hz, a resolution of 1260 x 2800 px, and a peak brightness of up to 3000 nits. 2160 Hz PWM dimming for eye protection is also specified. In-display fingerprint sensors for both models are also provided.

    The camera department and battery capacity are different significantly, affecting price and performance.

    Vivo X100 Pro‘s camera department features three 50MP Sony IMX989 rear shooters. The most noteworthy one of the trio is the telephoto lens, the world’s first apochromatically corrected zoom lens certified by Zeiss APO.

    The tele lens has an f/2.57 aperture and a 100 mm focal length equivalent. The optical zoom is up to 4.3x. The main camera has an f/1.75 aperture and the ultra-wide lens has an f/2.0 aperture with a 15mm focal length equivalent.

    There’s a 32MP selfie snapper on the front with an f/2.0 aperture as well.

    Vivo X100 has a 50MP IMX920 main shooter with an f/1.57 aperture, a 50MP ultra-wide camera with a 15 mm focal length equivalent and an f/2.0 aperture, and a 64MP telephoto lens.

    Both smartphones are available in orange, white, blue, and black colors. The pricing are also various.

  • Lawyer Seeking Justice for Undocumented Victims of Sexual Assault

    The article was first published in 2020:

    Three years since a wave of stories about Harvey Weinstein threatened to change the shape of assault investigations, and two months after MeToo’s symbolic enemy was sentenced to 23 years in prison, the movement is just as instructive for who it’s left out as for who has gone to jail.

    Immigrant women are more vulnerable to sexual assault and domestic violence; incarcerated women are, by some counts, 30 times more likely to be assaulted than the general population. But the movement to bring assaulters to justice favors figureheads over systems, and Michelle Simpson Tuegel, a 36-year-old Texas attorney specializing in sexual assault litigation, understands the somewhat cynical logic that can impact the success of a case.

    Tuegel has made her name litigating cases with recognizable enemies. Some have been successful, at least in part, because they highlight groups of plaintiffs with resources and public profiles that help engender widespread support. Now, her firm is taking on a case representing a population historically absent from those conversations, a test of how expansive the public’s sense of justice for survivors has really turned out to be.

    Best known for her work on behalf of athletes assaulted by USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, she has also represented clients in cases against the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church. Early in her career, Tuegel practiced criminal defense; since 2017 she has specialized in Title IX cases and worked with survivors of sexual assault in civil suits. She considers her most recent lawsuit, filed against a detention contractor on behalf of an undocumented immigrant, to be a “marriage” between those two fields of law.

    “It is different from the Nassar cases, or the Catholic Church case,” she says. “And I do worry about it being lost in the conversation. Because these are immigrant women. These are women who have already been marginalized and who are very afraid to come forward. And that’s why very little of this, I think, is even reported.”

    https://jezebel.com/the-lawyer-seeking-justice-for-undocumented-victims-of-1843733724

  • Lawyer Says ‘Forbes’ Article Is Filled with ‘Lies’

    Article was first published in 2020

    Kylie Jenner‘s legal team is speaking out in response to the Forbes article that claims she is not a billionaire.

    The outlet accused Jenner and her team of “inflating the size and success of her business for years.” They say that she has pocketed around $340 million from her Kylie Cosmetics company, not the $1 billion that has been reported.

    Kylie‘s lawyer Michael Kump told TMZ, “We have reviewed Forbes’ article accusing Kylie of engaging in deceit and a ‘web of lies’ to inflate her net worth. The article is filled with outright lies. Forbes’ accusation that Kylie and her accountants ‘forged tax returns’ is unequivocally false and we are demanding that Forbes immediately and publicly retract that and other statements.”

    The lawyer added, “It is sad that, of all things, Forbes has devoted 3 reporters to investigate the effect of the coronavirus crisis on Kylie’s net worth. We would not expect that from a supermarket tabloid, much less from Forbes.”

    Kylie has also spoken out in response to the claims made in the article.

     

    http://www.justjared.com/