#1Woman - End the Violence - Women's Day

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1. #1WOMAN
2. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS THE MOST PERVASIVE YET LEAST RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE WORLD.
3. 1 OF 3 WOMEN WORLDWIDE WILL BE PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY OR OTHERWISE ABUSED DURING HER LIFETIME.
4. THIS PRESENTATION CONTAINS GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF EXTREME VIOLENCE AND EXPLICIT IMAGES. WARNING DUE TO ITS ADULT NATURE WE ASK THAT ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 PLEASE STOP VIEWING IMMEDIATELY.
5. RAPE
6. A GIRL BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA IS MORE LIKELY TO BE RAPED THAN LEARN HOW TO READ.
7. WOMEN ARE RAPED IN CONGO EVERY DAY. 1,152 WHILE
8. EVERY 6 MINUTES RAPE OCCURS IN THE UNITED STATES.
9. SEXUAL SLAVERY
10. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE HELD IN SEXUAL SERVITUDE AROUND THE WORLD, 2 MILLION
11. OF TRAFFICKING CASES ARE NEVER REPORTED. YET 95%
12. WOMEN IN RUSSIA ARE TRAFFICKED EVERY YEAR, 57,750
13. CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION IN BRAZIL. 250,000
14. DEMAND FOR VIRGIN CHILDREN
15. THE DEMAND FOR VIRGIN CHILDREN HAS INCREASED DUE TO AIDS.
16. $30, THE AVERAGE COST FOR MALES ARE
17. AND $500 FOR FEMALES.
18. AFTER THEIR INNOCENCE HAS BEEN STOLEN,
19. GIRLS ARE CONSIDERED USED GOODS AND VALUED AT AS LITTLE AS $2 PER SEXUAL TRANSACTION.
20. SEX FOR GRADES
21. A RECURRENT PROBLEM IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN LIBERIA.
22. OF FEMALE STUDENTS HAD BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSED WHILE THEY STUDIED. A 2011 SURVEY CONDUCTED BY ACTIONAID FOUND THAT 85%
23. WOMEN SAID THEY WERE FORCED TO KEEP REPEATING CLASSES IF THEY REFUSED TO HAVE SEX WITH THEIR MALE LECTURERS.
24. STUDENTS AGED 16-17 IN UGANDA IS COERCED INTO SEX WITH THEIR TEACHERS. 8/100
25. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
26. IT IS A PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES PARTIAL OR TOTAL REMOVAL OF THE EXTERNAL FEMALE GENITALIA.
27. IT HAS NO HEALTH BENEFITS, COMPLICATES CHILDBIRTH AND INHIBITS A WOMAN’S SEXUAL FEELINGS.
28. GIRLS WILL EXPERIENCE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION EVERY HOUR... 250
29. THAT’S 42 GIRLS EVERY 10 MINUTES.
30. FORCED MARRIAGE
31. FORCED MARRIAGE CONTRIBUTES TO DRIVING GIRLS INTO A CYCLE OF POVERTY AND POWERLESSNESS.
32. OF AFGHAN WOMEN WILL FACE FORCED MARRIAGES, 70-80%
33. OF GIRLS IN NEPAL ARE MARRIED BY AGE 10, AS 7%
34. BY AGE 15. AND 40%
35. SEXUAL ABUSE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER
36. OF WOMEN WILL EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL AND/OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES. 70%
37. WOMEN IN RUSSIA WILL DIE ANNUALLY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 14,000
38. OF WOMEN IN INDIA THINK IT’S JUSTIFIABLE FOR THEIR HUSBAND TO BEAT THEM. AND 52%
39. WE MUST RECOGNIZE PATTERNS AND SEEK HELP.
40. WOMEN RAPED AS A WEAPON OF WAR
41. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS USED IN ORDER TO HUMILIATE, PUNISH AND CONTROL WOMEN AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
42. 100WOMEN FOUND DEAD EVERY DAY IN DARFUR,
43. IN THE BOSNIAN WAR, 40,000
44. IN SIERRA LEONE, 250,000
45. DURING THE RWANDA GENOCIDE. AND 500,000
46. FEMICIDE
47. FEMICIDE IS THE KILLING OF FEMALES BY MALES BECAUSE THEY ARE FEMALE.
48. HALF A MILLION FEWER FEMALE BABIES ARE BORN EACH YEAR IN INDIA DUE TO THE PRACTICE OF SEX- SELECTIVE ABORTION,
49. 1.09 MILLION GIRLS IN CHINA ARE DEAD OR “MISSING” AT BIRTH. WHILE
50. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.
51. KNOWING THE FACTS CAN MAKE A LASTING DIFFERENCE.
52. WE CAN BE APART OF A SOLUTION BY SUPPORTING WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE OR VIOLENCE.
53. WE CAN END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.
54. NOW THE TIME TO ACT IS
55. INTERNATIONAL 03.08.13 WOMEN’S DAY
56. IS A DAY TO LOOK BACK ON PAST STRUGGLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
57. AND TO LOOK AHEAD FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAIT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN.
58. YOU CAN HELP PLEASE VISIT: INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY.COM UNWOMEN.ORG ACTIONAID.ORG
60. #1WOMAN
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