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

WARNING: This presentation contains graphic photos of extreme violence and explicit images. Due to it’s adult nature we ask that anyone under the age of 18 please stop viewing immediately. @empoweredpres

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1. #1WOMAN
   

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2. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS
   THE MOST PERVASIVE YET
   LEAST RECOGNIZED HUMAN
   RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE WORLD.
   

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3. 1 OF 3 WOMEN
   WORLDWIDE WILL BE
   PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY
   OR OTHERWISE ABUSED
   DURING HER LIFETIME.
   

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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.
   

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5. RAPE
   

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6. A GIRL BORN IN
   SOUTH AFRICA
   IS MORE LIKELY TO BE
   RAPED
   THAN LEARN HOW TO
   READ.
   

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7. WOMEN ARE RAPED
   IN CONGO EVERY DAY.
   1,152
   WHILE
   

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8. EVERY
   6 MINUTES
   RAPE OCCURS IN
   THE UNITED STATES.
   

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9. SEXUAL SLAVERY
   

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10. WOMEN AND CHILDREN
    ARE HELD IN SEXUAL
    SERVITUDE AROUND
    THE WORLD,
    2 MILLION
    

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11. OF TRAFFICKING CASES
    ARE NEVER REPORTED.
    YET
    95%
    

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12. WOMEN IN RUSSIA ARE
    TRAFFICKED EVERY YEAR,
    57,750
    

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13. CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN
    PROSTITUTION IN BRAZIL.
    250,000
    

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14. DEMAND FOR
    VIRGIN CHILDREN
    

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15. THE DEMAND FOR
    VIRGIN CHILDREN
    HAS INCREASED
    DUE TO AIDS.
    

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16. $30,
    THE AVERAGE COST
    FOR MALES ARE
    

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17. AND
    $500
    FOR FEMALES.
    

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18. AFTER THEIR
    INNOCENCE
    HAS BEEN STOLEN,
    

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19. GIRLS ARE CONSIDERED
    USED GOODS AND VALUED
    AT AS LITTLE AS
    $2 PER SEXUAL
    TRANSACTION.
    

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20. SEX FOR GRADES
    

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21. A RECURRENT PROBLEM IN THE
    EDUCATION SYSTEM IN LIBERIA.
    

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22. OF FEMALE STUDENTS HAD BEEN
    SEXUALLY HARASSED WHILE THEY STUDIED.
    A 2011 SURVEY CONDUCTED BY
    ACTIONAID FOUND THAT 85%
    

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23. WOMEN SAID THEY
    WERE FORCED TO KEEP
    REPEATING CLASSES IF
    THEY REFUSED
    TO HAVE SEX
    WITH THEIR MALE
    LECTURERS.
    

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24. STUDENTS AGED 16-17 IN
    UGANDA IS COERCED INTO
    SEX WITH THEIR TEACHERS.
    8/100
    

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25. FEMALE GENITAL
    MUTILATION
    

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26. IT IS A
    PROCEDURE THAT
    INVOLVES
    PARTIAL
    OR TOTAL
    REMOVAL
    OF THE EXTERNAL
    FEMALE GENITALIA.
    

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27. IT HAS NO HEALTH BENEFITS,
    COMPLICATES CHILDBIRTH AND INHIBITS
    A WOMAN’S SEXUAL FEELINGS.
    

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28. GIRLS WILL
    EXPERIENCE
    FEMALE
    GENITAL
    MUTILATION
    EVERY HOUR...
    250
    

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29. THAT’S 42
    GIRLS EVERY 10 MINUTES.
    

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30. FORCED MARRIAGE
    

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31. FORCED MARRIAGE
    CONTRIBUTES
    TO DRIVING GIRLS
    INTO A CYCLE OF
    POVERTY AND
    POWERLESSNESS.
    

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32. OF AFGHAN
    WOMEN WILL
    FACE FORCED
    MARRIAGES,
    70-80%
    

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33. OF GIRLS IN NEPAL ARE
    MARRIED BY AGE 10,
    AS
    7%
    

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34. BY AGE 15.
    AND 40%
    

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35. SEXUAL ABUSE
    BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER
    

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36. OF WOMEN WILL EXPERIENCE
    PHYSICAL AND/OR SEXUAL
    VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE
    PARTNER AT SOME
    POINT IN THEIR LIVES.
    70%
    

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37. WOMEN IN RUSSIA
    WILL DIE ANNUALLY
    FROM DOMESTIC
    VIOLENCE,
    14,000
    

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38. OF WOMEN IN INDIA THINK
    IT’S JUSTIFIABLE FOR THEIR
    HUSBAND TO BEAT THEM.
    AND
    52%
    

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39. WE MUST
    RECOGNIZE
    PATTERNS AND
    SEEK HELP.
    

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40. WOMEN RAPED AS A
    WEAPON OF WAR
    

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41. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS
    USED IN ORDER TO
    HUMILIATE,
    PUNISH AND
    CONTROL
    WOMEN AND
    THEIR COMMUNITIES.
    

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42. 100WOMEN FOUND
    DEAD EVERY DAY
    IN DARFUR,
    

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43. IN THE BOSNIAN WAR,
    40,000
    

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44. IN SIERRA LEONE,
    250,000
    

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45. DURING THE RWANDA GENOCIDE.
    AND 500,000
    

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46. FEMICIDE
    

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47. FEMICIDE IS THE KILLING OF
    FEMALES BY MALES BECAUSE
    THEY ARE FEMALE.
    

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48. HALF A MILLION FEWER
    FEMALE BABIES ARE
    BORN EACH YEAR IN
    INDIA DUE TO THE
    PRACTICE OF SEX-
    SELECTIVE ABORTION,
    

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49. 1.09 MILLION
    GIRLS IN CHINA ARE DEAD
    OR “MISSING” AT BIRTH.
    WHILE
    

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50. SOMETHING
    MUST
    BE DONE.
    

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51. KNOWING THE FACTS CAN MAKE A
    LASTING DIFFERENCE.
    

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52. WE CAN BE APART OF A SOLUTION BY
    SUPPORTING WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS
    THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR WOMEN
    WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE OR VIOLENCE.
    

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53. WE CAN
    END
    VIOLENCE
    AGAINST
    WOMEN.
    

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54. NOW
    THE TIME TO ACT IS
    

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55. INTERNATIONAL
    03.08.13
    WOMEN’S DAY
    

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56. IS A DAY TO LOOK
    BACK ON PAST
    STRUGGLES AND
    ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
    

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57. AND TO LOOK
    AHEAD FOR THE
    OPPORTUNITIES
    THAT AWAIT
    FUTURE
    GENERATIONS OF
    WOMEN.
    

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58. YOU CAN HELP
    PLEASE VISIT:
    INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY.COM
    UNWOMEN.ORG
    ACTIONAID.ORG
    

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60. #1WOMAN
    

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