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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 5 WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED AROUND THE…
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 5 WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED AROUND THE WORLD
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DESCRIBES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AS A
GLOBAL HEALTH PROBLEM OF EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS
25 NOVEMBER:
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
MARKS THE BEGINNING OF 16 DAYS OF ACTION TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: A
CAMPAIGN
FROM
1981
THAT ENDS ON
DECEMBER 10
(HUMAN RIGHTS DAY)
SOME NATIONAL STUDIES SHOW THAT UP TO
70%
OF WOMEN HAVE EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL AND/OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE FROM AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THEIR LIFETIME
ACCORDING TO
UNICEF:
APPROXIMATELY 15MLN ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE WORLD (AGED 15 TO 19) HAVE EXPERIENCED FORCED SEX
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION:
IS CONSIDERED A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION AND IS CONDEMNED IN SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES
TODAY:
200MLN WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE LIVING WITH GENITAL MUTILATION, A PRACTICE THAT INCLUDES MANY HEALTH RISKS, INCLUDING:
INFERTILITY
ONGOING SEVERE PELVIC PAIN
HAEMORRHAGE
COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDBIRTH
HIV
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND DEATH
ARAB REGION:
A QUARTER OF GLOBAL CASES
THE URGENCY TO END
FGM
IS REFLECTED AS A
TARGET
IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, AS PART OF GOAL
5
TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
CHILD MARRIAGE:
IS ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGING FORMS OF VIOLENCE
25MLN CHILD MARRIAGE WERE PREVENTED IN THE LAST DECADE BUT STILL OVER 150MLN GIRLS ARE LIKELY TO MARRY BY 2030
12MLN GIRLS ARE MARRIED BEFORE THEY TURN 18
HUMANITARIAN CRISES:
INCLUDES CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS, INCREASE WOMEN'S VULNERABILITY TO VIOLENCE
IN SOME CRISIS-AFFECTED COUNTRIES,
70%
OF WOMEN EXPERIENCE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL MATERNAL, NEW-BORN AND CHILD DEATHS OCCUR IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS
LIVING IN FRAGILE AND HUMANITARIAN CONTEXTS AND FORCED MIGRATION PUT WOMEN AND GIRLS AT INCREASED RISK FOR
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
202 GLOBAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSON:
SHOWED THAT
71%
OF ALL TRAFFICKING VICTIMS WORLDWIDE ARE WOMEN AND GIRLS
2018:
FOR EVERY 10 VICTIMS DETECTED GLOBALLY, ABOUT FIVE WERE ADULT WOMEN AND TWO WERE GIRLS
75%
OF TRAFFICKED WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE TRAFFICKED FOR
SEXUAL SLAVERY