END VAW-C NOW!
Violence against women
and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels
of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are
particularly susceptible to victimization because they often have fewer rights
or lack appropriate means of protection. In some societies certain types of
violence are deemed socially or legally acceptable, thereby contributing
further to the risk to women and children.
Did you know that every
20 seconds someone becomes a victim of domestic violence? Violence against
women is a major public health problem in our community and violation of
women's human rights. Violence against women is a form of violence that is
gender-based .Violence occurs because of their gender. BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN .
Violence against women may take different forms. RAPE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
SEXUAL HARASSMENT, STALKING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, FORCED PROSTITUTION, STATE VIOLENCE,
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced either
physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime as of World Health
Organization(WHO). Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Physical
injuries are some of the more visible, and at times most deadly, consequences
of gender-based violence(GBV). But the long term mental health consequences are
often invisible and left untreated.
2 million of women are
trafficked each year into prostitution and force slavery. Young women and girls
are often particularly vulnerable to early marriage, female genital mutilation,
and HIV putting their health and rights at risk. Now these women are our
SISTERS, and our DAUGHTERS ,our GRANDMOTHERS, and our MOTHERS. THIS IS
UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT MUST STOP NOW. Real men don't hit women. I call for all
men to join me in standing up to Stop violence directed to women and girls. I
am AJ Fieldad and im asking you:
"If you see SOMETHING, Do SOMETHING"
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