All posts tagged "violence"

  • End violence against women and save billions every year

    Violence against women costs the global economy $1.5 trillion a year, increasing absenteeism from work and placing a burden on health, police and criminal justice services ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland is the Commonwealth Secretary-General. As...

    • Posted December 1, 2022
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    One million poor women in Britain have suffered violence and abuse

    Women in poverty are much more likely to face almost every kind of abuse and violence compared to other women, say experts By Pietro Lombardi from trust.org (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One million women living in poverty...

    • Posted October 11, 2016
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  • u.n. women focusing on violence prevention with children

    from UNWomen.org. Violence against women and girls is rooted in gender-based discrimination and social norms and gender stereotypes that perpetuate such violence. Given the devastating effect violence has on women, efforts have mainly focused on responses and...

    • Posted October 17, 2013
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