7 hours ago“One in three women experiences physical or sexual violence”
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(5 years ago)Almost one in three women worldwide experiences physical or sexual violence during her lifetime; a criminal behavior that has spread during the pandemic said on Tuesday. The United Nations agency urged governments to prevent violence, improve victim services, and address economic inequalities that [...]
The United Nations agency urged governments to prevent violence, improve services for victims, and address economic inequalities that often force women and girls to remain in abusive relations.
Boys should be educated in school in terms of mutual respect for relations and mutual approval for sex, World Health Organisation officials said.
“Visions against women are roving in every state and culture, damaging millions of women and their families and deteriorating by the pandemic and the coronary”, O general director said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebraesus' BSH.
Some 31% of women between 14 and 49 or 852 million women have experienced physical or sexual violence, O said The BSH in what it called the greatest study of this nature sometimes, including data from states and polls from 2000 to 2018.
A marriage mate or an intimate partner is the most common author of such abuses. A disproportionate number of victims are found in poorer countries. (https://tmsnt.rs/3t5O78) Real figures are likely to be much higher as a result of the nonreport of sexual abuse, an extremely stigmatized crime.
These are very shocking figures and are actually some kind of call for governments to wake up and do more to prevent this violence”, said report author Claudia Garcia-Moreno.
In some regions, more than half of women face violence, she told Reuters news agency, while quoting Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia. In countries with the highest spread of this phenomenon are Kiribati, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan, WHO data shows.
The lowest figures are in Europe, up to 23% throughout life. Violence begins at an alarming new “ ”, WHO said. One in four teenage girls aged 15-19 who have had relations has been subjected to physical or sexual violence, said Mrs. Garcia-Moreno.
This is a very important and shaping period in life. We know that the effects of this violence can be long-term and can affect physical and mental health and can cause unwanted pregnancy and other complications”, she said.
