6 hours agoViolence against women has become pandemic, UN emissary says
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)A decade after the Istanbul convention, the important treaty that attempted to halt gender-based violence, women are still facing attacks on their rights and security worldwide. This week, the 10th anniversary of 13 states signed the convention, seen as a turning point to address violence against [...]
This week, the 10th anniversary of 13 states signed the convention, seen as a turning point to address violence against women, writes The Guardian, translates Periscope.
And although 46 states have so far signed the treaty, the world is locked in by the pandemic of violence against women, according to a UN emissary, Periscope follows.
Covidius' “Pandemia has discovered what happened earlier,” said Dubravka Simmonovic, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women. She said there was a huge increase in calls for domestic violence, missing or murdered women in the world.
“We have a pandemic of violence against women we've addressed properly in a large number of states,” has said further. /Periscope
