World Health Organisation: violence against women a "global health problem of epidemic proportions"

Submitted by Minuteman on Tue, 2013-06-25 03:24

Link here. Excerpt:

'20 JUNE 2013 | GENEVA - Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects more than one third of all women globally, according to a new report released by WHO in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical Research Council.

The report, Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence, represents the first systematic study of global data on the prevalence of violence against women – both by partners and non-partners. Some 35% of all women will experience either intimate partner or non-partner violence. The study finds that intimate partner violence is the most common type of violence against women, affecting 30% of women worldwide.'

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... it is for men, too.

But you won't see WHO or the UN discuss or even admit it.

Do I need to post links to the reports or would that just be more preaching to the choir/lecturing to an empty classroom? Oh, I know MANN readers are there, at least most of them. But UN member reps? WHO delegates? No. Not there. Don't want to be. Don't care, even if inarguable proof were before them. They simply don't care.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2013-06-25 18:43