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Sexual Violence
Effective partnerships key to combating gender-based violence
December 16th, 2004
Partnerships between governments, the international system, civil society, the media, and private sector offer real solutions to ending gender-based violence, according to speakers at a United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) event to observe International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, which was November 25, 2004. Despite substantial progress in the last 2 decades to raise awareness of gender-based violence as a serious human rights violation, today's world is no safer for women and girls. The scale of the problem has reached epidemic proportions: globally, one in three women will be raped, beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-16)
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