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FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
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FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
CASE STUDY: SEXUAL ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES
INTRODUCTION
The rate of sexual abuse and violence against females in different countries of the world increases as the seconds and moments go by hence, the need for Female Empowerment worldwide.
Violence against women and girls is a widespread and systematic violation of fundamental human rights violations and an enduring form of gender based discrimination. It occurs in every country of the world, rich and poor, stable and in conflict, and affects most women and girls, regardless of their age or socio-economic status. Every government – especially through political, administrative, and justice structures, mechanisms and processes – is accountable to end society’s tolerance of and states’ lack of responsiveness to this pervasive scourge on society.
Worldwide, women are vulnerable and at risk – enduring emotional and psychological trauma through harassment, terror and threats, intimidation, humiliation, degradation, exploitation and physical, especially sexual, injury, maiming and disability, all with chronic health consequences even death.
This extreme expression of male control and power over women often begins at infancy and may accompany a woman throughout her life to old age, through various relationships as daughter, sister, intimate partner, wife and mother. All forms of violence against women and girls occur around us on a daily basis, in our homes, families, communities, institutions, workplaces and in the songs, films and images of popular media.
The institutions of Government, culture, religion, civil society and commerce are not immune from gender based violence within their own structures and organizations, among their members and constituencies. It is not only the ‘common man’, the grassroots, uneducated or poor man, who commits violence against women. Doctors, lawyers, judges, parliamentarians, policemen, security guards, senior public servants, chiefs, priests and pastors, teachers and nurses commit crimes of violence against women, in their personal and professional lives, often betraying their trusted roles as partners and as providers of services intended to lead, guide, comfort, support and protect.
Who can women turn to? Who can women trust? We are all are accountable to unite to end violence against women. The right to live a life free from violence is a right that all women must demand a right that all men must accord them.
Violence against women denies women their most basic rights and freedoms, including freedom of opinion, equality and justice before the law, to marry (or not) according to their own free will, to mobility, participation, to vote, to have access information and education, to work, to be employed.
The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of...
FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
CASE STUDY: SEXUAL ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALES
INTRODUCTION
The rate of sexual abuse and violence against females in different countries of the world increases as the seconds and moments go by hence, the need for Female Empowerment worldwide.
Violence against women and girls is a widespread and systematic violation of fundamental human rights violations and an enduring form of gender based discrimination. It occurs in every country of the world, rich and poor, stable and in conflict, and affects most women and girls, regardless of their age or socio-economic status. Every government – especially through political, administrative, and justice structures, mechanisms and processes – is accountable to end society’s tolerance of and states’ lack of responsiveness to this pervasive scourge on society.
Worldwide, women are vulnerable and at risk – enduring emotional and psychological trauma through harassment, terror and threats, intimidation, humiliation, degradation, exploitation and physical, especially sexual, injury, maiming and disability, all with chronic health consequences even death.
This extreme expression of male control and power over women often begins at infancy and may accompany a woman throughout her life to old age, through various relationships as daughter, sister, intimate partner, wife and mother. All forms of violence against women and girls occur around us on a daily basis, in our homes, families, communities, institutions, workplaces and in the songs, films and images of popular media.
The institutions of Government, culture, religion, civil society and commerce are not immune from gender based violence within their own structures and organizations, among their members and constituencies. It is not only the ‘common man’, the grassroots, uneducated or poor man, who commits violence against women. Doctors, lawyers, judges, parliamentarians, policemen, security guards, senior public servants, chiefs, priests and pastors, teachers and nurses commit crimes of violence against women, in their personal and professional lives, often betraying their trusted roles as partners and as providers of services intended to lead, guide, comfort, support and protect.
Who can women turn to? Who can women trust? We are all are accountable to unite to end violence against women. The right to live a life free from violence is a right that all women must demand a right that all men must accord them.
Violence against women denies women their most basic rights and freedoms, including freedom of opinion, equality and justice before the law, to marry (or not) according to their own free will, to mobility, participation, to vote, to have access information and education, to work, to be employed.
The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of...
