U.N. Finds ‘Alarmingly High’ Levels of Violence Against Women

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/world/un-finds-alarmingly-high-levels-of-violence-against-women.html?_r=0

UNITED NATIONS — The evidence is ubiquitous. The gang rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi sets off an unusual burst of national outrage in India. In South Sudan, women are assaulted by both sides in the civil war. In Iraq, jihadists enslave women for sex. And American colleges face mounting scrutiny about campus rape.

Despite the many gains women have made in education, health and even political power in the course of a generation, violence against women and girls worldwide “persists at alarmingly high levels,” according to a United Nations analysis that the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to present to the General Assembly on Monday.

About 35 percent of women worldwide — more than one in three — said they had experienced physical violence in their lifetime, the report finds. One in 10 girls under the age of 18 was forced to have sex, it says.

The subject is under sharp focus as delegates from around the world gather here starting on Monday to assess how well governments have done since they promised to ensure women’s equality at a landmark conference in Beijing 20 years ago — and what to do next.

[BainsBane]

1. K and R

Thanks for posting this.

[steve2470]

3. my pleasure! nt

[2naSalit]

2. I find it alarming

that this is just being brought to the fore at this time. Should have been a big, huge issue decades ago. Men are deathly afraid of women and do this, as well as other atrocious crimes against women, for tooooooo f'ing long.

Time for a global Lysistrata event that actually takes place, not just a comedy of the ancients.