Violence against women is a global pandemic. It devastates the lives of women, their families, and their communities. It also threatens to undermine efforts to bring about sustainable development.
But all over the world women — and men — are combating what Kofi Annan calls ‘perhaps the most shameful human-rights violation.’ In Tackling Violence against Women WOMANKIND Worldwide shares the stories, struggles, and strategies of people in Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Ghana, Peru, India and the UK who have come together to stand up for the right of women not to live in fear.
WOMANKIND calls on governments, the UN and other international, regional and national decision-making bodies to:
- mobilise the additional commitment and resources that are urgently needed to tackle the causes and consequences of violence;
- establish and implement effective laws to protect women from all forms of violence; and
- invest in prevention as a long-term solution.
Read Tackling Violence against Women: a worldwide approach