17 December 2007

violence against women is often ignored and rarely punished...

as a pro-feminist i just wanted to remind you all that...

women and girls suffer disproportionately from violence - both in peace and in war, at the hands of the state, the community and the family...

that a life free from violence is a basic human right...

from the home to the conflict zone, violence against women must stop...and that amnesty international's campaign to stop violence against women:
  • pushes for the implementation of existing laws that guarantee access to justice and services for women subjected to violence including rape and other forms of sexual violence
  • calls for new laws to be enacted that will protect women's human rights
  • demands an end to laws that discriminate against women
  • urges the ending of violence against women perpetrated by a state and its agents
  • works to empower women

peace out <3>


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