from UN news Center- 8 January 2010 – Actress and Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman is set to help break ground today on a new centre located in San Francisco to combat violence against women, part of an initiative between the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and Family Violence Prevention Fund.
According to UNIFEM, data suggests that up to 70 per cent of women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33439&Cr=violence+against+women&Cr1
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January 11, 2010
November 26, 2009
International Day for the Elimination of violence against Women
25 Novembre- International Day for the elimination of violence against women. A FAO initiative.
http://www.fao.org/gender/en/
Numerous studies underscore the social costs of rural women's lack of education and assets, linking it directly to high rates of undernutrition, infant mortality and - in some countries - HIV/AIDS infection, dislocation of family's authority and violence.
http://www.fao.org/gender/en/
Numerous studies underscore the social costs of rural women's lack of education and assets, linking it directly to high rates of undernutrition, infant mortality and - in some countries - HIV/AIDS infection, dislocation of family's authority and violence.
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