In 2023 the Conservative government designated violence against women and girls a 'national threat' to the public, meaning it should be treated as seriously as crimes like terrorism. The new Labour administration have promised to "halve violence against women and girls" in the next decade. ...
Violence against women and girls.The article discusses a report published by the House of Commons International Development Committee in Great Britain on June 13, 2013 involving the violence against women and girls around the world.EBSCO_AspEducation Journal...
David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, said the finding reveals the shocking scale of violence against women and girls in South Sudan, with abuse starting early and continuing throughout much of women's adult lives. "This important research shows that we need to rethink the ...
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is an important public health issue. Framing studies indicate that how the news media cover public health issues is critical for designing effective health promotion interventions. Notwithstanding this, there is li
Violence against women and girls, according to Afghan Independent Human Right Commission (AIHRC), is a matter of concern as women and girls are facing variety of violence ranging from underage marriages to physical beating. Afghan women activists also expressed concerns over the growing cases of ...
The report, titled Facing Reality: Addressing the Role of Pornography in the Pandemic of Violence against Women and Girls, posits that the majority of freely available pornography on the internet “constitutes sexual violence”, and that, in turn, this violence is shaping ...
as Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy Lead was to propose that the VAWG strategic group was renamed because (to quote from his own email)the “remit and scope did not sufficiently capture the breadth of issues involved in domestic abuse – particularly in terms of male victims....
A British Transport Police survey found that around a third of women have been sexually harassed or subjected to other sexual offences while commuting on the train or Tube - Sky's Sadiya Chowdhury explains.
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Review of Overcoming Violence Against Women and Girls: The International Campaign to Eradicate a Worldwide Problem.Miller, Rhonda