Domestic Violence Awareness
Month
October 2008
In its various forms, sexual and
gender-based violence is endemic in communities around the
world, cutting across class, race, age, religion, and national
boundaries. Poor, uneducated, and young women are especially
vulnerable. Exposure to gender-based violence and sexual
coercion significantly increases girls’ and women’s chances of
early sexual debut, experiencing forced sex, engaging in
transactional sex, and failing to negotiate condom use.
Population Council projects are helping to prevent sexual and
gender-based violence and treat its survivors. Thousands have
benefited from the Council’s projects, and millions more will
benefit as we share lessons learned through a wide network of
organizations, spreading “best practices” across the developing
world. (more)
|
Consider this: 33 percent of women
around the world have been beaten, coerced into sex, or
otherwise abused in their lifetime.
Photo: Population Council |
|