Dear all

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. You may want to read about it:

• UN Women – End Violence Against Women (The site is very, very busy today though so might be slow)

This might also be of interest:

• Committing to Eliminating Violence Against Women – Time to match words with deeds Blog post by Scarlet Harris TUC Women’s Equality^definition Officer

And today on Twitter @CountDeadWomen are listing every British woman killed by a partner this year.

 

Also note that today marks the beginning of 16 days of action against gender violence.

 

A few statistics:

• 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence. However, some national studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime from an intimate partner.

In the UK

• Domestic violence will affect 1 in 4 women in their lifetime.  
• In any one year, there are 13 million separate incidents of physical violence or threats of violence against women from partners or former partners.  
• In a study by Shelter, 40% of all homeless women stated that domestic violence was a contributor to their homelessness.
• 30% of domestic violence starts in pregnancy.
• Approximately 80,000 women suffer rape and attempted rape every year. Conviction rates for rape are now at their lowest, far lower than other crimes. Only 5.7% of reported rape cases end in a conviction for the perpetrator.
• As many as 85% women in prostitution report physical abuse in the family, with 45% reporting familial sexual abuse.
• Between 1,000 and 10,000 women and girls are trafficked into the UK each year for sexual exploitation.

 

And some relevant organisations and campaigns you might want to read about/follow on Twitter….

• EVAW Coalition @EVAWhd  http://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/
• Women’s Aid @womensaid  http://www.womensaid.org.uk/
• Refuge @RefugeCharity http://refuge.org.uk/
• Daughters of Eve @DaughtersofEve http://www.dofeve.org/ 
• AVA @AVAproject http://www.avaproject.org.uk/
• White Ribbon Campaign @menantiviolence White Ribbon Campaign
• nia @nia_endingVAWG http://www.niaendingviolence.org.uk/
• Million Women Rise @MillionWomen http://www.millionwomenrise.com/
• Respect UK @RespectUK http://www.respect.uk.net/
• Karma Nirvana @KarmaNirvanaUK http://www.karmanirvana.org.uk/ 

 

 

Best wishes

Sarah

 

Sarah Perry

Project Officer

NIACE^definition