25 NOVEMBER International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
1 in 3 women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime
According to the UN, “there is no region of the world, no country and no culture in which women's freedom from violence has been secured”
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November was chosen to commemorate the violent murder of the Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa), three political activists murdered on 25 November 1960 by the secret police of dictator Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. This commemoration has taken place since 1981.
No
woman has to be a victim of physical abuse.
Women have to feel like they are not alone.Salma Hayek
It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.Jeff Bridges
Finding Freedom, a poem on violence against Women
Posted on NOVEMBER 27, 2017 by WADIA SAMADI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-glPje65V8&t=63s
Written by Wadia Samadi
I wake up every morning scheming my escape
But what about my children?
Who will believe me?
Who will give me a home?
Years go by and I am still waiting
When will this end?
My make up does not cover my bruised face
My smile does not hide my haggard visage
Yet, no one comes to help
They say: it will get better
They say: don’t talk about it
They say: this was my fate
They say: a woman must tolerate
Don’t air your dirty laundry, they say.
When will this end?
Once again, he drags my body to the floor
He chokes me and I beg him not to kill me
Once again, he demands my silence
Once again, he tells me I don’t deserve to live
I have had enough
I will not be silent
I will live
I will find freedom
This will end today.
Wadia Samadi is a Free
Women Writers member with a BA in Economics from the University of Richmond in
Virginia. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Wadsam.com, Afghanistan's first
business news portal. Samadi loves covering stories of Afghan women and
occasionally freelances for international news agencies. She is also working
for a non-profit in Washington, D.C.
AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
https://view.genial.ly/640f2ea7d622d100127cb8a5/interactive-image-violence-against-women
https://eige.europa.eu/gender-based-violence
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/domestic-violence
SEXIST ADVERTS
The Xunta de Galicia has won The Worst (and most sexist) Advertisement of the Year, an award that FACUA-Consumers in Action has been organising since 2010. It is an unfortunate campaign with a series of advertisements in which the focus was once again on the attitude or the way of dressing of the victims, blaming them if they suffer any aggression.
What Does Sneaky Sexism Look Like?
This form of sexist advertising is implicit rather than explicit.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
QUESTIONNAIRE
Below we propose
a series of beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that occur in relationships between women and men in our society.
Read them carefully and say what you
think about them.
1. Women are more emotionally unstable than men.
2. Many women say no when they really mean yes.
3. Insisting on a girl you are trying to flirt is not harassment.
4.Finding out what your partner is doing and who with whom at all times is a sign of
commitment.
5. Checking your partner's social media activity (wall posts, comments, online status) is a sign of concern.
6.Jelousy is a sign of love
7.Women who walk in quiet places late at night are more likely to be raped.
8.Rapists are usually unknown men.
9. Women who continue and "endure" a violent relationship do so because they want to.
10.It is normal that when you are in a relationship you give priority to your partner over your friends
and family. Mi partner is above everything.
11. Gender-based violence occurs in
disadvantaged social classes, with a
low level of education.
