RT @antonioguterres: Ending violence against women requires more than just intervening once it has happened. Prevention measures should be prioritized, including addressing social norms & power imbalances. Police & judicial systems must ...
RT @GhadaFathiWaly: Women at greater risk of violence & trafficking in COVID -we need to safeguard their rights, support their access to justice, invest in education & jobs for women &girls. 🙏@phumzileunwomen @NadiaMuradBasee @MiraSorvino ...
RT @donors4women: The African Child Policy Forum @AfricanChildFrm has released a heartbreaking report confirming that most of Africa's girls are condemned to face "a lifetime of discrimination" unless serious measures are taken immediately. ...
RT @WallaceGlobal: SAVE THE DATE! On 11/30 at 7 PM ET, we're bringing together @ajanaomi_king, anti-FGM activists, @UNFPA & @irishmissionun to discuss work to #EndFGM and view a screening of @IfrahFoundation's inspiring journey in the film ...
RT @comfortwomenLA: Re-upping this 2016 post by @thandienewton about Lola Narcisa Claveria, one of the Filipina survivors represented by @Lila_Pilipina @HerWildAmSelf https://t.co/uFxFin...
"Incest is the boot camp for prostitution." @AshleyJudd quoting Andrea Dworkin & affirming that solutions to #GBV & human trafficking include raising awareness, access to justice, ending male demand for women's bodies, care & reform. ...
RT @nadiainitiative: "As many countries open up after COVID-19, we have a chance to create a new normal: a future without violence against women." #nicolekidman @UN_Women #LockedDownLockedIn #WomenDefenders #16Days #OrangeTheWorld ...
"For 6 years Yazidi women live in #LockedDownLockedIn with their abusers enduring torture & sexual violence. Nothing has changed w/ #COVID19. Govs must increase their investments in prevention, provide services & hold perpertrators ...
RT @nadiainitiative: "Now is the time for us to come together and show that through collective action we can face this pandemic as one global community committed to uplifting women, children, and marginalized people." - @NadiaMuradBasee ...
Survival from child sex trafficking is always reason for celebration. However, #NY must not pass laws that legitimize sex buying & pimping of most marginalized. Decrim only the prostituted. #SexWorkIsNeither @EqualityModelNY @nycDSA @NYCCouncil ...
“77% of detected trafficking victims are girls,mostly for sexual exploitation[] #COVID19 has worsened lives of women&girls;47 million more will reach poverty but trafficking is booming.”@phumzile... @UN_Women @UNWebTV @UNODC #LockedDownLoc ...
RT @UNODC: "Sexual & gender-based violence is an insidious problem [...]. However, with the rise of brave #WomenDefenders, we are learning to say ‘No, enough is enough’. And as we take a stand together, in unison, our voices are being heard loud ...
RT @UNWebTV: 🎬 Join LIVE @UNODC event "Standing Against Gender-Based Violence & Human Trafficking during the #COVID19 Pandemic". With @NadiaMuradBasee @AshleyJudd 💬 #LockedDownAndLocke... #WomenDefenders #16Days 🗓️ 30 Nov. 🕙 10:00 AM (EDT) 🔗 ...
RT @equalitynow: .@FemicideCensus by @CountDeadWomen found 62% of women killed in the past 10yrs in UK were murdered by their partner or ex. 1/3 of women had reported their abuse to police but died at hands of their abuser. 2x as many women were ...
RT @gsijp: Day 6 of the #16Days is focused on harassment. Harassment towards women and girls is often pushed off because it is just the way things are. This harmful mindset must shift in order to #EndGBV https://t.co/zb3L29...
Why so adamant, @OpenSociety, to push states to violate #UDHR, #TVPA, #CEDAW #Palermo...& undermine #Equality? Legitimizing sex buying promotes sex trade, paid sexual violence, #VAW, pimping, misogyny. Decrim the prostituted not their ...