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Violence against women is an iceberg under the surface of society. Every day millions around the world live in fear. A woman caught up in conflict in Eastern Congo dreads being raped. A girl in the Horn of Africa is forced into genital mutilation. A woman in London is threatened with violence but can't get anyone to take her seriously.
It is despicable that in the 21st century so many medieval practices and attitudes remain. And it is appalling that time and again, this is shoved under the carpet. People turn a blind eye and a culture of shame and secrecy is perpetuated.
That's why ending violence against women and girls is a priority for this government. We are challenging the behind-closed-doors mentality and shining a light under the rocks to root out violence and intimidation where it's happening - at home and abroad.
At home we've protected central government funding for tackling violence against women - £40 million over the spending review period, including funding for vital rape support centres.
We're consulting on how we can crack down on practices like forced marriage, sweeping away the cultural over-sensitivity which said we should just turn a blind eye.
We're piloting 'Clare's Law', which will help victims, or potential victims, of domestic violence by disclosing information about previous violent-offending by their partner. This is to prevent tragic cases like that of Clare Wood, who was killed by a man she had become involved with - because she had no idea he'd committed a string of violent offences.
And today we can announce another big step: making stalking a criminal offence in its own right. Stalking is an abhorrent crime. It makes life a living hell for the victims - breaking up relationships, forcing the victims to move house, making them feel they are being watched 24 hours of the day. That's why we are explicitly criminalising stalking, to make sure that justice is done, protect the victims and show beyond doubt that stalking is a crime.
We're acting abroad too. In Zambia we're providing thousands of survivors of violence with legal, medical and psychological support. In Ethiopia we're expanding a programme that has been massively successful in preventing child marriage - with the ambition of stopping 200,000 girls from being married out young. In South Asia we've launched a new anti-trafficking programme, which aims to stop 60,000 women and girls being dragged into modern-day slavery.
Everyone in this country should feel proud that because of British aid, fewer women and girls are going to be living in fear. But of course we're stronger if we act together with other countries. That's why today we can confirm we are working towards signing The Council of Europe's Convention on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, before ratifying the treaty and so incorporating it into UK law. This is a landmark agreement between countries that together we're going to drag this problem into broad daylight and tackle it head-on.
So International Women's Day is vital as it forces people across the planet to focus on issues like this. But we have got to make sure that action to stamp out violence against women continues every day - and that's what this government is determined to do.
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These alliances have been effective in their purpose.
Although, the article is clear, concise, and insightful,...
...women at-large, the organizations that support them, and Men of Power must emulate these agreements among Nations in application to women's causes at some juncture in life, to sustain any long-term benefits from the actions taken on their behalf.
For instance, in the past when...
...now US Secretary of State Clinton was being maliciously attacked unabated simply for her political views and...
...now the US First Lady is treated with same kind of unabated malicious treatment...
...all preceding the 'same kind of unabated malicious treatment' experienced by Ms. Fluke,...
...those who commit these attacks are mindful to 'frame them in a political context' in order to shield themselves from the resulting criticiisms and condemnation...
...even Men in Power were hoodwinked into accepting the perpetrators' 'political context' defense.
Therefore, they felt no obligation to interfere in matters that will have negative consequences on how women are seen and treated for years to come...
...because the whole world watches as the 'US and its allies lead by example.'
Without understand and address the root-cause, this program promoted by PM is just a bandage on a bigger problem of violence against women in UK.
In the United States, Dr. Suzanne Steinmetz' research on the Battered Husband Syndrome triggered a whispering campaign designed to torpedo her impending promotion, as well as a bomb threat at her daughter's wedding.
Family violence researcher Murray Straus at the University of New Hampshire has been similarly slandered, harassed, and threatened by radicals who all claim to be against violence.
Eventually the gender partisans got their way, securing passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. Conservative commentator Phyllis Schlafly would later refer to the legislation as the "hate-men law."
David Cameron should wake up about this issue and not cave in to speacial intrest groups with an agenda.
Nope.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Other studies reveal more about female violence against children: * Women hit their male children more frequently and more severely than they hit their female children. * Women commit 55% of child murders and 64% of their victims are male children. * Eighty two percent of the general population had their first experience of violence at the hands of women, usually their mother.
Our culture learns to be violent from our mothers, not our fathers. Yet, 3.1 million reports of child abuse are filed against men each year, most of which are false accusations used as leverage in a divorce or custody case.
Comparative Spousal Violence Data From Three National Studies
Definitions Of Spousal Violence MINOR VIOLENT ACTS: SEVERE VIOLENT ACTS: 1. Threw something 1. Kicked/bit/hit with fist 2. Pushed/Grabbed/Shoved 2. Hit, tried to hit with something 3. Slapped or spanked 3. Beat up 4. Threatened with gun or knife 5. Used gun or knife
Spousal Assaults Expressed As Rate Per 1000 Couples Minor Assaults: Year Assault by Assault by husband wife 1975 98 98 1985 82 75 1992 92 94
Severe Assaults: 1975 38 47 1985 30 43 1992 19 44
Wives Report They Have been severely assaulted by husband 22 per 1000 severely assaulted husband 59 per 1000
Husbands Report They Have been severely assaulted by wives 32 per 1000 severely assaulted wives 18 per 1000
Husbands & Wives Both Report wife has been assaulted 20 per 1000 husband has been assaulted 44 per 1000
Fact is men are abused at a higher rate then women.
Why don't you quote the statistics for other countries about Domestic Violence? You know, the countries where it is not just legal but actually court-ordered to murder a woman if she brings you 'dishonor' or has sex out of wedlock? Let's compare those.
61 percent of all child abuse is committed by biological mothers.
25 percent of all child abuse is committed by biological fathers.
14 percent of all child abuse is committed by other.
However, when men attack their girlfriends or wives, reporters fall over themselves to speak of domestic violence and spousal abuse. Indeed, with monotonous regularity, they also seek to warn us that there is an epidemic of the same.