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A sixteen-day campaign against gender violence is being supported by the Pacific Conference of Churches.
A Recent AusAID report on violence against women in Melanesia and East Timor, and a UN report, provides the backdrop. In Papua New Guinea, 67 per cent of women are beaten by their husbands – 100 per cent in the highlands – with gang rape and pay-back rape common.
In Tuvalu, half the females surveyed lost their virginity in forced sex. In Samoa, 46 per cent of women are physically abused, and up to 8 per cent are beaten unconscious by their spouse. In Fiji, 66 per cent of women have been physically abused by their partners; 26 per cent were beaten while pregnant. And in Kiribati, 68 per cent of women have been physically or sexually abused.Read more
The “16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women” is an international campaign that was started by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) in 1991. The 16 days runs from November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women to December 10, International Human Rights Day to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasise that such violence is a violation of human rights.
As part of the campaign a few women and men in from member Churches their were asked ror their views on the issue. Click here to read some of the responses
Source
- The Fiji Times When A Woman Cries
- The Fiji Times Let’s End Violence Against Woman and Children
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Image: Beyond Borders
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