International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women . UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls! Why we must eliminate violence against women - Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it. 🔵In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing. 🔵intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide); 🔵sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment); 🔵human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation); 🔵female genital mutilation; and child marriage. To further clarify, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines vi...