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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon - At long last, there is growing global recognition that violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development. Yet there is still much more we can and must do to turn this awareness into meaningful prevention and response. Read full article
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Nov 26th, 2016 - 07:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What a good thing this idiot is leaving if he really believes this crap.
What about women and girls in Islamic countries who have rape, being handed out to her husbands friends for sex and all the other disgraceful treatment they have to endure?
It shows the feminist movement up for what it is, insecure females carping about having to compete with men in the working place. Ah diddum's!
Until the UN proposes the abolition, or drastic reform, of Islam, which is the most blatant suppressor of women's rights (and the source of numerous other problems), we will know that their statements are nonsense intended to make people think they're doing something.
Nov 26th, 2016 - 10:50 pm - Link - Report abuse -1@ ChrisR
Nov 27th, 2016 - 01:08 am - Link - Report abuse +2“What about women and girls in Islamic countries who have rape, being handed out to her husbands friends for sex and all the other disgraceful treatment they have to endure?”
Yes, that's exactly the kind of the thing he is talking about stopping! Exactly what part of what he has said do you think is crap?
You're all very opposed to violence against women in theory it seems, but in practice if someone suggests doing something about it, out come the excuses.
For example Bisley's. Abolishing Islam is far beyond the ability of the UN, they are quite right to concentrate on the things they can actually do to improve the situation.
If violence against women is a problem in for example Uruguay then Uruguay should try and fix it, not sit around whining that it's worse in Saudi Arabia.
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