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<p class="MsoNormal">Women’s Learning Partnership<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://learningpartnership.org/blog/16-facts-about-gbv-and-family?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=18803d63-0dfa-47d5-b4bf-9b74cbd97028">https://learningpartnership.org/blog/16-facts-about-gbv-and-family?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=18803d63-0dfa-47d5-b4bf-9b74cbd97028</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">16 Facts About Gender-Based Violence & The Family
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and WLP’s Global Campaign, Equality Starts in the Family<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="721" height="203" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="16 Facts About GBV and the Family"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">21 November 2018 - The confines of the home should be a safe space for all members of a family.
However, for many women and girls in all parts of the globe, gender-based violence (GBV) linked to inequality in the family is an all-too-common reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GBV is defined as any act or threat that inflicts harm on an individual due to their gender.
Physical and psychological acts of GBV include rape, intimate partner violence (IPV), domestic abuse, and honor killings, among many others. Discriminatory practices like child marriage, human trafficking, and female genital mutilation (FGM) that control
women and girls are also forms of GBV. Economic violence is a lesser-recognized form of GBV in which women and girls’ livelihood opportunities and decision-making abilities are limited or controlled. Finally, GBV can present itself through structural violence,
meaning harm stemming from an institutionalized system that prevents women and girls from meeting their basic needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="301" height="423" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="Equality Starts in the Family"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://learningpartnership.org/take-action-for-equality-family" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Click here to join the global campaign.</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><a href="https://learningpartnership.org/take-action-for-equality-family"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://learningpartnership.org/take-action-for-equality-family</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GBV is very closely tied to inequality in the family. For centuries, discriminatory traditions,
customs, and laws have justified women’s subordinate position within the family. GBV has been a tool to reinforce this hierarchy, as is the case with domestic abuse or FGM. It has also been an outcome of inequality in the family, since women and girls lacking
power or resources are less equipped to protect themselves against GBV. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To achieve security for every women and girl, we must look to create equality in the family.
WLP’s global campaign, </span><a href="https://learningpartnership.org/equality-starts-family" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Equality Starts in the Family</span></b></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
mobilizes grassroots women and men, students and academics, policymakers, activists, and civil society around this issue. By providing research, equipping advocates, and raising awareness, we are working to reform the discriminatory practices and laws that
make women and girls vulnerable to violence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of the 16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence, we have compiled
<b>16 Facts About GBV and the Family</b> that demonstrate the need for change:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">1 in 3 women have experienced physical or sexual assault – most often by an intimate partner.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="1 in 3 IPV"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">World Health Organization</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nearly 1 in 3 female trafficking victims are recruited by a family member or intimate partner.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="human trafficking"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://www.ctdatacollaborative.org/story/human-trafficking-and-gender-differences-similarities-and-trends" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Counter-Trafficking
Data Collective</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Marital rape is not a crime in at least 10 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="258" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="marital rape"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/equalitynow/pages/208/attachments/original/1527096293/EqualityNowRapeLawReport2017_Single_Pages.pdf?1527096293" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Equality
Now</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Societies with skewed population ratios due to 'son preference' are likely to have increased
instances of sexual violence and human trafficking.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="son preference"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://www.unfpa.org/gender-biased-sex-selection" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">United Nations Population Fund</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Almost 750 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image007.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="early marriage"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SDGs-publication-SPREADS-WEB-1.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">UNICEF</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">When children witness domestic violence, they are more likely to be victims or perpetrators
of violence in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image008.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="witnessing violence"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://www.unicef.org/media/files/BehindClosedDoors.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">UNICEF</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">1 in 5 households globally are headed by women, and they are particularly vulnerable to
poverty and economic violence due in part to gender discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image009.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="1 in 5 households "></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://www.unfpa.org/news/%E2%80%9Ci-am-prey-all-men%E2%80%9D-refugee-women-endure-poverty-harassment-isolation" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">UNFPA</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
and </span><a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44168/9789241563857_eng.pdf?sequence=1" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">World Health Organization</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Women who have experienced intimate partner violence are 41% more likely to have a pre-term
birth.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image010.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="pre-term birth"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">World Health Organization</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nearly 38% of female homicide victims worldwide are killed by intimate partners.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image011.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="IPV homicide"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/85241/WHO_RHR_HRP_13.06_eng.pdf;jsessionid=F0209066B348D965201EF8E9E374D9A4?sequence=1" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">UN
Women</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Women and girls are at higher risk during natural disasters because they are often isolated
in the home, are tasked with taking care of other family members, and are less likely to have been taught survival skills.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image012.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="natural disasters"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://www.oxfam.org.nz/report/the-tsunami-s-impact-on-women" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Oxfam</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/12/12/improving-women-disasters" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">World Bank</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
</span><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00563.x" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Neumayer & Plumper (2007)</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">An estimated 5,000 women and girls are killed by family members in the name of “honor” each
year.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image013.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="honor violence"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2010/03/331422" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">United Nations</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">At least 9 countries exempt rape perpetrators from prosecution when they subsequently marry
the victim.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image014.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="nine countries"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/equalitynow/pages/208/attachments/original/1527096293/EqualityNowRapeLawReport2017_Single_Pages.pdf?1527096293" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">Equality
Now</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Nearly half of the 285 million widows worldwide live in poverty, and many will experience
physical violence and social discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image015.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="widow dehumanization"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/6/statement-un-women-international-widows-day" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">UN Women</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">At least 200 million women and girls have experienced FGM - the practice is thought of as
a way to increase 'marriageability.' <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image016.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="FGM"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">World Health Organization</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to experience domestic violence than their peers
who marry later.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_17" src="cid:image017.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="IPV under 18"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="https://www.icrw.org/child-marriage-facts-and-figures/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">International Center for Research on Women</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Education protects against GBV, but girls are often kept from school due to gender roles
in families.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="599" height="259" id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image018.png@01D48836.E9CF1060" alt="education protects against GBV"></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Source:
</span><a href="http://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">World Health Organization</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
and </span><a href="http://uis.unesco.org/apps/visualisations/no-girl-left-behind/#barriers-3" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01ADB7;text-decoration:none">UNESCO</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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