All women have the right to live their lives safely and without violence. A life without violence is essential to a woman's health. You can proceed with measures to protect women and help promote a positive culture in your community that does not allow or accept violence against women.
Ending violence against women and girls is essentially an initiative that involves everyone in our society. Violence is a violation of the basic human right to have security. Violence against women has been going on for centuries, but we can work together to prevent it in our communities.
Violence against women can be prevented by reinforcing women's access to basic human rights and resources in communities. Research shows that those communities with more access to education, jobs, housing, health care, economical care for children and the elderly, and equity for women and men have lower rates of violence against women.
In addition to the challenges of ending all types of violence against women, ending sexual violence against women requires more gender equality throughout society. Our sexuality is part of the human being. Sex and gender influence many parts of a person's life. Sexual violence against women can occur when a woman's value in society is seen only through her sexuality. When women are not viewed in the same way as men, they are more likely to be victims of sexuality.
Women who have been victims of sexual abuse are often blamed for the abuse. Blaming a woman because someone else decided to abuse her is wrong. Many women who report being sexually abused receive questions about what they used, drinking or indulging in drugs, or their whereabouts during the abuse. These questions imply that sexual abuse was the victim's fault. Sexual abuse is always the responsibility of the person who commits it. The victim is never to blame.
To end violence against women, we must accept that sexual contact between people cannot occur unless there is explicit consent.
Violence against women hurts the entire community. Educate yourself on ways domestic violence can be prevented in your community.
We underlined some suggestions using insights from Community Watch, an online portal that is dedicated to community policing strategies and building safer communities.
Community Watch aims to prevent all kinds of crime by introducing knowledge of criminal motivations, state regulations, and federal laws regarding different crime categories.
The online platform is a source of knowledge that members of communities can use as a framework of keeping a watch on community-based crimes and making their neighborhoods safer. Here are some suggestions from the Community Watch platform:
- In any case, an individual must call the police if you see or hear domestic violence.
- Get information on witness intervention. You can help prevent sexual abuse from taking place.
- Seek support for a friend or family member who may be part of an abusive relationship or matrimonial affair.
- Volunteer at community organizations, social institutions, and dedicated local domestic violence shelter or other organization that helps survivors or works to prevent violence.
- When they are little, teach your children that they are the ones who decide who can touch them and where. Consider teaching them the names of body parts at an early age to speak clearly about them. Teach your children that they decide if they want to hug or kiss others, even their family.
- Educate your children to respect others. Teach your children to treat others with respect, especially as they would like to be treated. Speak to your children about healthy relationships and the importance of treating your partner and others with respect. Teach them that the couple's consent is a clear "yes" to sexual activity.
- Preach by an example. Take initiatives to create a culture that rejects violence to deal with problems and help the sufferers. Oppose messages that say violence or abuse of women is OK. Don't be violent or abusive with yourself.
- Become an activist. Take part in an anti-violence event like a local Take Back the Night movement or #MeToo. Support domestic violence prevention services and violence prevention programs by volunteering your time. These are noble causes that need your attention. But be sure to verify cases for their genuinity.
- Volunteer for youth programs. Be a mentor. It is part of programs that teach young people to solve problems without using violence. Participate in programs that inform teens about healthy relationships and what is healthy masculinity and femininity.
- Request information on policies and programs against violence at work and school. At work, you ask for information about policies that address, for example, sexual harassment. On campus, ask about services that escort students safely to dorms at night, on-campus emergency phone booths, campus security, and other security measures. Ask about witness intervention training programs that may take place on campus or at work.
Research more about national programs to end sexual violence in communities. Offer charity and make donations to organizations working to fight violence.
Human trafficking is is believed to be the third most lucrative form of crime after drugs and arms trafficking.
Each year, it generates several victims, most of them are women and children, which is very disturbing.This phenomenon went unrecognized for many years, due to lack of awareness, but it has emerged strongly in recent times, thanks to the institutional actions carried out by institutions and international humanitarian aid organizations.The term “human trafficking” has been used to deal with a wide range of crimes and human rights violations associated with the recruitment, displacement and sale of people in conditions of “exploitation” or “slavery”.
People were deceived or coerced into a myriad of different forms of involuntary servitude, from begging for domestic service, from agricultural work to prostitution.
So they take advantage of people’s dreams and impact them for their own benefit.
Going up to promising sums of money or benefits that lead the victim to cooperate.
The European Court of Human Rights observes that trafficking in human beings on a global scale has grown significantly in recent years.
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