{"id":6254,"date":"2019-11-26T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6254"},"modified":"2019-11-26T09:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:59:44","slug":"international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a U.N. day designated to highlight the issue of violence against women and girls and to call for more action to combat it. Over time, the day has evolved into a global, widespread initiative that now incorporates 16 Days of Activism and the UNiTE campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The significant of the day is to focus on the issue of\nviolence against women and girls is justified by several highly concerning\nfacts about the occurrence of the issue around the world. It has been seen that\n1 in 3 women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their\nlifetime, most frequently by an intimate partner. Worldwide, almost 750 million\nwomen and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday; while 200\nmillion women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). 1 in 2\nwomen killed worldwide were killed by their partners or family in 2012; while\nonly 1 out of 20 men were killed under similar circumstances. 71% of all human\ntrafficking victims worldwide are women and girls, and 3 out of 4 of these\nwomen and girls are sexually exploited. These facts speak for the Women. These\nfacts cannot be ignored. These facts require an urgent response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a U.N. day designated to highlight the issue of violence against women and girls and to call for more action to combat it. 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