[Published: Thursday October 21 2010]
Violence against women a global phenomenon, UN
New York, 21Oct-(ANA)-Violence against women remains widespread across the world, exacerbated by traditions and customary practices that determine the way women are treated in families, places of work and communities, according to a United Nations report unveiled today.
The scourge “is an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace,” according to "The
World’s Women 2010: Trend and Statistics,” published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
“In all societies, to a greater or lesser degree, women and girls are subjected
to physical, sexual and psychological abuse that cuts across lines of income, class and culture. The low social and economic status of women can be both a cause and a consequence of this violence,” the report, whose release coincided with the first-ever UN World Statistics Day, notes.
The publication also provides the latest data on the status of women in the areas of population, health, education, work, power and decision-making, environment and poverty.(ANA)
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