International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

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Around the world, nearly one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence, mostly by intimate partners. As countries have implemented stay-at-home orders and other measures to prevent transmission of COVID-19, reports from women experiencing violence at home have increased. At the same time, services for survivors have been disrupted. WHO calls on all countries to include health care for women affected by violence as an essential service that must be maintained and made accessible during the pandemic, including additional resources for women with disabilities.

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  1. Thank you, Dr. Tedros for bringing up this day to shine a light into darker human behaviors against women. These behaviors must be checked. The first step to changing any behavior is shining a light and giving attention to it. Then we must quickly shift to the behavior patterns we want to see in our world with expectation the change will occur. Many women have ‘invisible’ disabilities and may ask for help while not appearing to need that assistance. Yet, it is wiser to be generous in our kindness, and help them anyway, especially when asked to do so. Namaste.

  2. .
    My mother gave her life defending peace.

    She would have been very happy if she could have lived this time of hope.

    No one understood his sacrifice of love. But I did understood it.

    That is why I feel that the WHO is my own mother.

    Because I understand and appreciate your love and your sacrifice for all of us.

    Your testimony moved me deeply, Dr. Tedros.

    I am sincerely by your side.

    🇺🇳💝🙏

  3. My dear Mr Tedros, if you are real man, then fight against terrorism, I know that, you don’t have any gutts for that, if you do so, they will blast you in no time,

  4. Hello Mr Tedros give the Frist priority to corona, and then terrorism, after that we see others, do not divert people’s mind,

  5. Trapped by their abusers because of the lockdown when the abuse was going on long before the lockdown. Then, most of these women keep going back to their abusers. So don’t play the victim when there was ample opportunity to get away from your abusers before the lockdown.

  6. My mother was not even allowed to stand near main door of house… Here his father don’t know language of words he only knows language of hands😞
    My cousin sister was forcefully married at the age of 19 by her father … But her husband used to always beat her for no reason… He used go with other girls in Mumbai hotels.. & my sis was staying in Sasural for him to come back… Now they have divorced! My sis is now preparing for doing business.
    My mother’s sister(masi) became victim of love-jihad … One man changed his name & trapped my Masi & told her to leave her home & run with him… When she went to his house he was of islamic religion… He was already married to 2 other women… She had only to option either death or change religion & spend rest of her life with that hell
    She chose 2nd option😭😞
    My father’s sister was victim of child marriage… She was married with 37 year old man when she was just 13!! Now she is living her widowhood
    My uncle-aunt don’t have child… He always blames her & beats her.. Locks her in room… But in reality he don’t produce enough sperm (oligospermia)
    All this incidents have taught me…
    Never ever fall in love… Live for urself & parents… Make ur country & parents proud !! 🙏🙏😭😭

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