Assault and violence is a living reality for millions of women in every corner of the globe
Consider the fact – recently revealed by the World Health Organisation – that one in three women face physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Keep repeating this fact until it settles into your mind. Take a moment to reflect on what this means. It is beyond the realm of our worst nightmares, but it is a living reality for millions of women in every corner of the globe.
Assault, violence, and violation is taking place in a country, a city, a town, a village, a public space, a school, a college, an office, a street, a house, an apartment, or a room near to where you are right now.
If we are to truly end violence against women, then we need a truly global approach. Although I am encouraged to see the recent outcry, new conversations, protest and debate following Sarah Everard’s death, it pains me that it takes a particularly horrific act to trigger a public outrage.
The culture of violence and rape against women has been ‘normalised’ for decades in many countries around the world as these statistics show.
