According to a report released by the United Nations World Heath Organization (WHO), 35 percent
of women around the world experience some form of physical or sexual violence, whether by an intimate partner or stranger, and the problem is so widespread that it is now considered a global public health problem.
While legislative actions are commendable, to date these measures have not led to a world free from violence—women continue to be subject to it, the media continues to report it, activists continue to fight against it and we end up in a perpetuating cycle of institutional inertia.
Perhaps we need to look more closely at the history and present day use of Patriarchal Power…..
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