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Fri, Jun 29 2012 04:50:17

Gender Equality? Some Depressing Statistics...

Systematic, structural violence and discrimination against women continues on a global scale, and not just in so-called "developing" nations.

  1. The following numbers (most from the UN and most quite recent) paint a depressing picture.
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    250,000-500,000 women were raped during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; between 20,000-50,000 women were raped In Bosnia in the early 1990s.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:54:40
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    In Canada a study of adolescents aged 15-19 found that 54% of girls had experienced “sexual coercion” in a dating relationship. (UN)
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:49:51
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    In the United States, 83 percent of girls aged 12 to 16 experience some form of sexual harassment in public schools (UN).
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:40:36
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    2.5 million people trafficked annually into prostitution, forced labor, slavery or servitude. Women/girls = 80% of the detected victims.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:37:01
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    Cost of intimate partner violence in US over $5.8 billion/year: $4.1 billion in direct medical services; productivity losses $1.8 billion.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:43:13
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    40-50% of women in EU experience unwanted sexual advances, physical contact or other forms of sexual harassment at their workplace. (UN)
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:38:57
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    In India (2007) 22 women were killed per day in dowry-related murders. In S.Africa a woman is killed every 6 hrs by an intimate partner (UN)
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:34:29
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    Women aged 15-44 globally are more at risk from rape & domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria (World Bank)
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 15:31:50
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    ChristianChristensen@ChrChristensen
    Saudi Arabia Allows “Qualified” Women to Compete in Olympics hrw.org/news/2012/06/2…
    Fri, Jun 29 2012 03:27:44

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Prof of Media & Comm, Uppsala University, Sweden. Most tweets in English, some in Swedish. None in Dutch.

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