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WORLD PULSE CALL TO GLOBAL WOMEN TO
SEND TESTIMONIES OF THE REALITIES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS -
TO PRESENT AS ADVOCACY FOR THE USA GOVERNMENT TO PASS THE INTERNATIONAL
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT - I-VAWA
Send to: Jade Frank at World Pulse - jade@worldpulse.com
World
Pulse is gathering women's testimonies from around the world, on the real consequences of
violence, both personal and observed, and the global economic change that is
possible when women and girls are protected and valued in every society.
UNHCR / S. Schulman
Call
to Help Advocate for Passage of
In partnership with Women Thrive
Worldwide, World Pulse is asking women around the world to
use our voices as instruments for change in saying NO to gender-based
violence and to put pressure on the
World Pulse is gathering women's testimonies from around the world, on the real consequences of violence, both personal and observed, and the global economic change that is possible when women and girls are protected and valued in every society.
Your letters will be bundled and sent directly to U.S. President
Barack Obama, Secretary Hillary Clinton, and other key
Join us in this campaign and help make I-VAWA a reality. As individuals, our voices have significance, but bound together as a global community of grassroots women leaders, our voices and actions have POWER!
What is I-VAWA?
The International Violence Against Women Act (H.R. 4594, S. 2982) is a major step and unprecedented effort to end violence against women and girls across the globe.
If passed, it would for the first time comprehensively incorporate proven
solutions to ending gender-based violence into all
The I-VAWA would place women's equality initiatives high on the global agenda—like promoting women's economic opportunity, addressing violence against girls in school, and working to change public attitudes—making a huge impact on empowering millions of women worldwide to lift themselves, their families, and their communities out of poverty.
Why is I-VAWA
needed?
At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, raped, or otherwise abused in her lifetime—with the abuser usually someone known to her—ranging from rape to domestic violence and acid burnings to dowry deaths and so-called honor killings.
Gender-based violence is a major cause of death and disability for women aged 15 to 44 years, rating higher than deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, cancer, and malaria. And the psychological consequences associated with sexual violence and domestic abuse leaves women incredibly vulnerable and jeopardizes the well-being of families, fractures communities, and stalls the economic development of a nation.
16 Days of Activism
Against Gender Violence
In addition to collecting your letters and sending your voices to the
