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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. FPAID is involved in ongoing work with parliamentarians and policymakers to address this critical issue.

• Violence against women occurs in all countries and in all classes of society.
  
• Globally, at lease one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime.
  
• Violence against girls and women throughout the world causes more death and disability among women in the 15 to 44 age group than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and even war.

Creating a Culture of Non Violence

On 7 March 2005, the NZPPD held an open hearing into the prevention of violence against women and children. Funded by the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) as part of a regional initiative, the hearing gave NGO representatives the opportunity to speak freely and frankly on this issue, and to hear the views of government agencies. The resulting report - Creating a Culture of Non Violence - provides a snapshot of the situation presented to MPs at the hearing, and recommendations for ensuring the New Zealand government fulfils its domestic commitments to eliminating violence against women at children. View the original submissions >>

Did you know that every minute around the world...
•	one woman dies from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
•	10 teenage girls undergo an unsafe abortion.
•	13 infants under 12 months die
•	57 people catch an STI
•	11 people are infected with HIV
•	the population increases by 150 people

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