International Human rights day -violence

against women

Emmanuella Pam

Introduction•  "violence against women is a

manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full advancement of women"

 UN Declaration on the Elimination on Violence against Women 

OverviewTopics centred around both Nigeria and India• Underage marriage• violence against women• Genital Mutilation• Female foeticide

Underage marriage

• Child bride marriage• Leading cause of Vesicovaginal fistula

(VVF)

Gender based violence

There's no way to end violence unless you end impunity

Zainab Bangura

May 30th,2013 bill against domestic violence

passed.

Gulabi or Pink sari gang

Genital Mutilation

• This involves surgically removing partial or full parts of the female reproductive organs for reasons other than medical purposes.

• more than 125 million women and girls world wide have been mutilated and over 30 million more expected in the next decade.

Female Foeticide in India• Sex selective abortion

• Since 1991, the ratio of men to women is such that for every 1000 men, there are only 920 women in some Indian regions.

• Though pre–natal sex determination has been banned since 1994 to prevent sex selective abortions and later modified in 2003 - Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act

 • Human trafficking as a result of female

foeticide; females are sold as brides in regions with low female ratio

• Ranked 4th worst place for women by Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll in 2011