DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE WORLD TODAY

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Domestic Violence in the World Today

by Sonia Paz Baron-Vine

I have done research on this terrible worldwide epidemic, and I have learned, that women are victims of violence in approximately 95% of the cases of domestic violence.
Race, Religion, Culture, Economic Status...none of these, are a shield against domestic violence. It violates the fundamental human rights of women and often results in serious injury or death.
Studies show that between one quarter and one half of all women in the world have been abused by intimate partners.
Worldwide, 40-70% of all female murder victims are killed by an intimate partner.

According to the The Family Violence Prevention Fund ( FVPF )
one in every three women in the world has experienced sexual, physical, emotional or other abuse in her lifetime
The World Health Organization ( WHO ) reports that in forty-eight surveys from around the world, 10-69% of women stated that they had been physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.
In the United States, approximately 22.1% of all women have experienced some form of assault by an intimate partner.
Each year, 4.5 million physical assaults are committed against women by intimate partners,In 1999, approximately 1,218 women—more than three women every day—were murdered by an intimate partner.
In that same year, intimate partner homicides accounted for 32% of all murders of women.on domestic violence in Europe indicates that every day, one woman in five is a victim of domestic abuse

Most of the time the person or persons that is being abused is so terrified of what their abuser can and will do to them if they did try to leave, that they stay quiet.
In 95% of the cases the victim is so brainwashed by their abuser that the abuser has the victim believing that they could not make it alone or without them in the world. Most people do not realize the physiological damage that occurs when a Domestic Violence Victim is told day in and day out that no one would want them, because they are used or damaged goods, how unworthy unattractive, how stupid they are, and they are not worth the air that god gave them to breathe.
Being abused in this manner causes a person’s self-esteem to fall so low that they begin to believe the lies that their abuser says.
By this time the victim’s self-esteem and self worth lay completely and utterly shattered on the ground in millions of pieces. Then what is replaced by the person everyone once knew is a traumatized shell of a person.
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women recommends that states parties "promote research, collect data and compile statistics, especially concerning domestic violence, relating to the prevalence of different forms of violence against women and encourage research on the causes, nature, seriousness and consequences of violence against women and on the effectiveness of measures implemented to prevent and redress violence against women."
Here are the Domestic Violence Laws of the World

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/population

So what are WE doing?
The Women's Community Center is strongly against Domestic Violence.
We are here at 805-544-9313 to listen, guide any woman, who may need our support.
We can connect you with different agencies in the SLO County to help you get out of a Abusive Relationship!!

Sonia Paz Baron-Vine
WCC Board Member