http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/pdf/human_rights.pdf
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that human rights apply to all people equally, 'without
distinction of any kind such as race, color, sex, language…or any other status'."
"Human rights have long been understood to apply universally—to all people, at all times, in all places."
"Violence against women is rooted in a global culture that discriminates against women and denies them equal rights with men. Women today earn less than men, own less property than men, and have less access to education, employment, housing and health care. This global culture of discrimination against women denies women their fundamental human rights and legitimizes the violent appropriation of women’s bodies for individual gratification or political ends."
Are we human yet?
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Today is the 25th of November, International Day Against Violence Against Women. It is the start for sixteen days during which activism against gender violence.
http://www.womankind.org.uk/16-days-of-activism.html (EN)
http://www.zonta.fi/pub/doc/press_release_n.doc (FI)
Don't forget to sign the 'Say NO to Violence' site at http://www.saynotoviolence.org/
