The United Nations, marking the world’s international day of violence against women, has said roughly 37 countries of the world still allow gender-based violence thrives indirectly.
UN, in a short piece put out to celebrate the women, noted that despite its several programs to disorient people from violence against women, the practice still persists even with some governments of the world not yet signing women’s protection bills to laws.
Among them are “37 countries worldwide,” which still “exempt rape perpetrators from prosecution if they are married to or eventually marry the victim and 49 countries currently have no laws protecting women from domestic violence,” the piece noted.
In the piece partly quoted, “although women and girls account for a far smaller share of total homicides than men, they bear by far the greatest burden of intimate partner/family‐related homicide, and intimate partner homicide. Help is needed in all parts of society.
“Taking a Stand Against Gender-Based Violence
Despite the adoption of the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by the UN General Assembly in 1979, violence against women and girls remains a pervasive problem worldwide.
“To that end, the General Assembly issued resolution 48/104, laying the foundation for the road towards a world free of gender-based violence.
“Another bold step in the right direction was embodied by an initiative launched in 2008 and known as the UNiTE to End Violence against Women. It aims to raise public awareness around the issue as well as increase both policymaking and resources dedicated to ending violence against women and girls worldwide.
“Yet, there is still a long way to go at the global scale. To date, only two out of three countries have outlawed domestic violence, while 37 countries worldwide still exempt rape perpetrators from prosecution if they are married to or eventually marry the victim and 49 countries currently have no laws protecting women from domestic violence.”
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