Stop violence against women!

Man Up is a global campaign to activate youth to stop violence against women and girls.

FACTS:

1 in 5 women will become a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime.

1 in 3 teenage girls has suffered sexual abuse by a boyfriend, and one in four has experienced violence in a relationship.

Ages 15 – 44 violence against women is a major cause of death and disability.



"Violence against women stands in direct contradiction to the promise of the United Nations Charter to “promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom." The consequences go beyond the visible and immediate. Death, injury, medical costs and lost employment are but the tip of an iceberg. The impact on women and girls, their families, their communities and their societies in terms of shattered lives and livelihoods is beyond calculation. Far too often, crimes go unpunished, and perpetrators walk free. No country, no culture, no woman, young or old, is immune." (UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on International Women's Day 2009.)