WARNING: This presentation contains graphic photos of extreme violence and explicit images. Due to it’s adult nature we ask that anyone under the age of 18 please stop viewing immediately. @empoweredpres

1. #1WOMAN

2. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS
THE MOST PERVASIVE YET
LEAST RECOGNIZED HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE WORLD.

3. 1 OF 3 WOMEN
WORLDWIDE WILL BE
PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY
OR OTHERWISE ABUSED
DURING HER LIFETIME.

4. THIS PRESENTATION CONTAINS
GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF EXTREME
VIOLENCE AND EXPLICIT IMAGES.
WARNING
DUE TO ITS ADULT NATURE WE ASK
THAT ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18
PLEASE STOP VIEWING IMMEDIATELY.

5. RAPE

6. A GIRL BORN IN
SOUTH AFRICA
IS MORE LIKELY TO BE
RAPED
THAN LEARN HOW TO
READ.

7. WHILE
1,152
WOMEN ARERAPED
IN CONGOEVERY DAY.

8. EVERY
6 MINUTES
RAPE OCCURS IN
THE UNITED STATES.

9. SEXUAL SLAVERY

10. 2 MILLION
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ARE HELD IN SEXUAL
SERVITUDE AROUND
THE WORLD,

11. YET 95%
OF TRAFFICKING CASES
ARE NEVER REPORTED.

12. 57,750 ARE
WOMEN IN RUSSIA
TRAFFICKED EVERY YEAR,

13. 250,000
CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN
PROSTITUTION IN BRAZIL.

14. DEMAND FOR
VIRGIN CHILDREN

15. THE DEMAND FOR
VIRGIN CHILDREN
HAS INCREASED
DUE TO AIDS.

16. THE AVERAGE COST
FOR MALES ARE
$30,

17. AND $500
FOR FEMALES.

18. AFTER THEIR
INNOCENCE
HAS BEEN STOLEN,

19. GIRLS ARE CONSIDERED
USED GOODS AND VALUED
AT AS LITTLE AS
$2 PER SEXUAL
TRANSACTION.

20. SEX FOR GRADES

21. A RECURRENT PROBLEM IN THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN LIBERIA.

22. A 2011 SURVEY CONDUCTED BY
ACTIONAID FOUND THAT85%
OF FEMALE STUDENTS HAD BEEN
SEXUALLY HARASSED WHILE THEY STUDIED.

23. WOMEN SAID THEY
WERE FORCED TO KEEP
REPEATING CLASSES IF
REFUSED
THEY
TO HAVE SEX
WITH THEIR MALE
LECTURERS.

24. 8/100 16-17 IN
STUDENTS AGED
UGANDA IS COERCED INTO
SEX WITH THEIR TEACHERS.

25. FEMALE GENITAL
MUTILATION

26. IT IS A
PROCEDURE THAT
INVOLVES
PARTIAL
OR TOTAL
REMOVAL
OF THE EXTERNAL
FEMALE GENITALIA.

27. IT HAS NO HEALTH BENEFITS,
COMPLICATES CHILDBIRTH AND INHIBITS
A WOMAN’S SEXUAL FEELINGS.

28. 250
GIRLS WILL
EXPERIENCE
FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION
EVERY HOUR...

29. THAT’S MINUTES.
GIRLS EVERY 10
42

30. FORCED MARRIAGE

31. FORCED MARRIAGE
CONTRIBUTES
TO DRIVING GIRLS
INTO A CYCLE OF
POVERTY AND
POWERLESSNESS.

32. 70-80%
OF AFGHAN
WOMEN WILL
FACE FORCED
MARRIAGES,

33. AS7%
OF GIRLS IN NEPAL ARE
MARRIED BY AGE 10,

34. AND15. 40%
BY AGE

35. SEXUAL ABUSE
BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER

36. 70%
OF WOMEN WILL EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL AND/OR SEXUAL
VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE
PARTNER AT SOME
POINT IN THEIR LIVES.

37. 14,000
WOMEN IN RUSSIA
WILL DIE ANNUALLY
FROM DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE,

38. AND52%
OF WOMEN IN INDIA THINK
IT’S JUSTIFIABLE FOR THEIR
HUSBAND TO BEAT THEM.

39. WE MUST
RECOGNIZE
PATTERNS AND
SEEK HELP.

40. WOMEN RAPED AS A
WEAPON OF WAR

41. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS
USED IN ORDER TO
HUMILIATE,
PUNISH AND
CONTROL
WOMEN AND
THEIR COMMUNITIES.

42. 100 WOMEN FOUND
DEAD EVERY DAY
IN DARFUR,

43. 40,000
IN THE BOSNIAN WAR,

44. 250,000
IN SIERRA LEONE,

45. ANDTHE500,000
DURING RWANDA GENOCIDE.

46. FEMICIDE

47. FEMICIDE IS THE KILLING OF
FEMALES BY MALES BECAUSE
THEY ARE FEMALE.

48. HALF A MILLION FEWER
FEMALE BABIES ARE
BORN EACH YEAR IN
INDIA DUE TO THE
PRACTICE OF SEX-
SELECTIVE ABORTION,

49. WHILE
1.09 CHINA ARE DEAD
GIRLS IN
MILLION
OR “MISSING” AT BIRTH.

50. SOMETHING
MUST
BE DONE.

51. KNOWING THE FACTS CAN MAKE A
LASTING DIFFERENCE.

52. WE CAN BE APART OF A SOLUTION BY
SUPPORTING WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR WOMEN
WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE OR VIOLENCE.

53. WE CAN
END
VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMEN.

54. NOW
THE TIME TO ACT IS

55. INTERNATIONAL
03.08.13
WOMEN’S DAY

56. IS A DAY TO LOOK
BACK ON PAST
STRUGGLES AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS,

57. AND TO LOOK
AHEAD FOR THE
OPPORTUNITIES
THAT AWAIT
FUTURE
GENERATIONS OF
WOMEN.

58. YOU CAN HELP
PLEASE VISIT:
INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY.COM
UNWOMEN.ORG
ACTIONAID.ORG

60. #1WOMAN
CREATED BY:
KAILI

61. VIEW MORE EMPOWERING PRESENTATIONS: