1. International Human rights day -violence against women Emmanuella Pam

2. Introduction "violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full advancement of women" UN Declaration on the Elimination on Violence against Women

3. Overview Topics centred around both Nigeria and India Underage marriage violence against women Genital Mutilation Female foeticide

4. Underage marriage Child bride marriage Leading cause of Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)

5. Gender based violence

6. There's no way to end violence unless you end impunity Zainab Bangura May 30 th,2013 bill against domestic violence passed.

7. Gulabi or Pink sari gang

8. Genital Mutilation This involves surgically removing partial or full parts of the female reproductive organs for reasons other than medical purposes. more than 125 million women and girls world wide have been mutilated and over 30 million more expected in the next decade.

10. Female Foeticide in India Sex selective abortion Since 1991, the ratio of men to women is such that for every 1000 men, there are only 920 women in some Indian regions. Though pre–natal sex determination has been banned since 1994 to prevent sex selective abortions and later modified in 2003 - Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act

11. Human trafficking as a result of female foeticide; females are sold as brides in regions with low female ratio Ranked 4 th worst place for women by Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll in 2011