1. Gender-Based Violence CGW4U

2. Global Statistics One in five women will be a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime In the U.S., a woman is abused every 15 seconds and is raped every 90 seconds 102 countries have no specific legal provisions against domestic violence, and in at least 53 countries, marital rape is not a prosecutable offense

3. Afghanistan 87% of Afghan women have experienced domestic violence Over the course of 2012, around 240 cases of honor killing and 160 cases of rape close to 15% of rapes and honor killings of women were done by the Afghan National Police Most rapes go unreported

4. Afghanistan Why not report rape? Being raped brings shame on your family, which subjects you to “honour killing” by family members Being raped counts as adultery, punishable by death (may be carried out by Islamic court or by members of family/community) May be forced to marry your rapist

5. Afghanistan

6. Other examples of institutionalized gender-based violence 19-year-old Bibi Aisha sentenced by a Taliban court to have her ears and nose cut off (carried out by her husband) because she brought shame to her family by fleeing domestic violence

7. Democratic Republic of Congo The DRC (particularly the eastern region of the country) is known as the rape capital of the world In the eastern DRC, 40% of women are victims of sexual violence As of 2011, around 1,000 Congolese women are raped every day

8. Democratic Republic of Congo Between 2006 and 2007, more than 400,000 women ages 15 to 49 raped in the DRC That is equivalent to… 1,152 women raped every day 48 women raped every hour four women raped every five minutes

9. Democratic Republic of Congo Why? DRC is a conflict zone – rape is used as a weapon To breed insecurity and fear in communities Belief that rape provides “magical powers” before combat “All militias here rape women, to show their strength and to show your weakness”

10. Gendercide The UN estimates that up to 200 million girls are missing today due to selective abortion and infanticide Predominately in India and China

11. India India’s dowry system requires families to give away money, land, and resources to marry off their daughters Married daughters become part of their husbands’ families – effectively, sons potentially add wealth to a family, and daughters drain wealth In 2012 female children in India aged 1-5 were 75% more likely to die than boys

12. China In China, men traditionally inherit the family name, wealth, and land The government-enforced one-child policy causes parents to abort or abandon baby daughters so they can have a son to take care of them in old age As a result, there are now 37 million more men than women in China The lack of women has resulted in sex trafficking, child brides, and prostitution Parents seeking a bride for their sons have kidnapped about 70,000 girls