Scary Human Right Violation Facts

In the U.S., a woman is raped every 6 minutes; a woman is battered every 15 seconds. In North Africa, 6,000 women are genitally mutilated each day. This year, more than 15,000 women will be sold into sexual slavery in China. 200 women in Bangladesh will be horribly disfigured when their spurned husbands or suitors burn them with acid. More than 7,000 women in India will be murdered by their families and in-laws in disputes over dowries.As you read this, somewhere a woman is being beaten – or worse – in police custody. In Darfur, a child is crying out in a refugee camp for her lost mother. In Asia, a young woman is being sold into sexual slavery by uncaring relatives. Violence against women is a global epidemic. And it's one of the most inexcusable human rights violations of our time.