March 8 is International Women’s Day 2010 and,
once again, my theme on this very important day
is the Stopping of Violence Against Women.
People often ask me why I love, respect and admire women so,
and why am I so interested in stopping violence against them.
Frankly, I am amazed and disgusted by the question.
Which one of us has not been born of woman and which woman
is not someone’s daughter, sister or mother? Women are quite
wonderful, as wonderful as men, maybe even more wonderful,
and violence against them is an abomination.
Many people, including many women, are of course ignorant
of the horrendous facts about Violence Against Women.
To remedy this, I have created the following post.
Please read:
Were you aware of these facts? Please bring them to
the attention of your families, friends and readers.
Many people have asked me over the years:
“Well, Philip, what can we do about it?”
The answer, my friends, is very simple indeed:
“HONOUR WOMANHOOD!
And honour it each and every day
at every single opportunity!”
As a long time expert in spiritual metaphysics, I can assure you
that women have exactly the same inner potential as men. It is
only indoctrination and external pressures that prevent women
from developing and expressing it.
If you are a woman, you can honour womanhood by recognizing
the infinite potential dormant within you, by refusing to submit
to indoctrination or external pressure which tells you otherwise,
and by standing up for yourself, your rights, your well-being, and
for universal good – individually and together with other intelligent people.
If you are a man, you can honour womanhood
by refusing to belittle women in any way, and
by supporting their fight with all your might!
My friends, we must all stand up together this
International Women’s Day onward and do our
utmost to Stop Violence Against Women in all
its many disgraceful forms.
If you like this post, please send it to your family and friends
and post it or RT it for your readers. We must increase awareness
and inspire everyone. Meanwhile, here is another related post with
some very useful quotes and images to share:
Here are some excellent quotes and images
reminding us to do our utmost each and every
day to Stop Violence Against Women in all its
hideous forms.
Please share them with your
families, friends and readers.
Philip
One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.
–Nicole Kidman
Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
– Salma Hayek
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
–Eleanor Roosevelt
If the numbers we see in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the entire country would be up in arms, and it would be the lead story on the news every night.
– Rep. Mark Green
No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
– Salma Hayek
It’s not enough for women to speak out on the issue – for the message to be strong and consistent, women’s voices must be backed up by men’s.
–Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Michigan
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Many people, including many women, are unaware of the horrendous facts regarding Violence Against Women. So please study the facts below and then bring them to the attention of your families, friends and readers.
* Violence against women is the most common but least punished crime in the world.
* It is estimated that between 113 million and 200 million women are demographically “missing.” They have been the victims of infanticide (boys are preferred to girls) or have not received the same amount of food and medical attention as their brothers and fathers.
* The number of women forced or sold into prostitution is estimated worldwide at anywhere between 700,000 and 4,000,000 per year. Profits from sex slavery are estimated at seven to twelve billion US dollars per year.
* Globally, women between the age of fifteen and forty-four are more likely to be maimed or die as a result of male violence than through cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or war combined.
* At least one out of every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Usually, the abuser is a member of her own family or someone known to her. Domestic violence is the largest form of abuse of women worldwide, irrespective of region, culture, ethnicity, education, class and religion.
* It is estimated that more than two million girls are genitally mutilated per year, a rate of one girl every fifteen seconds.
* Systematic rape is used as a weapon of terror in many of the world’s conflicts. It is estimated that between 250,000 and 500,000 women in Rwanda were raped during the 1994 genocide.
* Studies show the increasing links between violence against women and HIV and demonstrate that HIV-infected women are more likely to have experienced violence, and that victims of violence are at higher risk of HIV infection.
*At least 60 million girls who would otherwise be expected to be alive are ‘missing’ from various populations as a result of sex-selective abortions or inadequate care as they are seen less important than boys.
*20-70% of abused women never told another person
about the abuse until being interviewed for a study. (WHO, Geneva, 2002)
*Nearly one in four women will experience sexual
violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
*At least 54 countries have discriminatory
laws against women.
* About 25,000 brides are burned to death each year in India because of insufficient dowries. The groom’s family will set the bride on fire, presenting it as an accident or suicide. The groom is then free to remarry.
* In a number of countries, women who have been raped are sometimes killed by their own families to preserve the family’s honor. Honor killings have been reported in Jordan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and other Persian Gulf countries.
* According to UNICEF, 100 million to 140 million girls and women have undergone some form of female genital mutilation. Today, this practice is carried out in 28 African countries, despite the fact that it is outlawed in a number of these nations.
* Rape as a weapon of war has been used in Chiapas, Mexico, Rwanda, Kuwait, Haiti, Colombia, and elsewhere.
My friend Carrie Surface has asked me to post
this very popular item by an unknown author.
Perspective is very important, she feels.
I concur. Thank you Carrie.
Philip
To realize
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn’t have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby….
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend
or family member:
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