Violence against women remains one of the most ubiquitous human rights violations that a majority of women and girls have had to contend with in modern history. It occurs in the coolest neighbourhoods, homes, and offices. It happens in places of worship and schools. It is such a big tragedy that it happens in sports arenas, taxicabs or in public service vehicles.
Violence against women is no respecter of age or religion, culture or class. As it manifests, it takes on one or a combination of the following trajectories of harm: psychological or physical acts that connote sexual violence. It encompasses harmful practices such as rape, female genital cutting or rituals. It also covers practices like early marriage and human trafficking. In sum, these actions shove off a victim’s happiness on basis that she is a woman or a girl, anyway.
