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Act Against Violence

Gahlia Varela

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Abstract

There are many topics in the world that need to be stopped, and one of them is

gender-based violence. Many humans in the world do not notice their surroundings to notice that

there is people who suffer from violence. It should be a requirement to know what it is and how

we can help another person when they truly need it. We all need to be educated so that we can

put a stop to the torturing of living through something like that. Although it is something that you

would think people arent okay with, there is people who dont care about gender-based

violence. It is in everyones hands to help out their community to know what it truly is.

Keywords: violence, stopped, suffer.

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Act Against Violence

Gender-based violence should be against the law and anyone who acts against it, should

be arrested for a life sentence. Many people live in their own small world without really knowing

what gender-based violence is, so what really is it? Why is it against human rights, and where in

the world is it located? Gender-based Violence should be stopped at all costs, for the violation of

human rights and for many other things.

Gender-based violence is something that many people dont know much about, but they

need to be educated on. The definition of gender-based violence is an act of suffering towards

women that consist of, physical, sexual or psychological. Removing all liberty on the woman,

giving them no choice but to suffer. Victims who suffer from sexual violence, can lead to unwanted

pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, death and unsafe abortions. Women around the

world are suffering from traumatic experiences, in which people respond with, She was asking

for it, just because of the way that the woman was dressed. Gender-based violence is all around

the world and it shouldnt be tolerated at all.

It is said that gender-based violence is against human rights, and there is a lot of evidence

supporting this. Gender-based violence damages human rights, economic stability, public health and

security. Violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the

world. Another quote, Gender-based violence undermines the health, dignity, security and autonomy of

its victims, yet it remains shrouded in a culture of silence. This shows that so many of the population in

this world have given up towards the fact that maybe one day, we can end gender-based violence. All

around the world, there is people who believe there is nothing wrong with gender-based violence.

Is gender-based violence happen in only one area of the world, or is it worldspread? The

UNdata shows that violence against women happens all around the world. It knows no social, economic
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or national boundaries.This quote shows that there really isnt any way to decide who is going to be the

next victim, it could be some random woman. Worldwide, an estimated one in three women will

experience physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime. This little excerpt of a sentence, makes it truly sad

that you can walk into a room and someone in there could be suffering from sexual violence. There is no

limit to where gender-based violence is, it happens all around the world.

Counter Argument

Gender-based violence is not something that violates human rights. Women are not

objects that you can use to satisfy your needs, without women there would be no human

reproduction. Theyre humans who have feelings and when you commit any violence towards

them, it is violating them and putting them through a traumatic experience. When you put a

woman through something so wrong, things for that person will never ever be the same again, it

will be as if a part of them got taken away which is against human rights. It is widespread

nonstop across the world, hurting many women. There is no excuse for committing gender-based

violence and if you do, you are a coward.

Conclusion

Gender-based violence should be against the law and anyone who acts against it, should

be arrested for a life sentence. People dont know what it means, where it is or how it affects a

human damaging their life. There really isnt a solution to stop gender-based violence, anywhere

in the world there will be someone who cannot contain themselves and do something thats not

right towards a woman. All we can do is make sure that we are as safe as we can and be careful.
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References

Kristof, N. D., & WuDunn, S. (2009). Half the sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for

women worldwide. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Out of the many subjects Half the Sky talks about it also talks about, rape, sexual and

physical violence all towards women. The first thing that they go into talking about is

how someone, Sonette Ehlers, created some kind of small weapon that would protect

women. Yet, many people didnt like it back then saying it was more like a medieval

weapon. Ehlers responded saying it was a medieval deed. In the rest of the book, it goes

into much detail on how you can act to stop rape and help someone out. In a part of the

book, someone who suffered from rape opened up and talked about her story. It is a very

inspiring part of the book that gives hope. For many people who have suffered through

that experience, it can give them hope to keep fighting to move on and keep going with

their lives.

Anderson, V. (1997). A Woman Like You: The face of domestic violence. California: Seal Press

The book A Woman Like You: The Face of Domestic Violence is the book that I chose to

get sources and information from, it is a very good book in which I got so much

information from. It gives you information of others who have suffered through the same

thing, how to move on with your life. I read on how people suffered through the

traumatic experience and yet moved on. It is not easy for people to just get up and move

on from that. Which is what this book teaches you, it shows on how you can not make

that experience define you for the rest of your life. It also gives more perspectives that
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people dont really talk about, they keep quiet and not talk about. This book will give you

very good information that you will need.

Mlambo-Ngcuka, P. (2017, 3). In a gender equal world, girls must have choices for their future.

The Huffington Post. Retrieved from

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phumzile-mlambongcuka/in-a-gender-equal-world-g_b_

14602724.html

This article is on how the world does not treat women the same as men. Because of this

cause it has the effect that men think they can do whatever they want with women,

leading to violence against women. The inequality that we have towards women is why

no one ever really moves on. Men treat women as objects, leading them to do whatever

they want with them. Making the women to live through a traumatic experience in which

she has to adapt through the fact that she ever lived through something like that.