Day: April 25, 2024

GBV is a serious problem that will incur significant costs in the future

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Gender-based violence (GBV), or violence against women and girls (VAWG), is a global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women during their lifetime. The numbers are staggering: 35% of women worldwide have been victims of physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from another partner. Worldwide, 7% of women have been sexually assaulted by someone other than their partner. Globally, up to 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. 200 million women have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting. This problem is not only…

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“Alarming” consumption of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents, says WHO

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The consumption of alcohol and electronic cigarettes among 11-15 year old is “alarming”, according to a report from the European branch of the WHO which recommends public health measures to limit access to alcoholic beverages. “The widespread use of harmful substances among children in many countries in the European region – and beyond – poses a serious threat to public health,” warned the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO ) Hans Kluge, quoted in a press release. In particular, he calls for increasing taxes, limiting points of sale…

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April 25, 1994: UN avoids labelling Tutsi killings as genocide

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April 25, 1994 was the 19th day of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Killings of Tutsi had spread across the country. In the former Gitarama, Butare and Kibuye prefectures, Interahamwe, government soldiers and local leaders led the killing campaign. Despite evidence of genocidal killings in Rwanda, the United Nations Security Council failed to label the massacres of Tutsi as a genocide due to France’s push to avoid a more precise terminology. Since the beginning of the Genocide on April 7, the French authorities were concerned that RPF-Inkotanyi would win the…

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