The article reports, “About a third of Russian women suffer domestic violence but put up with beatings from their partners and husbands in order not to lose them, an NGO said Wednesday. Last year, Moscow’s Anna National Centre for the Prevention of Violence launched the first free helpline in Russia for women who suffer domestic violence. ‘The first problem is the number of physical domestic violence, more than 30 percent of callers faced it, and the second is family relationship problems (about 20 percent of requests). The majority of Russian women put up with violence from their husbands in order to preserve the family,’ the centre said in a report.”

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The article reports, “Today, during a White House event, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Agency’s new Policy on Gender Equality and Female Empowerment. Citing its importance, Dr. Shah stated, ‘We know that long-term, sustainable development will only be possible when women and men enjoy equal opportunity to rise to their potential. But today, women and girls continue to face disadvantages in every sector in which we work, and in other cases, boys are falling behind. With this policy, we can ensure our values and commitments are reflected in durable, meaningful results for all.’”

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The article reports, ” ‘As a mother and a daughter, I can’t accept one in three women will be a victim of violence in her lifetime,’ said actress Reese Witherspoon. Witherspoon brought her star power along with Crown Princess Mary of Denmark to the Second annual World Conference of Women’s Shelters.”

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The article reports, “.. Three Zimbabweans will participate in the mountain climbing event to try and conquer Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, which is the highest mountain in Africa. The Zimbabweans will try to reach the roof top of the African continent, to coincide with International Women’s Day. The climb will symbolically raise women’s voice to the highest peak in Africa, ….”

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The article reports, “Yesterday evening, I had the honor of addressing the 2nd Annual World Conference of Women’s Shelters, hosted by the National Network to End Domestic Violence, and sponsored by Global Network of Women Shelters. The conference was composed of more than 1,300 advocates representing more than 90 countries, including the United States. I was incredibly inspired by the work these advocates are doing to keep women and their children safe.”

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The article reports, “It’s already Monday in other places like Hong Kong and Sidney, Australia. Wherever you live, you can bet someone is weeping and saying prayers over their recently buried loved one, kneeling on cold, hard ground over one who was murdered and silenced by intimate partner violence. One out of every three women around the globe has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, and the person who is controlling and violent toward her is either a former, current or newly severed relationship.”

Read the full article at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/crime/2012/02/26/global-terrorism-and-the-world-conference-of-women-in-washington-d-c/