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CousinIT

(9,218 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2018, 05:53 PM Nov 2018

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UN Report: The most dangerous place for women is the home

The most dangerous place for women is the home.

In 2017, more than half of female homicide victims worldwide died at the hands of intimate partners or family members:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/GSH2018/GSH18_Gender-related_killing_of_women_and_girls.pdf

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UN Report: The most dangerous place for women is the home (Original Post) CousinIT Nov 2018 OP

A major threat to a woman is a husband, BF, or male acquaintance with a gun Kaleva Nov 2018 #1

And Yet the GOP Killed the Violence Against Women Act dlk Nov 2018 #2

58%. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #3

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Nov 2018 #4

Men have a lot of work to do. K&R. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2018 #5

K&R smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #6

Kaleva

(36,248 posts)

1. A major threat to a woman is a husband, BF, or male acquaintance with a gun

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 05:55 PM

Nov 2018

dlk

(11,512 posts)

2. And Yet the GOP Killed the Violence Against Women Act

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 05:58 PM

Nov 2018

It is no overstatement to say the party of "family values" is stained with the blood of their victims.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

3. 58%.

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:05 PM

Nov 2018

malaise

(268,693 posts)

4. Get thee to the greatest page

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:06 PM

Nov 2018

Damn!

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,307 posts)

5. Men have a lot of work to do. K&R.

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:07 PM

Nov 2018

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

6. K&R

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Mon Nov 26, 2018, 07:00 PM

Nov 2018

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