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38pc SE Asian females victims of violence

Says WHO scientist

Staff Correspondent
At least 38 percent of women and girls in south-east Asia experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-partner while the global figure is at least 35 percent, stated a World Health Organisation (WHO) scientist yesterday.
“Women across the world experience different forms of violence by their partners or non-partners. But the women in the Asia Pacific are the worst victims of violence," said Dr Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, whose work focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
He was giving a presentation on
"Violence against women and girls: forms, levels, consequences, causes and growing commitment to address it" on the second day of a three-day seminar at a hotel in the capital.
The Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliament of Bangladesh jointly organised the seminar, "Ending the cycle of violence against girls in Asia-Pacific", attended by lawmakers of 12 countries of the region.
The violence takes many forms -intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, early and forced marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation and honour killing - while the consequences are wide-ranging --health, social and economic for indi-
viduals, families, communities and societies, said Dr Venkatraman.
"Dowry deaths are common violence in this region," he said. But the violence against women and girls in this region remains considerably underreported to police and in health or social service statistics, he added.
"Only 10 to 30 percent victims seek institutional support," Dr Venkatraman mentioned.
This region has tremendously progressed in reduction of child mortality rate and poverty elimination rate but unfortunately these countries still remain behind in ending violence against women, he said.
So lawmakers have a pivotal role in taking effectives measures to end the violence by adopting stringent laws and policies, he observed.
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki said the seminar would seek mutual understanding among the participating lawmakers to work together to end the violence.
"The issues of cultural, social barriers and taboos have been discussed in the seminar.
After the end of the seminar, we will review our own existing laws and policies to protect the rights of the victims of different forms of violence, "she added.
Lawmaker Tarana Halim opined proposing reduction of the violence as one of the post-2015 millennium development goals.
Saleha Mehrzad of Afghanistan said their government was now taking different steps to encourage parents to send their children to schools and take health services.