Governments Must Support Women during Lockdown

reporter 1222 — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 06:15:32 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging governments around the world to include the protection of women lockdown in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.

“Violence is not confined to the battlefield,“ said Guterres in a statement and a video released in multiple languages, reminiscent of his call for a ceasefire in conflicts worldwide to face the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest. In their own homes lockdown,” Guterres said, AFP reported.

“Over the past weeks, as economic and social pressures and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying global surge in domestic violence.

“I urge all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women a key part of their national response plans for COVID-19 lockdown,” United Nations secretary-general has said.

Guterres called for setting up emergency warning systems in pharmacies and groceries, and for safe ways “for women to seek support, without alerting their abusers.

“Together, we can and must prevent violence everywhere, from war zones to people’s homes, as we work to beat the novel COVID-19, “he said, as he called “for peace at home and in homes around the world.”

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Violence Against Women Made Belgians Come to Streets

reporter 1222 — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:03:40 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Around 10,000 people took part in a protest march in Brussels on Sunday calling for an end to violence against women, police announced, a day after similar demonstrations in France and Italy.

The protesters in the Belgian capital paid homage to women killed by partners or ex-partners, then marched to the Palace of Justice where they placed pairs of red shoes as a symbol of femicide victims, AFP reported.

“Belgium is a very complex country with many levels of power; federal, regional and communal and all these levels of powers do little things to tackle violence against women. But the main thing we are demanding is a national plan,” said Celine Caudron, one of the organizers of the protest.

“It is important to punish the perpetrators but what we want most is that the violence doesn’t happen in the first place,” she added.

The marchers held up placards bearing messages such as “That’s enough” and “Not one more life”.

Also prominent were the names of the 22 women killed by men in Belgium this year.

Outside the law courts building the demonstrators set off alarms and made noise as a “protest against the silence” which surrounds the deaths of battered women.

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