{"id":341,"date":"2017-12-23T07:10:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/?p=341"},"modified":"2023-04-29T06:17:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:17:08","slug":"violence-against-women-isnt-a-womens-rights-issue-its-a-human-rights-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/violence-against-women-isnt-a-womens-rights-issue-its-a-human-rights-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ISN\u2019T A WOMEN\u2019S RIGHTS ISSUE, IT\u2019S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"341\" class=\"elementor elementor-341\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38cd083 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"38cd083\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91f87b8\" data-id=\"91f87b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24cdcd1e elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"24cdcd1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CATEGORY: OPERATION PEACEMAKER<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7753be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7753be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ISN\u2019T A WOMEN\u2019S RIGHTS ISSUE, IT\u2019S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608b689e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"608b689e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder Elca Grobler writes about gender based violence and what inspired her to pursue the idea of training local women to be #peacemakers and #changeagents.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1e90b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1e90b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fd5a22c\" data-id=\"7fd5a22c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b93c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b93c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Violence against women isn\u2019t a women\u2019s rights issue, it\u2019s a human rights issue. More women are killed each year by domestic violence than by malaria, war and accidents combined. I\u2019m driven by a righteous anger about the abuse and injustice so many women face today. With so much going so right, how can so much be going so horribly wrong?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be642d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be642d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/UN16days.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-807\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/UN16days.jpg 496w, https:\/\/mychoicesfoundation.org\/peacemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/UN16days-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ca469f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79ca469f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Half of the world\u2019s population is being slowly killed off by the other half. How did we get to the point in our modern society where almost half of Indian women face domestic violence? In 2017, we still have close to 50 per cent of the girls in India who marry, marry as children. How did we get to the point where 50 million girls in India are missing? Killed as infants or foetus. Why aren\u2019t we, in 2017, at a point where we can break the cycle of violence against women?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197db02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"197db02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the lead up to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November and the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence that follow it, why do we, as a society, allow violence to ruin the lives of millions of women and their children? We must build awareness of the magnitude of this human rights crisis. Violence against women costs the global community $7 trillion a year, but it\u2019s not the economic cost that should drive action, it\u2019s the human cost.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a572969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a572969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We need to use platforms like the one given to us by the United Nations, to make the horror and impact of gender-based violence real to people, otherwise we won\u2019t make any progress in eliminating it. Men need to join us on this journey \u2013 we should never exclude men because if you do so it\u2019s like fighting a fight with one hand held behind your back. We need to make men part of the solution, encourage them to step up, speak up, but they can\u2019t step up and speak up if they don\u2019t know what the reality is \u2013 that\u2019s why we need an international day to focus attention on the issue.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3e5a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d3e5a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We also need to let women know about the extent of the crisis, so they can speak up, know they are not the only ones it\u2019s happening to and it\u2019s not their fault. This is a global crisis. We need women to speak up, we need men to be part of the solution. And that\u2019s why the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is so important.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1847dc8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1847dc8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Opportunity International Australia\u2019s partner, My Choices Foundation, started its domestic violence program, PeaceMakers, in India in 2012, we knew we couldn\u2019t bring about change in communities from a head office. It needs to happen locally with local women. We realised we needed to train women to go into their communities and be the voice of change, put a stop to domestic violence.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-311b6ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"311b6ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I remember a very poor district in Hyderabad where we were training women to be PeaceMakers who go into the local community, counsel women and their families and refer them to domestic violence support services. I was leaving the training centre \u2013 walking down the stairs \u2013 and a Peacemaker who had trained two months previously was standing on the stairs waiting for me with a young girl who was completely covered \u2013 I could only see her eyes \u2013 even her hands were covered. I approached them. The girl was tiny, looked young, even though she was 20.  She was forced to marry when she was 14 to a much older man and had three children by the time she was 17.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8864cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8864cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The young woman was facing severe domestic violence and had no one to go to, so she opened up to the PeaceMaker who worked in a local beauty parlour and wore a PeaceMaker badge so she was easily identifiable. The woman was at the point of taking her own life because she couldn\u2019t see a way out of the abusive situation she was living in. For her, the courage to just get out of the house and wait on the stairs for me was enormous.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffb4c11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ffb4c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When we did one of our first training programs, we had a mock session with two psychologists and a PeaceMaker, when the lady being trained opened up about what was happening in her life. Her husband and parents-in-law locked her up, abused and starved her. Her life became our counselling session. Something happened that was magical \u2013 the 40 ladies in the room, who were a mix of Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist, joined hands and prayed for the woman. At that moment, the horror of what she faced every day surpassed religion. She became a very active PeaceMaker, preventing young girls from being trafficked. She\u2019s become one of our star PeaceMakers, going from being trapped in an abusive situation herself, to being one of our leading PeaceMakers.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b65d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35b65d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How can we still live in a world where we have so many dowry attacks, acid attacks? For me, eliminating domestic violence is a calling. I\u2019m not able to do anything else. Everything I\u2019ve ever done is a preparation to take up this journey and it both encourages and inspires me \u2013 doing something courageous transforms you. And it\u2019s contagious. If you do something, stand up, speak up, it will catch on and others will get on board. It not only transforms you, it transforms the people around you as well. Although work at My Choices is not easy \u2013 it\u2019s heartbreaking at times \u2013 it\u2019s the courage I see in the women that inspires me. It takes courage for women and girls to stand up and speak about the abuse in their lives. I have a desire, a drive, to help them change their lives.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74c8f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a74c8f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gender-based violence touches all of us in some way as we\u2019re all linked to a female. It\u2019s a human rights issue that we must urgently solve. Speak up about it, be more informed about it, support it. Thank you. You\u2019re making the world a safer place for everyone.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bed5ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bed5ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>This article was first published by <a style=\"color:#fa821e;\" href=\"https:\/\/opportunity.org.au\/news\/blog\/2017\/05\/violence-against-women-isnt-a-womens-rights-issue-its-a-human-rights-issue\">Opportunity International<\/a>, followed by <a style=\"color:#fa821e;\" href=\"https:\/\/womensagenda.com.au\/latest\/violence-women-isnt-womens-rights-issue-human-rights-issue\/\">Women\u2019s Agenda<\/a>&nbsp;and <a  style=\"color:#fa821e;\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57f1e75e\" data-id=\"57f1e75e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165c3274 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"165c3274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elca Grobler<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26c6662b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26c6662b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elca Grobler is the founder of My Choices Foundation. This article was written for Opportunity International as a part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362b8047 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"362b8047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3f7305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c3f7305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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