Tomorrow is International Women's Day. Take a moment and ask yourself what is the next step in our pursuit to empower women and end violence against women.
Eighty-five percent of domestic violence victims are women. And one in four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. Think about your wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, girlfriends -- and ask yourself what you would do to prevent them from becoming that one in four.
With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality.
The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men."
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