United Nations: The recent sex assaults on an infant in India and on a girl in Pakistan are “heart-breaking” but the “scourge” of violence against girls affects all countries, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson of the UN chief said.
“I think these two cases you referred to are heart- breaking,” Dujarric said while answering a question on UNs advice for the two countries on this “vicious cycle”. Stephane said, “What is clear is that no country on this planet is immune from the scourge of violence against women, violence against girls. We see it in all country, north, south, east and west.”
Through various programmes, through UN-Women, UNFPA [United Nations Population Fund], UNICEF [United Nations Children Fund] and others, the UN is working with governments to try to get messages through to communities to respecting girls, to respecting women, he added.
“It’s about equal rights. It’s about access to health. It’s about access to education. It’s about empowerment of women. Through a number of its development programmes, the UN is trying to face the issue,” said the spokesperson of the UN Secretary General.
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