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Asia Welcomes Babies Born into a World of 7 Billion

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IN THIS ISSUE
UNFPA Supports Irans 2011 Census page 3 Dialogue Calls for Strengthened Policy Responses against Domestic Violence in Viet Nam page 4 Love Journey Social Media Contest Opens page 5 Hit the Ball, not the Woman page 5 Young Parliamentarians Vow to Protect Reproductive Rights Back Home page 6 Landmark Action on Midwifery page 7 During Thailands Floods, UNFPA Steps In page 8 UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in FloodAffected Areas in the Philippines page 9 Taking Care of Mothers Hygiene Needs in Evacuation Centres page 10

NOVEMBERDECEMBER 2011

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Asia Welcomes Babies Born into a World of 7 Billion
BANGKOK - Several Asian babies have been selected in their countries to symbolize all who have just come into a world of 7 billion people. By United Nations estimates, world population passed the 7 billion mark. UNFPA is using the occasion to highlight the achievements, challenges and opportunities the population milestone represents. Danica May Camacho, born in Manila, and Oishee Hussain, in Dhaka, were among those welcomed by government officials and UNFPA representatives in various capitals around the region. Human numbers cannot be determined precisely, so these births are symbols of population trends: Asia and the world have twice as many people as they had four decades ago, even though the average family has only half as many children. Growth, while slowing, continues - mostly due to the momentum generated by past high fertility, as record numbers of young people enter their reproductive years. The population of the Asia and the Pacific region, now about 4 billion, is projected to rise to 5 billion before levelling off around 2050. With people living longer, the proportion of those above age 60 will increase steadily. Trends vary greatly among and within countries. India is projected to overtake China as the worlds most populous country by 2020 and continue to grow for 30 years after Chinas population has peaked. Indonesia and Bangladesh have already reached low fertility but growth will continue for 30-40 years. Pakistan and the Philippines will peak later; women in both countries still have more than three children on average. Afghanistan and Timor-Leste have some of the highest fertility rates in the world, above six children per woman. Their populations are not expected to level off until the end of the century. The worlds population reached seven billion people on 31 October 2011. This unique moment in human history represents both an achievement and a challenge, and will have an impact on every single person on the planet, particularly in the developing countries of Asia.
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The median age in Asia is 30. Experts believe many countries with large numbers of young workers have unprecedented opportunities for economic growth, if they in invest in education, health and job creation. Ensuring womens rights and addressing inequality are also critical. Half of the 200 million women worldwide with an unmet need for contraception are Asians. Access to reproductive health care, including family planning and safe motherhood services, is often limited in poor communities, and each year tens of thousands of women die as a consequence. UNFPA and its partners in countries throughout the region have organized numerous activities to highlight these issues, including photo contests and exhibitions, concerts, TV and radio talk shows and billboard campaigns. Countries honouring babies born today as symbols of a world of 7 billion include Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

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Asia in a World of 7 Billion: Challenges and Opportunities

Monthly update from UNFPA in Asia and the Pacifi c NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2011

UNFPA Supports Irans 2011 Census

New processes help Iran collect more detailed data The previous census was conducted in 2006, when Iran committed to running it on a five-year basis - more frequent than the internationally recommended 10-year interval. This years census is the first since then. For the first time, census was conducted on an individual basis by using national identification cards, rather than householdbased.
Census staff conducting an interview

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TEHRAN - Irans 2011 Population and Housing Census, run by UNFPAs long-standing partner, the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI), officially ended. In July this year, the countrys population was estimated to have surpassed 75 million. Costing approximately US$70 million, the census exercise has received US$ 475,000 support from UNFPA. During the three-week period, 54,000 enumerators and 14,000 supervisors fanned out across Irans 31 provinces to interview adults living in households. A total of 114,000 individuals participated in running this years census, with visits to over 21 million households in 100,000 rural areas and 1,200 urban centers. Over 60 per cent of SCIs enumerators were female to guarantee gender sensitivity of the census - a measure first introduced in 2006. Video clips, multimedia CDs and advertisements were also produced to raise awareness about the census among the public. Delegations from other Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member-states, including Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan, also participated to learn from Irans best practices in enumeration.

In total, 3,300 workshops were conducted to train enumerators. Some modules were even taught using a web-based system making learning less costly and time-consuming, and at the same time, providing better coverage for census staff. Other improvements in this years census include the use of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in several districts of Tehran. Data collected were instantly sent to SCIs local processing center and processed immediately. Following this successful pilot study, the SCI has decided to use PDAs exclusively in the next census, due in 2016. To speed up data processing in provinces where paper-based questionnaires were used, UNFPA has provided SCI with financial support to upgrade its Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) software for easier recognition of handwritten Persian scripts. The newly introduced Reproductive Age Mortality Study (RAMOS) meanwhile uses the collected data to track the countrys maternal mortality rate. The preliminary results of the census will be ready by early next year, with the final report expected to be released by June 2012.

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Dialogue Calls for Strengthened Policy Responses against Domestic Violence in Viet Nam
National Action Plan on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control. Now is the time to act. Ending violence is in our hands. We need to work together to ensure that the women of Viet Nam are empowered to step up and speak out, and that Vietnamese men join their voices to end violence against women once and for all, Pratibha Mehta, UN Resident Coorinator, said.
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During the dialogue, the Womens Union reaffirmed its role to protect womens rights, to provide support to those who experienced domestic violence and to raise awareness in Government and UN representatives writing down their commitments to take action to end communities, especially among men. domestic violence Representatives from UNAIDS and HA NOI - The Ministry of Culture, Sport and UN Women also released research findings on the Tourism, the Viet Nam Womens Union and the linkages between HIV and domestic violence. United Nations (UNFPA, UN Women and UNODC) in Viet Nam jointly organized a policy dialogue to A ten-minute video by UNFPA on life stories of commemorate the International Day for Elimination domestic violence survivors was also shown at the of Violence against Women, observed each year dialogue. The event concluded with the participants on 25 November. The dialogue, Strengthening writing down their personal commitments to take Responses to Violence against Women in Viet Nam, action to end violence against women and girls in is part of a series of events taking place throughout Viet Nam. November as part of the global UNiTE campaign to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2015. VIDEO This is the first time Viet Nam has participated in the campaign, which was launched by UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon in 2008. The campaign aims to mobilize governments, civil society, young people, the private sector and UN agencies to stand together to urgently end the global pandemic. At the opening ceremony, the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism stated that domestic violence is a violation of equal rights between women and men, as well as a violation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which Viet Nam is one of the signatories. The ministry added that in the coming years, the work on prevention of domestic violence will further be implemented in the countrys socioeconomic development policies and programmes - particularly in the Viet Nam Family Development Strategy 2011-2020 and Vision to 2030, and the

New Hope for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Viet Nam

UNFPA puts every effort into breaking the silence and ensuring that the voices of women are heard. One strategy is to engage men - policy makers, parents and young boys - in discourse about the dynamics and consequences of violence. Video: UNFPA Viet Nam
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Monthly update from UNFPA in Asia and the Pacifi c NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2011

Love Journey Social Media Contest Opens

HA NOI - Love Journey, a social media campaign aimed at preventing gender-based violence through interactions among youth, will begin accepting submissions from individuals starting 4 December. The campaign intends to promote activities and discussions on the attitudes and behaviours of youth towards relationships, while linking romantic love and friendship with gender equality. Pham Anh Khoa, a well-known rock musician and advocate of gender equality, supports and is participating in the campaign: I do believe respect, trust, understanding, love, equality and non-violence are key principles of a healthy relationship. There is no place for force and violence in love. True friends listen to and respect each others opinions. We, both men and women, should work towards making our relationships healthy. The contest will award winners with iPads and trips to Bangkok to visit the regional UN office. Benjamin Swanton, Joint Campaign for Prevention of Domestic Violence Project Manager of Paz y Desarrollo (PyD), who is coordinating the campaign, said: Love Journey takes a new approach to prevention of gender-based violence and promotion of gender equality in Vietnam. Instead of telling people to not perpetrate violence, we are focusing on encouraging positive, gender-equitable and non-violent attitudes among youth - who are still forming their ideas about gender relations and what it means to be a man and a woman. This activity will help young people to build relationship skills that they can take into adult life. Speaking about the need to involve men and boys, UNFPA Representative Bruce Campbell said: More needs to be done to persuade men and boys to accept their role in preventing violence, and in protecting and respecting women. Men have a critical role to play. Women alone cannot end domestic violence. It must be done in partnership by all of us. The social media campaign, which is consisted of online photography and advocacy competitions, will culminate on 16 December in a music concert to be held in Danang. To learn more, visit www.htyt.vn

Hit the Ball, not the Woman

Using the youth against gender-based violence

Cricket match participants

MATARA, Sri Lanka - Sport covers a broad range of activities, both physical, mental, and can be recreational and competitive. Sport is a social and cultural process in which social constructions of gender, male masculinity and female femininity play a key role. UN Resolution 58/5 adopted in 2003 called on governments to use sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace. Studies have revealed that sport can be used to work towards a number of development goals, including human development, gender equality, improving public health and well-being, supporting education and leisure activities, social development, and promoting stability, tolerance and social inclusion. Sport, especially the game of cricket, is traditionally associated with masculinity in many societies. A cricket match was organized in the coastal town of Matara by four women centres, which UNFPA supports, to raise awareness on gender-based violence. Nearly 110 boys and men participated in the cricket match held on 28 October. The women centres selected the players coming from various backgrounds - from the unemployed youth, to alcohol and drug users. The participants were educated before the cricket match on how their masculinity could be used for sports and not on illegal activities, such as drug usage and sexual harassment.

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Young Parliamentarians Vow to Protect Reproductive Rights Back Home
KRABI, Thailand - The young parliamentarians who gathered here for an international conference on sexual and reproductive health rights agreed to strengthen their work on these issues when they returned home. As parliamentarians, you play a crucial role in bridging the gap between the people and the government, said Safiye Cagar, Director of Information and External Relations of UNFPA. Opening the meeting on 15 November for young parliamentarians aged under 35, she emphasized the importance of their work since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in 1994, where 179 countries recognized sexual and reproductive health as a human right. Since that time, national parliaments have reordered population and development policy priorities, and passed laws at national and subnational levels to protect, uphold and promote reproductive rights, gender equality, youth friendly information, counselling and reproductive health care, Cagar said. People aged 15 to 24 years old make up about 43 per cent of the worlds population, yet they face limited resources, and confront such major challenges as getting an education, finding jobs and securing access to health care. Young parliamentarians have the ability, through their legislature, to mobilize these young people to create transformational change. I would like to challenge the perception that Parliament is a place only for old people and prove the case that young parliamentarians can make a difference, said Moses Kunkuyu Kalonga Shawa, a parliamentarian from Malawi. I believe I can make a difference on the ICPD agenda by working with my constituencies, educating young people, and pushing for civic education and youth involvement in decision-making processes. The meeting, which was organized by UNFPA and the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, was designed to deepen young parliamentarians understanding and commitment to the ICPD, and to bring them together to exchange perspectives and experiences from their own countries. The 30 who attended showed passion and enthusiasm for their work, as well as on sexual and reproductive health issues. They agreed that their young age is a clear advantage in their political role and that workshops like these are important for what they do. It feels like youre alone in the world as a young MP, even in Canada, where there are so many young MPs, said Rathika Sitsabaiesan. Its good to know were not isolated. The interesting thing is that were all facing similar issues and similar challenges, whether we come from the city or from the rural area. The parliamentarians confirmed that more young people are needed in politics and that not many women are represented on parliamentary benches. The meeting ended with commitments to take rapid action on several matters, including promoting reproductive health issues in the media, and advocating for better policies and greater resources from their government.

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Socio-cultural Influences on the Reproductive Health of Migrant Women

This report documents the findings of literature reviews conducted in 2010 in four Mekong countries. It explores the nexus between sociocultural factors, health seeking behaviour, and access to sexual and reproductive health information and services among internal migrants in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam, and on Burmese migrants in Thailand. Where identified, examples of good practice were also documented in the report.
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Monthly update from UNFPA in Asia and the Pacifi c NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2011

Landmark Action on Midwifery

NEW DELHI - Midwifery practices in India got some much-needed attention at a recent regional workshop here organized by UNFPA and the International Confederation of Midwives. The workshop, held 28 November to 3 December, attracted about 60 participants from 7 Asian countries, who were oriented on the latest midwifery skills and standards of education and regulation introduced by the confederation earlier this year. The participants, who included statement on midwifery with Dr. Asha Sharma of the Indian Nursing Council. country midwife advisors, national programme officers, partner organizations The workshop was a landmark for the Asia and donors involved in midwifery as well as national region because for the first time key UN agencies representatives, discussed regional and country engaged in health and major multilateral and strategies to harmonize education standards in the bilateral development partners as well as NGOs region. came out with a strong statement to help support strengthening the standards of midwifery education, Concrete priorities and plans were devised, most ensuring skilled human resources for maternal crucially the need to establish a regional resource health and working towards the establishment of center for midwifery; standardize midwifery a professional cadre of midwives, said Geeta Lal, curriculum and tools based on International midwifery programme coordinator for UNFPA. Confederation of Midwives competencies and standards of education; and encourage strong A major constraint in the region has been the poor advocacy among stakeholders. Other priorities quality of training, lack of supportive supervision and included faculty development, regional accreditation skewed distribution of health-care providers - an tools and developing career paths for midwives. absence of services where they are needed most, Lal continued. At this workshop, both the Government Indias endorsement of India, the partners and stakeholders from seven countries recognized these constraints and reiterated The highlight was the release of the first joint their commitment to resolve these key issues to statement ever by development partners address MDG 5. (multilateral, bilateral and international NGOs) in India, including what is known as the H4 (the UNFPA and the International Confederation of World Health Organization, UNFPA, UNICEF and the Midwives introduced the Investing in Midwifery World Bank), Jhpiego and major donors like SIDA, Programme in 2008 to enhance midwifery capacities UKAID, NIPI (Norway India Partnership Initiative) and the midwifery workforce in low-income countries and USAID. The statement reiterated the partners to help achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 commitment to intensify efforts for adapting, and 5: improving maternal and newborn health by disseminating and implementing the confederations increasing the number of births attended by skilled global standards of education, regulation and health providers. The programme now operates in 30 professional association. countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
At the conference, Dr. Nata Menabde (left) of the World Health Organization in India held a historic

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During Thailands Floods, UNFPA Steps In
distributed to the most vulnerable, including migrants and those living in shelters. In June, the UN in Thailand and the Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation held a simulation exercise for disaster preparedness, but the floods struck before the planning was finished. As a result, UNFPA is developing a recovery framework and assessment for handling future humanitarian crises, including making full reproductive health information and services available.

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BANGKOK - Thailand had experienced one of its worst flood crises in recent history, with 64 of 77 provinces and more than five million people, about 8 per cent of the population, affected since July 2011. Worsening sanitation conditions, related to stagnating water and few toilets, remain a deep concern. Access to clean water and hygiene are challenges for both the flood victims who evacuated to shelters and the people who stayed at home. The Department of Provincial Administration reported that 2,464 evacuation centers are running in 25 provinces. While the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is operating 175 evacuation shelters for 17,075 people, the Ministry of Public Health is responsible for centers sheltering people with serious health concerns and providing essential health services. Pregnant women, children, disabled people, older people and patients with chronic diseases are among the most vulnerable groups. UNFPA in Thailand has been working steadily to help the Thai people cope with the months-long crisis by providing support to national relief operations through the Ministry of Public Health, Thai Red Cross and key nongovernmental organizations by ensuring the availability of reproductive services and promoting the use of female hygiene kits. In a waterproof tote, items ranging from toiletries to clean clothing are packaged inside a biodegradable bag. The kits have been specifically designed for womens personal hygiene needs and have been

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Making Aid More Effective in Asia and the Pacific

Fully committed to the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action, UNFPA has been adjusting its programmes and systems to individual country contexts taking into account the changing development environment, and moving progressively towards processes that are nationally owned and led. These 10 country studies illustrate how UNFPA has sought to apply the principles of the Paris Declaration in its support to Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Viet Nam.
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UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines

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MANILA - UNFPA is working with international and local partners to provide essential reproductive health supplies to respond to the needs of over 12,000 pregnant and lactating women in various evacuation centres in areas affected by tropical storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities in the Philippines. As part of the United Nations humanitarian appeal, UNFPA is seeking approximately $1.4 million to help the affected populations. According to estimates by the Philippines Government, over 92,000 families, or 640,000 people, are currently affected by the disaster. UNFPA has also mobilized youth volunteers to organize young people in evacuation centres to help raise awareness about available medical services and to monitor incidents of gender-based violence. These youth are also collecting vital data about pregnant, post-partum and lactating women, as well as other vital statistics such as the number of young people in these centres. Through collaboration with the government, UNFPA is working with local organizations to conduct psychosocial counselling and set up emergency referral systems for survivors of gender-based violence.

At least 22 village health centres have been damaged or totally washed away by the floods. Pregnant women who are in labour are referred to regional hospitals that are already swamped with regular patients. UNFPA will distribute clean delivery kits to an estimated 8,500 pregnant women to ensure safe deliveries. Each kit includes soap, a clean razor blade and string to cut and tie the umbilical cord, a plastic sheet and a blanket to protect the baby from hypothermia. Reproductive health care supplies and medicine are also being distributed to health and regional hospitals. UNFPA is supporting the deployment of additional medical teams, composed of doctors, midwives and other health workers. Nearly 35,000 dignity kits, also known as hygiene kits, will also be distributed to affected women and girls, including 4,200 mothers who are breastfeeding, in and around the evacuation centres. These kits include basic sanitary supplies, such as soap, changing garment, towels, sanitary pads and toilet paper.

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Taking Care of Mothers Hygiene Needs in Evacuation Centres
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines It was around 10pm last December 16 when nine months pregnant Eagil Bautista was roused from sleep by loud voices in her neighbourhood in Barangay Acacia, one of the villages affected in the recent flooding. To her surprise, her feet immersed in water when she got up from bed to find out what was going on. When she opened the door, flood water came surging in and, all of a sudden, the water inside their house was already waist-deep. Her husband was away at that moment but luckily, his sister and parents were around to help her out of the house. We sought refuge at the house of a neighbour but the floodwater eventually seeped in as well, the 32-year-old Eagil narrated. In the same neighbourhood lived Lindy Ocoras, 18, who is five months pregnant with her first child. She had to first ensure that her three younger siblings were on safer grounds before she and her husband escaped the fast-rising floodwater. I had difficulty running because of my condition, it was good my husband was around. A neighbor allowed us to seek temporary shelter in their big house, Lindy said. Eagil and Lindy were among the pregnant and lactating mothers temporarily sheltered at the West City Central School in Cagayan de Oro who attended a mothers information session organized by UNFPA, Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Health at the evacuation centre on December 29. The session taught the women the importance of maintaining hygiene while in the evacuation centre to protect them and their babies from disease and infection, thus preventing maternal and infant deaths. Just like most of the evacuees, Eagil and Lindy were not able to save any belongings when they fled their houses. It was therefore a great relief when they received hygiene kits, also known as dignity kits, donated by the Australian Aid for International Development (AusAID) and the Spanish government humanitarian agency AECID through the UNFPA, after the information session. The kits contain basic sanitary supplies such as soap, changing garment, underwear, towels, toilet paper and sanitary pads to ensure that women and girls maintain hygiene and sanitation even while at the evacuation centre. Women in their last trimester of pregnancy were also given clean delivery kits which could be used in case of an emergency childbirth outside a health centre or hospital. Interviewed before the mothers information session, Eagil was only wishing she could have more underwear to maintain hygiene. She was, therefore, thankful to receive more than what she expected. UNFPA is distributing thousands more of the dignity kits to all women and girls still living in evacuation centres in the coming days as supplies have started arriving. Clean delivery kits will also be provided to pregnant women nearing their due date.

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India: A Booming Population

As the worlds population reached 7 billion, its second most populous country India continues to face rapid rural to urban migration, as millions of people continue to seek better economic opportunities in its already over-populated cities.
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Men with Negative Attitudes Towards Women Are More Likely to Use Violence, Bangladesh Study Finds
DHAKA - A new study has found that men who have negative attitudes towards women are more likely to use violence, affecting not only the women whom they have violated but also the children in their lives, families and the community at large. The survey - conducted by the international health research organization icddr,b, with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and Partners for Prevention, an interagency initiative working to prevent violence against women - is the first study ever conducted in Bangladesh that probes mens attitudes and practices regarding gender and violence against women. The survey found that men almost universally support at least one gender-inequitable statement, and about 20-29 per cent of men support several gender-inequitable statements. The survey further found that men with gender-inequitable attitudes are significantly more likely to perpetrate physical and sexual violence against female intimate partners. These findings suggest that positively changing gender-related attitudes is a key factor for preventing violence against women, said Ruchira Tabassum Naved from icddr,b. Arthur Erken, UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh, added, We need to nurture more gender-equitable young men - through our individual actions, through positive male role models, through effective policies and education programmes and we need to do this from a young age, and we need to start now. The surveys results highlight the gender inequality prevalent in Bangladesh. Key findings include: Over 60 per cent of men surveyed were of the opinion that at times a woman deserves to be beaten. Half of the urban men (50 per cent) and the majority of the rural men (65 per cent) believe a woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family together. About 78 per cent of urban men and 92 per cent of rural men believed that a womans most important role is to take care of her home and cook for her family. These findings only tell part of the story. In addition to the association between mens attitudes and perpetration of violence against female intimate partners, other key findings include: About 52 per cent of men in both urban and rural sites reported ever physically assaulting female intimate partners. About 80 per cent of men who had forced a woman into sex were motivated by sexual entitlement. Less than 10 per cent of men who had perpetrated sexual violence feared any legal consequences. Mens experience of emotional abuse during childhood increased the likelihood of perpetrating intimate partner violence twice in both the sites, and rural men who experienced sexual violence during childhood are two times more likely to abuse their intimate partners. The study also revealed that men who have been abused as a child are two times more likely to be violent against women later on in life, said Naved. We need to break this cycle of violence, she added. We need to ensure that all our children have the chance to live in a peaceful home and the chance to grow into confident, happy, positive and peaceful adults with a very real opportunity to contribute to the social, economic and cultural fabric of their home and their country.

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