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We can end world hunger if we end violence to women.
un articulo por Janet Hudgins

So says Sarah Degnan Kambour, who wrote this for The Guardian just in time for the G8 Summit in Ireland next week. Kambour is president of the International Center for Research on Women, a non-profit based in Washington, DC.


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She writes, “When women live free from violence they have a better chance of earning an income, and are more likely to focus their spending, and energy, on their children . . . because they are primarily responsible for ensuring nourishing food is available for their families.”

The G8’s mandate is, among other things, to stabilize the global economy, but you can’t talk about the economy without including women and food, its source and security; they are all in the same package. However, this year’s agenda features only Tax, Trade and Transparency.

According to the UN Millennium Campaign, women do two-thirds of the world’s work, produce 80% of its food but hold only 10% of the wealth and one per cent of the land. Add to that the incidence of abuse.

Kambour writes that worldwide, one in every three women suffer abuse, but as much as 70% in countries where cultures deny them human rights. The result is the loss of valuable sustenance for children, and broken women. Indeed, many are so young they are not yet women but are physically forced to perform as mature adults. The G8 is comprised of the world’s most powerful countries and it should find it obligatory to include an article to stop this age-old practice in its mandate.

The EU announced it will spend an unprecedented €3.5 billion in applied research on improving nutrition in some of the world's poorest countries between 2014 and 2020. And the G8 has made a declaration to stop violence to women in conflict. But, neither the EU nor the G8 is considering the dilemma of women as providers, at least not this year.

I agree with Kambour that it would behoove the G8 to genuinely act to prevent violence to women worldwide and under all circumstances. With the high incidence of abuse and three million child deaths from malnutrition a year the Summit should clear part of its agenda for an initiative to ensure the safety of women, thus the safety of food, if it is to accomplish its mandate to act on matters related to world economic matters.

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On their website, the United Nations Population Fund makes it clear that lack of access to family planning is a form of violence against women.

"Gender-based violence both reflects and reinforces inequities between men and women and compromises the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims. It encompasses a wide range of human rights violations, including sexual abuse of children, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, trafficking of women and girls and several harmful traditional practices. Any one of these abuses can leave deep psychological scars, damage the health of women and girls in general, including their reproductive and sexual health, and in some instances, results in death.

Violence against women has been called "the most pervasive yet least recognized human rights abuse in the world." Accordingly, the Vienna Human Rights Conference and the Fourth World Conference on Women gave priority to this issue, which jeopardizes women's lives, bodies, psychological integrity and freedom. Violence may have profound effects – direct and indirect – on a woman's reproductive health, including:

Unwanted pregnancies and restricted access to family planning information and contraceptives
Unsafe abortion or injuries sustained during a legal abortion after an unwanted pregnancy
Complications from frequent, high-risk pregnancies and lack of follow-up care
Sexually transmitted infections, including HIV
Persistent gynaecological problems
Psychological problems
Gender-based violence also serves – by intention or effect – to perpetuate male power and control. It is sustained by a culture of silence and denial of the seriousness of the health consequences of abuse. In addition to the harm they exact on the individual level, these consequences also exact a social toll and place a heavy and unnecessary burden on health services.

UNFPA recognizes that violence against women is inextricably linked to gender-based inequalities. When women and girls are expected to be generally subservient, their behaviour in relation to their health, including reproductive health, is negatively affected at all stages of the life cycle.

UNFPA puts every effort into breaking the silence and ensuring that the voices of women are heard. At the same time, the Fund works to change the paradigm of masculinity that allows for the resolution of conflict through violence. . ... continuación.


Este artículo ha sido publicado on line el June 16, 2013.