Recognizing the desperate need for domestic-violence services in their communities, Rotary clubs throughout Australia and New Zealand are fundraising and partnering with charities to raise awareness and work on prevention and victim support
The statistics are sobering: Intimate partner violence is the most common type of violence against women, affecting 30 percent of women worldwide, according to a 2013 World Health Organization report.
As many as 38 percent of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. In New Zealand, a dozen women are killed by their partners or ex-partners each year. And in Australia, a woman is killed, on average, about every week.
We once decided we would end polio when it seemed impossible. Why can’t Rotary put an end to domestic violence? — GARRY HIGGINS, ROTARY CLUB OF MARYBOROUGH, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
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