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Pacific Women Suffer Violence the Most

  • Beyond the Pacific
  • July 31, 2017
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Violence against women is used as a tool by some men to maintain gender inequalities, disrupt female freedom, manifest control over a woman’s behaviour and; in some cultures, show who is “boss”. AusAID reports that women in the Pacific suffer the most violence in the world, with a staggering 60% of females dealing with domestic…