Join Amnesty International's worldwide campaign to Stop Violence
Against Women!

On March 5th, AI launched its groundbreaking two-year international
campaign to
Stop Violence Against Women. Amnesty International is calling on all
governments
as well as private actors, institutions and individuals to take
immediate steps
to put an end to violence against women and to redress the suffering
it causes.

Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive and
ignored human
rights violations in the world. In the US, a woman is raped every 6
minutes; a
woman is battered every 15 seconds. In North Africa, 6,000 women are
genitally
mutilated each day. This year, more than 15,000 women will be sold
into sexual
slavery in China. 200 women in Bangladesh will be horribly
disfigured when their
spurned husbands or suitors burn them with acid. More than 7,000
women in India
will be murdered by their families and in-laws in disputes over
dowries.

Amnesty International calls on you to help us eradicate violence
against women
and help women achieve lives of equality and human dignity. Please
take action
now!!!

--> Stop violence against women in the U.S. Military
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8180

--> Support women human rights defenders in Colombia
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8181

--> Express your concern about war crimes against women in the
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8182

--> Take action against domestic violence in Iraq
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8183

--> End the killings and violence in Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8184

--> Urge President Bush to help stop violence against women
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8185


Violence against women is not normal, legal nor acceptable and
should never be
tolerated or justified. It can and must be stopped. It is in our
hands to make a
difference.

Find out how you can get more involved:

See the campaign video
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8187

Find further information on this campaign
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8186

Support Amnesty's life-saving work
-- > Make a donation
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/ctt.asp?u=655242&l=8189


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