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Violence in sentence

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And then the questions: "What sort of violence are you talking about?" "How much violence is there?"
Shocked at the scale of violence, shocked at the nature of violence.
I believe we have an unprecedented historical opportunity in this generation to end violence against children.
What do I mean by violence against children?
I mean all of the physical violence, sexual, psychological and emotional violence that happens to children at home, at school, online and in their communities.
Raped repeatedly by her stepfather and threatened with violence if she tells anyone.
Now these forms of violence and other forms of violence roll up into some truly staggering numbers.
One billion children globally every year who experience some kind of violence.
But more seriously, Sweden and Uganda have made a commitment, they have a common bond and shared purpose, a commitment to end violence against children, and they are taking action to try and get their countries on a pathway to zero violence against children by 2030.
And launching initiatives, changing policy, starting a national conversation that begins to raise awareness on a journey to changing attitudes and making it socially unacceptable to have any violence and abuse of children in a country.
It means recognizing that violence against children cuts across many sectors, and therefore the response, the answer, has to be a systems approach.
And it requires drawing on what the best practice and the best evidence globally tells us, but using national-level data to shine a light on the often hidden story of violence in any given country.
And sharing inspiration when we see success and violence declining.
One billion children a year experiencing violence.
In 2015, 193 world leaders committed their countries to end violence, abuse and neglect of children by 2030.
Violence against children undermines all the other investments in them: in their health, in their education.
Three years ago, in 2016, 10 global institutions came together and aligned behind a framework which is a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to ending violence against children.
It looks at the need for the relevant legislation, addressing social norms, parent and caregiver support, responses for children who have experienced violence and abuse.
Women and children who are either at high risk of abuse and violence or have experienced violence.
Ending violence is the right thing to do, it's a smart investment to make, we have evidence-based solutions, and we have the beginnings of a journey.
But what would happen if we actually end violence against children?
A generation would grow up without having experienced violence.
I'm doing my bit to end violence against children."
I don't have time to get into porn and violence against women or the split of domestic duties or the gender pay gap.
No violence was recorded whatsoever.
That moment would prove to be an important turning point for me and my professional mission of finding solutions to end dating and sexual violence.
At that point, I'd been working for more than a decade on this seemingly intractable problem of dating violence.
That makes dating violence more prevalent than being bullied on school property, seriously considering suicide, or even vaping, in that same population.
Was pornography to blame for any percentage of dating violence?
There was one longitudinal study that had me really worried, that showed that teenagers who saw pornography were subsequently more likely to perpetrate sexual violence.
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