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“He inappropriately touched me [...] I told him to stop and he did it again. I was really confused about why he thought he could do it. Why he wanted to do it. What made him think he had the right to touch me like that?” “I want to die. Nobody believes me. He’s hitting me and nobody believes me.” These are quotes taken from students who have experienced harassment and violence. They are among 246 million children subject to some form of gender-based violence in schools worldw

(Source: Osumi, Magdalena. “Curbs to Stem COVID-19 in Japan May Fuel Domestic Violence and Abuse.”The Japan Times \ Kyodo, 6 Apr. 2020.) As Japan rolls into its third week of self-confinement due to COVID-19, the country is joining the ranks of the international situation where lockdown conditions have led to worrisome rise in violence against women. While the world continues to struggle in the fight against the viral pandemic, we must also be aware of the accompanying, yet n

4月6日、国連事務総長のアントニオ・グテーレス氏が、新型コロナウィルスの感染拡大に伴う自宅待機と経済的な先行きの見えなさが原因で、家庭内暴力の件数が「恐ろしく急増している（horrific surge）」と発言しました。 WHOが公表しているように、女性の3人に1人は物理的・心理的・性的な暴力を受けると言われていること、また、#MeTooが世界的な拡大を見せたことから、女性に対する暴力もまた、新型コロナウィルスのようなパンデミックであると言えます。しかも、今に始まったものではなく、歴史上長い間 パンデミックであり続けているのです。 (Source: “Global Report Highlights Impact of Violence on Women’s Health.” World Health Organization, 2013, www.emro.who.int/media/news/global-report-violence-women.html.) メキシコ人アーティストのモニカ・メイヤーさんは、1978年にメキシコシティでエル

COVID-19 has caused great turmoil across the globe. But, within this pandemic lies another struggle – that of domestic violence against women and children. Confinement, 24/7 cohabitation, economic uncertainty, and anxieties over health issues all cause situations of stress in which the aggressor is more likely to act violently. In Latin American societies, where femicides are, unfortunately, a significant part of the violence experienced by our communities, protecting women i

On April 6th, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced that the world had seen a ‘horrific surge’ in cases of domestic violence due to the quarantine measures and economic uncertainties caused by COVID-19. Yet, as the WHO has previously reported that 1 in 3 women will experience physical, psychological, or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetimes, and given the global popularity of the #MeToo movement, it is clear that violence against women has been

新型コロナウイルスが猛威をふるうこの大変な時期、WomEnpowered Internationalは、不安を抱えている人、苦しみの中にある人と連帯の気持ちでいます。特に、このよう危機の状況下では、家庭内暴力が悪化することが統計的に明らかです。国連ウィメンの副ディレクター　アニタ・バティアさんが喚起するように、自宅待機による新型コロナ感染対策は必要ですが、同時にそのような対策が、更なる暴力を許す可能性も認識すべきです。 このような背景もあり、私たちはエル・テンデデロという、あらゆる性暴力に反対するためのキャンペーンを開始します。メキシコ人のアーティスト、モニカ・メイヤーさんが始めたこのキャンペーンは、ハラスメントや性暴力に関する経験の共有による、啓発、そして被害者との連帯を目指しています。写真のように、ピンクのカードにセクハラや性暴力に関する経験・意見を書き、洗濯ばさみで吊り下げます。 本来は屋外で行う通行人参加型アートですが、現状を鑑みて、WE Int.はこのキャンペーンをオンラインで行います。以下のGoogleフォームにお答え頂き、その答えを

In these trying times of COVID-19, WomEmpowered International stands in solidarity with everyone who is currently affected by this virus and its repercussions, but especially with the women who are more likely to become victims of violence. As Anita Bhatia posits, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, we support social distancing measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, but we also recognize that this isolation “provides an opportunity for abusers to unleash more vi