RAPE A WORLDWIDE ISSUE
RAPE A WORLDWIDE ISSUE In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly embraced Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It aims to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls, ensure equal opportunity and eliminate discriminatory laws, policies and practices”. Most of the governments have committed and recommitted to ending violence against women and girls, yet global statistics on sexual assault against women are on the rise. Despite the attention on the issue of sexual violence are not only on the national but international level, the problem is only getting worse. Human Right Watch has identified this issue as a high level which needs immediate action, they have asked for laws that discriminate against women to be repealed, provide protection, eliminate p...