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August 2011

  1. Gender-based violence comes at high social and economic cost

    01 August 2011

    Gender-based violence negatively impacts the world of work. It is described by many as the most prevalent human rights violation in the world, with at least one in three women globally estimated to have been coerced into sex, physically beaten, or otherwise abused in her lifetime.

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