Eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls is the goal of the European Union and United Nations joint 'Spotlight' initiative launched on Wednesday evening 20 September at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The challenge is a sizeable one because it involves tackling the most systematic and widespread of human rights violations: one out of every three women in the world will confront this problem during her life and in some countries the rate is twice as high.
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