Women, Migration and Violence Against Women

 '''Event''' 

Women, migration and violence against women

 '''Organizer''' 

World March of Women
	

 '''Number of Participants''' 

Female 	40
Male 	10
Total 	50


'''Summary of issues covered'''

Women represent highest numbers of illiterate people

High percentage of women are in extreme poverty

Most women have no free choice and lack opportunities

'''Reasons for exploitation/Violence''' 

*Many women and children are misplaced to cities and therefore lack jobs and also exploited
*Pornography is a great source of violence against women
*Pornography shows maltreatment of women e.g. that women should be beaten, raped and forced to have sex
*Pornography degrades the image of women and start getting the wrong image about women from early age.
*Pornography encourage prostitution influence perception of young people and perception of the woman's body for sexuality (reality is different)
*Police hide this problem and therefore hard to find the trend on trafficking 

'''Media and Internet'''

This is a source of information which has encouraged violence, trafficking and other misinterpretation of woman's body

Exiled people/woman 

An experience of a 24 year old girl highlighted the following issues

*Refugees
*War contribute so much to the violence against women
*Women are raped
*Forced to hard labour
*Psychological, mentally illiteracy
*Exploited 
*Impregnated at early age
*Climatic changes a challenge to many 


'''Recommendations'''

Call to the world to help refugees and women in maternity, drugs etc.

The big question is who will care for our children when we will no longer be there
(The voice of a young girl who has a child)

All governments should give women right to live and participate in society

Event covered by Rose Njoroge

[[Category:Gender issues and women struggles]]
[[Category:Migrations]]
[[Category:Nairobi WSF 2007]]