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Studies show as many as a quarter of women experience physical or sexual violence during pregnancy. In some cases, the violence begins upon pregnancy.
correct
Violence can lead to high-risk pregnancies, miscarriages, pre-term labour and low birth weight. Prevention efforts must consider these issues to reduce risks for women and children.

Studies show that ___ of women are abused during pregnancy.

Choose one:

1 in 8

1 in 2

1 in 4

1 in 10
Prevention initiatives that emphasize women's rights and equity are most effective.
correct
Gender-based violence is rooted in long-standing inequalities between women and men. And that is where prevention must start.

Which of the following is a critical aspect of violence prevention?

Choose one:

Promoting equal rights for women and working with men and youth to change attitudes and behaviors.

Teaching women not to drink or do drugs.

Promoting that men must make decisions for women.

Educating women on how to behave around men.
Sexual violence has been called the “least condemned war crime” in trials that address sexual violence as a war crime and a crime against humanity, a crime associated with genocide and a crime used in the course of torture.
correct
The number of decisions that related to sexual violence were lower in other courts. Only 8 were made in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and 6 were made in the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

During the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia that addressed the conflict in Bosnia in the 1990s, how many decisions resulting in convictions were related to sexual violence?

Choose one:

34

79

56

18
Violence against women occurs in shocking numbers. We likely all know someone who has been affected by it.
correct
Violence against women is a significant cause of female morbidity and mortality, leading to psychological trauma and depression, injuries, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), suicide and murder.

According to World Bank data, women aged 15 to 44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than…

Choose one:

Malaria

Motor accidents

Cancer

All of the above.
A review of 191 countries show that women are most at risk of being trafficked, but the pace of legislation has not always matched the realities.
correct
Of these 93 countries that have trafficking legislation, 10 have legislative provisions that apply only to children.

How many countries are known to have legislation prohibiting human trafficking?

Choose one:

102

137

4

93

An array of studies from around the world demonstrate that Indigenous women experience violence in higher rates than non-Indigenous women.

correct

Indigenous women face unique issues of discrimination and violence, including higher rates of poverty, racism, trafficking, lack of access to ancestral lands, poor health care and targeting in situations of conflict. It makes them more at risk of gender-based violence.

Which of the following statements is true about indigenous women?

Choose one:

	In Canada between ages 25 - 44, they are 5 times more likely to die as a result of violence.
	All of the statements are true.

	In the US, they are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than non-Indigenous women.
	In Australia, they reported higher levels of physical and sexual violence than non-Indigenous women.

Violence against women is often viewed as a private matter that should not be spoken of and that no one can do anything about. Government solutions must counter this.
correct
Civil society and women's organizations can support government action, and governments must support solutions on a grassroots level.

The most effective way governments can reduce gender-based violence is to...

Choose one:

Implement appropriate legislation, invest in women's empowerment and prevention of such violence.

Stay out of the way and give citizens space to solve the issue privately.

Create safety laws to keep women and girls at home and out of harm's way.

Fund programs that help men manage their natural violent tendencies.
Emotional abuse is not physical but it can be very harmful to the overall well-being of women. Research shows that it can accompany or come before other forms of abuse and it is widespread.
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The proportion of women who suffer severe psychological violence ranges from 10% in Egypt to 51% in Chile. A French national survey found that 35% of women experienced psychological pressure by an intimate partner over a year-long period.

What are some examples of "emotional abuse"?

Choose one:

Pushing or pulling hair

Forced touching

Threats, put-downs, name-calling, verbal abuse, blaming

Slapping, hitting and kicking
Women's groups and organizations are often excluded, but they hold insights that can help build peace.
correct
Women play pivotal roles in conflict settings, including reaching out across divides, influencing male family members to disarm, and helping to reintegrate ex-combatants into communities.

What is the effect of including women in conflict prevention and early warning efforts?

Choose one:

Women and girls can become more unsafe.

Resources are wasted since women's issues are unrelated to peacebuilding.

An increased chance of preventing escalation or recurrence of fighting.

The tangible benefits are severely limited because women have no power.
Abused women often bear more children than they intend to and don't always have control over pregnancies. The World Health Organization notes that they also report higher rates of miscarriage.
correct
Many health-based organizations recognize the need for understanding the connections between sexual violence, rape and coercion.

The experience of violence often ___ a woman's access to birth control and family planning.

Choose one:

increases

limits

has no impact upon

is unrelated to

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	Promoting equal rights for women and working with men and youth to change attitudes and behaviors.
	Teaching women not to drink or do drugs.

	Promoting that men must make decisions for women.
	Educating women on how to behave around men.

	Implement appropriate legislation, invest in women's empowerment and prevention of such violence.
	Stay out of the way and give citizens space to solve the issue privately.

	Create safety laws to keep women and girls at home and out of harm's way.
	Fund programs that help men manage their natural violent tendencies.

	Threats, put-downs, name-calling, verbal abuse, blaming
	Slapping, hitting and kicking

	Women and girls can become more unsafe.
	Resources are wasted since women's issues are unrelated to peacebuilding.

	An increased chance of preventing escalation or recurrence of fighting.
	The tangible benefits are severely limited because women have no power.

	Malaria
	Motor accidents

	Cancer
	All of the above.

	102
	137

	Pushing or pulling hair
	Forced touching