International Women's Day Highlights 'End the Right to Rape' Campaign IWDA
go to original March 7, 2015

"When we unleash the power of women, we can secure the future for all," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for International Women’s Day 2015. (United Nations)

Every minute of every day, men around the world murder, beat, rape and abuse women. While under international law no man has the right to rape, 2.6 billion women live in countries where it’s not explicitly outlawed for their husbands to rape them.

At least one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime – that’s more than one billion women.

Why does this happen? Because too often, it’s not a crime. It’s tolerated. It’s excused. It’s outrageous. That means billions of men can rape with no consequences. It’s a disgrace.



International Women’s Day is the 8th March. This is the day when the world unites to stand up for women’s rights. We’ll be in New York at the UN Headquarters for the global gathering of the Commission on the Status of Women to demand action to stop this injustice.

We’ll be telling all governments that enough is enough. This abuse must stop.

Join us. Sign our petition to show the world you won’t let rapists and abusers get a free pass. Take action on social media under the hashtag #EndTheRightToRape

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