Between 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and Human Rights Day on 10 December, UN Women will hold 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign to mobilize people to take a stand on this pressing issue under the themeOrange the world: End violence against women and girls. Some types of violence against women—mainly child marriages, human trafficking, acid burning, and dowry-related violence—are more commonly found in parts of Asia than any other place in the world. In 2013, a survey conducted among 10,000 men in six Asian countries revealed that 26% to 80% of respondents had perpetrated physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime, and half the men who admitted having raped a woman committed the act for the first time when they were only teenagers. The majority of these cases remain unreported...

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