{"id":8478,"date":"2017-07-11T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2017-07-11T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:56:03","slug":"need-break-silence-around-rape-violence-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/07\/11\/need-break-silence-around-rape-violence-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need to break the silence around rape and violence against women"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Waqar Azmi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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T<\/span><\/span>oday marks the 22nd anniversary of the worst atrocity on European soil since the second world war, the genocide in Srebrenica. This year, thousands will gather at more than 400 events in the UK<\/a> to commemorate those who were murdered in the genocide and to reflect on how hatred is affecting our communities here in the UK and what we can do to prevent this.<\/p>\n

Last year reminded us that the UK cannot afford to become complacent about community cohesion, with some sections of the media and certain political figures stirring up hatred in our communities and a 41% increase in reported hate crime<\/a> in the aftermath of the EU referendum. A disproportionate level of this hate crime has been targeted at women<\/a>. At the same time, reported violence against women in the UK has reached an all-time high<\/a>. As in Bosnia, the root of these crimes is the dehumanisation of others \u2013 the belief that the perpetrator is superior by reason of sex, race or nationality, and has the right to control, humiliate or hurt their victims.<\/p>\n