Current Affairs - National - Discussion

Violence against women and girls is not only common, but widely accepted despite remarkable gains for them in education, a new UN report said, nearly 25 years after a key conference on advancing equal rights. The report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), together with UN Women and the non-governmental organisation Plan International highlighted that in 2016, women and girls accounted for 70 per cent of detected trafficking victims globally, mostly involving sexual exploitation.