Cooper warns of VAWG 'international emergency'

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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned of an "international emergency" of violence against women and girls that must be tackled, saying the UK wants to "be part of a worldwide mission" to prevent violence and abuse. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00And we know too the work that we can do, the work the Foreign Office can support and fund

00:04and in particular the What Works initiative is able to also tackle issues around the world as well

00:13because whilst we've described violence against women and girls here in the UK as a national emergency

00:21the reality is this is also an international emergency, be it domestic violence in the home,

00:26child marriage, female genital mutilation, the forcible taking of women's earnings

00:31or the deliberate stopping of a girl from going to school.

00:36One in every three women and girls worldwide will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.

00:44More than 50,000 women and girls are killed every year by a partner or a close relative.

00:54That's 140 women and girls every day.

00:59And so that is why our mission to halve violence against women and girls in the UK in a decade

01:07we want to be part of a worldwide mission to prevent this kind of violence and abuse.

01:14So, let's thank you all.

01:29Bye-bye.

01:30Bye-bye.

01:31Bye-bye.

01:32Bye-bye.

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