State represented:

United States of America

Agenda:"Developing an integrated approach to involve men and boys to stopViolence against
Women" in emergency situation.

The United States of America is highly concerned about the current situation of violence against women
all over the world, and believes that this issue must be brought to light in the security council of United
Nations Organization.
Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive violation of human rights in the world today. Its
forms are both subtle and blatant and its impact on development profound. But it is so deeply embedded
in cultures around the world that it is almost invisible. Yet this brutality is not inevitable. Once recognized
for what it is a construct of power and a means of maintaining the status quoit can be dismantled.
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey [PDF], conducted by the CDC in 2010, found
that the majority of victims encountered rape and sexual assault for the first time in their youth, before
they turned 18. In the United States, where overall violent crime against women has been growing for the
past two decades, a woman is physically abused by her intimate partner every nine seconds.
Calculated that one percent of the women surveyed were raped last year, suggesting that as many as 1.3
million women could have been raped in 2010.
That number is considerably high when compared to the Department of Justices estimate that around
188,000 persons were raped last year. The Federal Bureau of Investigations statistics indicate that there
were just fewer than 85,000 assaults defined as forcible rapes reported in 2010.These low figures indicate
that the common definition of rape may be too narrow, or that many victims are afraid to report such
violence.
Eliminating this violence is essential to constructing the paradigm of human securityand by that United
States means peace, peace at home and peace at large. Without it, the notion of human progress is merely
a fantasy.
Steps towards Involving men and boys ending violence against women:
recognition that battering and abusive behavior are learned behavior that can be un-learned and
changed
recognition that eliminating violence and abuse is also a men's issue
understanding that using violence is a choice that men make to exert power and control over women
and other men
men held accountable for violent and abusive behavior
knowledge and skill for community organizers
sectionality of men's violence
Expansion in definitions of manhood and masculinity