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Date: 10 Sep 2013 14:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN SURVEY OF MEN IN ASIA-PACIFIC REVEALS HIGH LEVELS OF
SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN REGION
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UN SURVEY OF MEN IN ASIA-PACIFIC REVEALS HIGH LEVELS OF SEXUAL
VIOLENCE IN REGIONNew York, Sep 10 2013 2:00PMThe most common
motivation of some men who have admitted to rape is the belief that
they are entitled to sex even without the female partner's consent,
according to a newly released United Nations study of some Asia and
Pacific countries, which urges greater measures to end impunity for
men who use violence against women and girls.

According to the survey of 10,000 men at nine sites, nearly half
reported using physical and or sexual violence against a female
partner, and nearly a quarter admitted to having raped.

"The study's findings reaffirm that violence against women is an
expression of women's subordination and inequality in the private and
public spheres," according to a joint
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release by a coalition of the survey's authors: UN Development
Programme (UNDP), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Women and United
Nations Volunteers (UNV).

The findings show how men's use of violence against women is
associated with men's personal histories and practices, within a
broader context of structural inequalities.

According to the men surveyed, rape was particularly common within
relationships, but one in 10 men admitted to raping a woman who was
not their partner.

Half of those who admitted to rape reported their first time was when
they were teenagers. Some 23 per cent of the men who had admitted to
rape in Papua New Guinea and 16 per cent in Cambodia were 14 years or
younger when they first perpetrated rape.

In addition, four per cent of the people asked said they had
perpetrated gang rape against a woman or girl.

Of the men who had committed rape, 72 to 97 per cent were never
punished, "confirming that impunity remains a serious issue in the
region," according to the survey in nine sites across Bangladesh,
Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka.

The study, entitled
<i><"http://asia-pacific.undp.org/content/dam/rbap/docs/Research%20&%20Publications/womens_empowerment/RBAP-Gender-2013-P4P-VAW-Report.pdf">Why
Do Some Men Use Violence against Women and How Can We Prevent It?
Quantitative Findings from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and
Violence in Asia and the Pacific</i>, was conducted by Partners for
Prevention, a regional joint programme of UNDP, UNFPA, UN Women and
UNV programme in Asia and the Pacific.

The authors stressed that the study was conducted in nine sites in six
countries and the data is representative of those sites, but not of
the whole Asia-Pacific region nor the entire individual countries.

Its goal was to better understand how common men's use of violence is
against women in the region, what factors are relations to men's use
of violence and what can be done to prevent violence from occurring.

Among the factors common to men who perpetrated violence against
women, the authors found that the men were more likely to have
experienced physical, sexual or emotional abuse as a child ranging
from being publically humiliated or insulted to sexually abused, or
witnessed the abuse of their mother.

Although not as prevalent as women's experience of rape, some men
reported also being rape by other men as adults.

A large proportion of men also suffered from work-related stress,
depression and suicidal tendencies.

Although these factors are not meant to excuse men from their actions,
the authors wrote, they provide a historical and societal contexts
that also contributed to violence against women.

"While violence against women cuts across all socio-economic groups
and sites, the study suggests that the sue of violence may increase
among men who have less power compared to other men and who experience
social stresses such as those caused by substance abuse or by
poverty," the authors wrote, adding that violence against women is
used possibly as a way to reassert some level of power or control.

To prevent such violence, the study recommends changing social norms
related to the acceptability of violence and subordination of women
through community mobilization programmes and engagement with people
who influence culture.

Other recommendations include promoting non-violent and caring ways to
be a man, for example through sustained school-based or sports-based
education programmes, as well as working with young people, with a
particular focus on boys and adolescents, to understand consent, and
healthy sexuality, and to foster respectful relationships.

The study also calls for ending impunity for men who use violence
against women, particularly marital rape, through criminalization of
all forms of violence against women, and promote legal sector reform
to ensure effective access to justice.

Part of the UN research has also been published in The Lancet Global
Health.Sep 10 2013 2:00PM
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