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20 million women in US fall victims to rape: report - People's Daily Online April 11, 2011
Women in the United States often experience sexual assault and violence, with some 20 million women becoming rape victims in the country, according to a report on the U.S. human rights record released on Sunday.
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010 was released by the Information Office of China's State Council in response to the country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010 issued by the U.S. Department of State.
Other statistics showed that some one fifth female students on campus are victims of sexual assault, and nearly 3,000 female soldiers were sexually assaulted in fiscal year 2008, up nine percent from the year before.
Women are also victims of domestic violence in the United States, said the report, as some 1.3 million people fall victim to domestic violence every year, with women accounting for 92 percent.
According to a CNN report, one in four women is a victim of domestic violence at some point during her life, and the violence kills three women each day in the United States by a current or former intimate partner.
"Gender discrimination against women widely exists in the United States," said the report, citing a census report that working women are paid only 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
The report also pointed out that women's health rights are not properly protected in the United States.
According to a UN document, African-American women are nearly four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related complications than white women in the past 20 years. Native American and Alaska Native women are 3.6 times, African-American women 2.6 times and Latina women 2.5 times more likely than white women to receive no or late pre-natal care.
Source: Xinhua
Women in the United States often experience sexual assault and violence, with some 20 million women becoming rape victims in the country, according to a report on the U.S. human rights record released on Sunday.
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2010 was released by the Information Office of China's State Council in response to the country reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010 issued by the U.S. Department of State.
Other statistics showed that some one fifth female students on campus are victims of sexual assault, and nearly 3,000 female soldiers were sexually assaulted in fiscal year 2008, up nine percent from the year before.
Women are also victims of domestic violence in the United States, said the report, as some 1.3 million people fall victim to domestic violence every year, with women accounting for 92 percent.
According to a CNN report, one in four women is a victim of domestic violence at some point during her life, and the violence kills three women each day in the United States by a current or former intimate partner.
"Gender discrimination against women widely exists in the United States," said the report, citing a census report that working women are paid only 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
The report also pointed out that women's health rights are not properly protected in the United States.
According to a UN document, African-American women are nearly four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related complications than white women in the past 20 years. Native American and Alaska Native women are 3.6 times, African-American women 2.6 times and Latina women 2.5 times more likely than white women to receive no or late pre-natal care.
Source: Xinhua
