UN official demands affair against violence against women.

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   A senior European Union official, on Thursday, called on the international community to work harder to counter violence against women worldwide. The EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton, in a declaration made on behalf of the EU on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which falls on Thursday, said violence against women and girls was probably the most "widespread human rights violation of our time". She noted that the violence claimed millions of victims each year and cuts across age, socio-economic, educational and geographic boundaries and affected all societies. "Sexual violence and rape as a tool of war, brings about grave suffering and undermine peace-building as well as economic development," Ashton said.

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