Wednesday 2 September 2020

MARY KAY INC. AND THE MARY KAY FOUNDATION℠ JOIN FORCES WITH THE UN TRUST FUND TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CARE USA ON A GLOBAL SCALE TO ELIMINATE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE




DALLAS, Sept 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- In an effort to support life-saving efforts to prevent and end violence against women, a global public health pandemic exacerbated by COVID-19, Mary Kay Inc. and The Mary Kay FoundationSM have partnered with CARE USA, a humanitarian global leader, and the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund).

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More than one in three women around the world experience either physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime1. These alarming statistics are exacerbated in times of conflict, natural disasters, and crisis. UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, which manages the UN Trust Fund on behalf of the UN system, has been tirelessly alerting and raising awareness of the alarming increase of violence against women during COVID-19 and its lasting consequences, putting women’s human rights at risk as nations work on rebuilding.


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