Testimony before the senate committee on Foreign Relations-Global Woman's Issues

Started reseaching global women's issues on Violence.
Found it interesting to come accross this address to the senate on gender based violence.
Melanee Verveer reveals how detrimental the scale of the issue and deems it larger than a "womens issue" but a humanitarian issue. Please take the time to read the below link. It feels good to know this issue is being addressed on a high level and to even address it as a pandemic of sorts.

http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2009/130268.htm