WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --
- Establishes new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School
- Makes Additional Contributions to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women
- Award-Winning Actress Reese Witherspoon Launches New Global Mobilization Efforts
One in three women worldwide experience violence in their lifetime(1), and in the U.S., a woman is assaulted every nine seconds(2). Around the world, services for victims are often vastly underfunded or unavailable, and in many countries, laws to protect women do not exist or are not enforced.
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