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Do you know what's going on in the world right now?

I don't know. What?

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Globally, 475,00 people are victims of homicide every year.Hundreds of millions more men, women, and children suffer non-fatal forms of interpersonal violence, including child maltreatment, youth violence, domestic violence, sexual violence, and abuse of older people, with many suffering multiple forms.

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A violent crime is committed every 24.3 seconds. A murder occurs every 33.5 minutes, a rape every 4.2 minutes, a robbery every 1.6 minutes, and an aggravated assault every 41.3 seconds.

What are the consequenes?

Violence often destroys people's lives for decades. In addition to death, injury and disability, violence can lead to stress that impairs the development of the nervous and immune systems. As a result, people exposed to violence are more at risk of developing a range of immediate and long-term behavioral, physical and mental problems, including becoming victims and/or perpetrators. of the next violence. Violence can also undermine the economic and social development of entire communities and societies.

What can be done? Is it preventable?

Violence is not an integral part of the human condition. It can be predicted and prevented. Over the past decades, data and evidence-based approaches have generated knowledge and strategies that can prevent violence. These include interventions at the individual, community, community and societal levels.

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