Madeleine Albright advocates against domestic violence at the World Bank

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 5:24PM
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addressed the World Bank to mark the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund are starting abuse prevention programs within their own organizations by providing training for managers to be able to deal with domestic abuse that may be occurring between employees and employers.

Albright spoke about the criminal act of domestic violence as a "violation of fundamental human rights", especially within one's own home. Due to many countries treatment of women as objects within a marriage left at home to care for the children, women have become "undervalued" and "underdeveloped resources", Albright said. The belief that every life counts, Albright concluded, is what will lead to a positive change against domestic violence.

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