{"id":648,"date":"2013-11-25T23:22:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T03:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/?p=648"},"modified":"2013-11-25T23:22:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T03:22:16","slug":"facts-figures-end-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts &amp; Figures, End Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/screen-shot-2013-11-25-at-9-46-05-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"761,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UN &amp;amp; google\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UN Women and Google work together, white ribbon for awareness. By 11 AM ET, the unwomen.org site had seen nearly 1 million unique visitors. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM-300x170.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-652\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM-300x170.png\" alt=\"Un and google\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM-624x354.png 624w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/Screen-Shot-2013-11-25-at-9.46.05-PM.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UN Women and Google work together, white ribbon for awareness. By 11 AM ET, the unwomen.org site had seen nearly 1 million unique visitors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, Monday, November 25, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/news\/in-focus\/end-violence-against-women\">International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. <\/a>The UN observes this date because it marks the brutal assassination in 1960 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beinglatino.us\/uncategorized\/remembering-the-butterflies\/\">three Mirabal sisters<\/a>, who were political activists in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-654\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beinglatino.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/11\/mirabala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/mirabala\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/mirabala.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hermanas mirabal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Las Mariposas&lt;br \/&gt;\nPatria, Minerva y Maria teresa&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/mirabala-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/mirabala.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-654 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/mirabala-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hermanas mirabal\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/mirabala-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/mirabala.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Las Mariposas, Patria, Minerva y Maria Teresa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month, October was Domestic<em> <\/em>Violence Awareness Month and Take Back the Night was an evening march to show FIT\u2019s support and commitment to end Domestic and Sexual Violence. It was the second consecutive year that our campus participated, and I for one am really proud to be a student here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-651\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"651\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Purple is the Color, Starting the March&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651  \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1393642_10151628947106751_1519923666_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purple is the Color, Starting the March<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Fact: At least one out of every three women WORLDWIDE has been beaten, forced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime by a partner, relative, friend, stranger, employer, and\/or colleague.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Figure: FIT has\u00a09,848 enrolled\u00a0undergraduate students; of these 84% are women. So let\u2019s do the math, about 8,272 of them are women, this means that around 2,757 women have encountered some type of violence.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-653\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/un\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1422,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UN works with google\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Campaign from UN Women places popular search terms about women in front of portraits.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-653\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"UN works with google\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/un.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campaign from UN Women places popular search terms about women in front of portraits.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fact: Of these crimes, less than 50% are reported to the police.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Figure: FIT has countless resources to help you or anyone you know get through this situation such as The Counseling Center, Health Services, Security, Residential Life, and the Dean of Students Office. On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/files\/pdfs\/Policy_SS004SexualAssault.pdf\">Page 40<\/a> of the student handbook, there is a list of offices and phone numbers that you can contact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To end, a word from our keynote speaker of the event, treasurer and vice president for Finance and Administration, Sherry F. Brabham:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But you should really look in the face of every person here tonight \u2013 because we are all here because we have inherited our great grandmother\u2019s prescient vision of a right for every woman, child \u2013 and man &#8212; to her own \u2013 our own physical integrity. We are here to support you.\u00a0 We are here to remind ourselves.\u00a0 We are here to usher in a new day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Join us next year and take a step towards ending violence! (<em>any kind really<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Carpe Diem,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-655\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,671\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Protest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman, stands up for everyone else.&amp;#8221;  (I&amp;#8217;m passionate about this cause)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n-300x209.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-655\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n.jpg\" alt=\"Protest\" width=\"960\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/601460_10151104737806751_1361705894_n-624x436.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;A strong woman stands up for herself. A stronger woman, stands up for everyone else.&#8221; (I&#8217;m passionate about this cause)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sadie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Monday, November 25, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The UN observes this date because it marks the brutal assassination in 1960 of the three Mirabal sisters, who were political activists in the Dominican Republic. Last month, October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Take Back the Night was an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/2013\/11\/25\/facts-figures-end-violence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Facts &amp; Figures, End Violence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31161,8552,31193],"tags":[31944,31945,31175,31948,42,9888,31942,145,9559,31943,31946],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-fit-resources","category-sadie","tag-awareness","tag-eliminate-violence-against-women","tag-end-violence","tag-evening-march","tag-fit","tag-fit-events","tag-fit-helps","tag-nyc","tag-support","tag-take-back-the-night","tag-wear-purple","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/files\/2013\/11\/1383264_10153322675825315_1973350943_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3StnM-as","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}