In the Los Angeles Times article "A War on Women" by Ann Jones, the author discusses the ongoing terror that women in Liberia face every day. While Liberia is no longer considered a war zone, it is "so fractured, so traumatized, and so devastated and impoverished that it cannot be said to be securely at peace." The consequences of the 14-year long civil war still affect the society today, but out of all of the civilians, women have faced the most brutality in their everyday life.
The 2005 World Health Organization had a study that estimated "a staggering 90% of Liberian women had suffered physical or sexual violence; three out of four had been raped." These startling statistics are more than just numbers for the women who have undergone such traumatizing experiences; over 75% of the women in the distraught country will never lead the same life because of the horrendous ordeals they have endured due to the disorder in their nation. Ann Jones refers to the horrid behavior towards women as "mass femicide" and that the "murderous aggression cannot be turned off overnight." The savagery that comes with war is still haunting the slowly recovering nation today and the author predicts it is not something that will disappear quickly. Because of the prolonged, bloody civil war, the women have faced much more devastation and brutality and it will sadly continue to burden them for years to come.
Although the war ended in 2003, the terror persists. The dangers and threats that women in Liberia face every day should not be considered normal occurrences for them.These atrocious human rights' violations and acts of "mass femicide" should be addressed on the world stage and solutions to them should be sought after.
The 2005 World Health Organization had a study that estimated "a staggering 90% of Liberian women had suffered physical or sexual violence; three out of four had been raped." These startling statistics are more than just numbers for the women who have undergone such traumatizing experiences; over 75% of the women in the distraught country will never lead the same life because of the horrendous ordeals they have endured due to the disorder in their nation. Ann Jones refers to the horrid behavior towards women as "mass femicide" and that the "murderous aggression cannot be turned off overnight." The savagery that comes with war is still haunting the slowly recovering nation today and the author predicts it is not something that will disappear quickly. Because of the prolonged, bloody civil war, the women have faced much more devastation and brutality and it will sadly continue to burden them for years to come.
Although the war ended in 2003, the terror persists. The dangers and threats that women in Liberia face every day should not be considered normal occurrences for them.These atrocious human rights' violations and acts of "mass femicide" should be addressed on the world stage and solutions to them should be sought after.
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