Category: VACS

INSPIRED to End Violence Against Women and Children

November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls. More than 1 billion children—half of all the children in the world—are victims of violence every year. And in many countries, one in four girls experience sexual violence before the age of eighteen. Every child has the right to grow Read More >

November 23, 2016 by Dr. Deb Houry, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control1 Comment

Archive, child health, violence and injury, women's/maternal health

CDC Injury, Ending Violence, INSPIRE, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, Together for Girls, VACS, Violence Against Children

Innovation and Commitment Needed to Turn Back the HIV Epidemic Among Girls

A girl leans against a tree in the village of Usoma, Kenya.

Director of CDC’s Division of HIV & TB Shannon Hader on 2015 International Day of the Girl Every year, an astonishing 380,000 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV. That’s more than 1,000 every day. These numbers are worth noting any day, but it’s especially relevant today as we recognize International Day of Read More >

October 8, 2015 by Shannon Hader, Director of CDC’s Division of HIV & TB

Archive, child health, HIV/AIDS, women's/maternal health

Families Matter!, HIV and women, International Day of the Girl, Project AIM, sexual violence, VACS