“We Will Not Be Beaten”; is a title of a newly-released documentary produced by the Press TV Agency. The documentary has been produced based on documents that were collected and released by the US media. These documents show the rates of domestic violence against women and the violation of women’s rights in the United States.
According to our statistics, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines in the US every day. Moreover, 1 in every 3 women in America experience rape and physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Domestic violence against women has seen an alarming uptick in recent years in the United States; especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. A report by the Council on Criminal Justice found that reports of domestic violence in the US have jumped by over 8 percent during the pandemic lockdown.
This documentary says that the high rate of violence against women in the US has been recognized as a public health concern. with the US media contributing to making domestic violence appear unimportant to the public. Experts say, given such realities on the ground; the US cannot be a role model for women’s rights in the world.
Source: Press TV News Site