About 75 people showed up Saturday to all four corners at Esperanza and La Canada for the Rally to End Violence Against Women and Girls. Many wore purple and red, the colors associated with violence against women.
Some stats from the World Health Organization:
•Globally, about one in three women worldwide have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
•Worldwide, 27 percent of women ages 15 to 49 who have been in a relationship report that they have been subjected to some form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner.
•Violence can negatively affect women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health and may increase the risk of HIV in some settings.
•The National Domestic Violence Hotline number is 1-800-799-7233.