VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESexual violence and exploitation, associated psychological trauma, and the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, are among the terrible dangers confronting women today. Violence takes many forms trafficking in persons, domestic violence, rape, and harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation and honor crimes, it shatters the most fundamental human right to which every woman is entitled: the right to be safe. The most egregious