With the upcoming Valentine’s Day One Billion Rising event, islanders are joining the global movement to protest violence against women. The United Nations Development Fund for Women estimates that at least one in every three women globally has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime.
It’s easy to feel like you can’t help. Our lives are busy, and volunteering takes a commitment. We hear about problems in the world and become desensitized — unless the story is immediate, that is, unless we feel somehow connected.
