When two women a week (*the rounded stat) are killed by a current or former partner, then women are vulnerable.
When a close woman friend, who practices martial arts, is tough as shit, and takes no shit from anyone is trapped in an abusive relationship because she fears the reaction when she does end things, then women are vulnerable.
When women are harassed over social media at a rate that we had to petition Twitter to even add a reporting method, after Caroline Criado-Perez reached the volume of death and rape threats that she did in a twenty-four hour period, then women are vulnerable.
When you consider the manner in how you plan a date differs to how the men you're dating are planning a date, that speaks volumes about women's vulnerability. I make a point of ensuring my friends know whatever I know about a date before I go, and one of my closest friends contacted me about one man I'd dated to inform me that he was abusive towards his mother. Yes, his mother. His choice of target for abuse was not a coincidence.
When men message you with graphic sexual messages over dating apps, then women are vulnerable.
When women are more likely to be in temporary or part-time positions because of their sex, then women are vulnerable.
When women are facing losing their jobs because women take the majority of caring responsibilities, meaning they are more likely to miss shifts due to familial commitments, then women are vulnerable.
Nalt Textiles in Vietnam reduced its staff turnover by 10% by improving health programmes and childcare facilities. Who do you think this mostly benefited?
When the leading cause of death amongst women and girls aged 15-19 is complications in pregnancy and childbirth, then girls are vulnerable.
When child brides, in all countries, are less likely to complete education, then women and girls are vulnerable.
When women experience high levels of harassment when working in male dominated fields, then women are vulnerable.
When the rates of girls married as child brides increases during conflict, then women and girls are vulnerable.
When the prosecution rate for rape is falling, then women are vulnerable. When the conviction rate for rape is falling, women are vulnerable
When child brides are placed at an increased risk of trafficking, then women and girls are vulnerable.
When women are more likely to live in poverty, overall, then women are vulnerable. And following on from something I've touched on several times in this thread, child brides are more likely to live in and remain in poverty. Women are vulnerable.
When girls who were married before the age of 15 are 50% more likely to be the victims of domestic violence, then women and girls are vulnerable
When organisations have actively recognised that ending child marriage could reduce the risk of violence against women and girls by 10% in some countries, then women and girls are vulnerable.
When women and girls are overwhelmingly the victims of honour based abuse, then women and girls are vulnerable.
And when men are nailing dead rats to rape crisis centres, it doesn't take a genius to work out who's vulnerable.