The UN is sending a human rights expert to Britain for the first time to investigate violence against women, it was announced on Friday. Rashida Manjoo will visit Britain from March 31 to April 15 to "to study the main manifestations of violence perpetrated in the family and in the community, such as domestic and sexual violence, sexual bullying and harassment, forced and early marriages, and female genital mutilation," the UN Human Rights Council said in a statement.
"Violence against women continues to be one of the most pervasive human rights violations globally, affecting every country in the world," said Manjoo, a law professor from South Africa who joined the Human Rights Council in 2009.
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