Patricia Scotland
Baroness Patricia Scotland KC, born in Dominica, is secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations. She is the first woman to hold the post. Previously, she was Her Majesty’s Attorney General in the UK (the first woman to hold the post) and served as a minister in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s governments.
Violence against women and girls is not only one of the most pervasive human rights violations but it also has significant economic costs. The global economy loses $1.5 trillion every year due to the consequences of violence against women, ranging from money spent in hospitals or on law enforcement through to the income lost when victims miss work
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