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From Amnesty International…

International Women’s Day is coming up soon (this Sunday in fact) and Amnesty is doing loads of online stuff in the run-up to the big day, particularly this Friday.

We’re asking people to draw attention to a shocking statistic:

‘Each year, around 1 in 10 women in Britain experience rape or other violence. One in four local authorities leave female victims of violence without the specialised support they need’.

We want to persuade thousands of people on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter to update their avatars and statuses at 1:10 on Friday 6th March. The status update is:

Each year, 1 in 10 women in Britain experience rape or other violence.  Act now. http://www.oneten.org.uk

On Twitter, we’re asking members to change their profile picture to our avatar and use  #1in10 to spread the message.

We’re then directing everyone to http://www.mapofgaps.org where they can see which services are missing in their local area and email their MP, asking them to do something to sort it out.

It would be great if you could get involved and mention this in your blog to help promote action on this issue. All the information on the campaign is available here. Thanks a lot.