Women and children have suffered severe violations of human and civil rights within the family for millennia, and we hereby demand these inalienable rights finally be enacted and enforced.
1. Women and Children demand the right to be free of discrimination and oppression in the family.
2. Women and Children demand the right to stay together and stay safe.
3. Women demand the right to primary custody when they are the children's primary bond.
4. Children demand the right to live primarily with their primary bond and not be treated as property, leverage or commodities.
5. Women and Children demand the right to protect and be protected from physical violence and sexual assault in the family.
6. Women and Children demand the right to the presumption of credibility when they report physical violence or sexual assault in the family.
7. Women and Children demand the right to thorough criminal investigations and adjudications of physical violence and sexual assault in the family.
8. Women and Children demand the right to freedom from intimidation, retaliation and coercive persuasion after they report abuse in the family.
9. Women demand the right to not be legally or financially liable for the protection of their children from physical violence or sexual assault in the family.
10. Women and Children demand the right to speak out freely and publicly if any of the aforementioned rights are violated.
Sign the Declaration here:
http://www.rightsforwomenandchildren.org/
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