Thank God We've Overcome this Epidemic

The Guardian (26 November 07): Seville, Spain. Women with
red dye on their feet, representing blood, march during a
protest against domestic violence to commemorate
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Photograph © Eduardo Abad/AP.

I used the news function to Google "International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women" and discovered next to no uptake in the western press. So it must be that is only in developing countries that gender-based violence is a too common, ongoing occurrence.