Marisa's Viewpoint

Ending  Violence  Against  Women  I believe  that it is up every countries government to stick up for the women in their country however, that isn't the case for most. In many countries such as Mexico or Middle East Regions do not  care to get involve in domestic violence cases rather they tend to over look it and blame the Women. Reading the facts that the United Nations laid out were shocking, it's very sad to see that "... 87,000 women who were intentionally killed in 2017 globally, more than half (50,000- 58 per cent) were killed by intimate partners or family members, meaning that 137 women across the world are killed by a member of their own family every day. More than a third (30,000) of the women intentionally killed in 2017 were killed by their current or former intimate partner." (United Nations 2019). It's heartbreaking that many women live life in  fear, wondering if they've breathed their last breath. After...

Mental Illness  Mental Illness is very common as the CDC states in one of their questions they asked on their quiz. Although when we think of Mental Illness we think of people who are violent and crazy however, that is not the case. When taking the quiz I felt I knew majority of the questions that were asked but that being said what I didn't know was half of mental illness occur before a. person turns 14 years old, and serious mental illness cost America 193.2 billion in lost earnings per year. I never knew that many people around me could be suffering from mental illness and It wasn't until recently that I learned that mental illness is becoming more and more of a problem.  Once I got into high school I noticed the many emotions that people were dealing with and the hardships many people struggled with. It was my sophomore year in high school when I noticed cuts on my friends wrist, I never said anyth...