Former Australian tennis champion Jelena Dokic has shared a heartbreaking message on her social media.
Dokic, who reached world No.four throughout her profession, was topic to abuse and violence when she was simply 17.
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The tennis commentator has beforehand revealed the abuse she suffered as a toddler in her autobiography, Unbreakable.
She shared two photos of herself enjoying tennis with cuts and bruises on her legs.
“Swollen, bruised and bleeding shins from being crushed and kicked all night time with sharp sneakers proper into my shins for dropping a match,” Dokic wrote.
“These photos had been taken greater than 2 weeks later and I used to be nonetheless closely bruised. I used to be 17 years outdated.
“To at the present time I nonetheless have delicate and bumpy shins from this beating.
“From each wound there’s a scar and these are mine. I’ve survived however not each girl and woman has or will.
“And that is the unhappy actuality.”
Dokic stated she shared the pictures after talking at a home and household violence occasion on Thursday.
“I used to be unhappy. Unhappy and offended for the tens of tens of millions of girls on the market on the earth who I do know proper at this second are going by means of loads worse than I ever did,” she continued.
“1 girl per week is killed from home violence in Australia alone.
“1 in four girls will expertise home violence of their lifetime.
“The figures are even worse around the globe.
“The extra that we do not speak about it, the extra we draw back from the difficulty, the extra we’re abandoning girls and women.”
She additionally supplied her help for anybody else experiencing comparable abuse or violence.
“I understand how scared and afraid you’re,” she continued.
“Know that you’ve unimaginable power and braveness.
“Nothing is your fault.
“For many who can please be there for individuals who need assistance and help. Do not draw back from them and do not abandon them.
“Coming from somebody who has been there, deserted and scared to demise please do not flip your again. Ladies and women want you and your assist.”
She then careworn her level by writing in capital letters that “talking up about home violence is just not consideration in search of.”
“We dwell in a society that shames and stigmatizes speaking about abuse and home violence however then we mourn the killings as a result of violence.”
She inspired society to do extra for the long run generations and stated she is going to “by no means cease combating”
Dokic has develop into a beacon of inspiration to girls and women all around the globe for her advocacy for physique picture acceptance and home violence survivors.
In case you or somebodyone you realize is impacted by sexual assault, home or household violence, name 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or go to 1800RESPECT.org.au. In an emergency, name 000.
