Resources on Violence against Women
In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women: Report of the Secretary-General. This study provides recommendations on the national, intergovernmental, and UN level, on steps governments should take to end violence against women. At the national level, the recommendations include a wide range of measures from ensuring States ratify all human rights treaties to increasing funding for adequate services and access to justice and redress to victims/survivors. At the international level, the study calls for a "stronger, more consistent and visible" leadership role by intergovernmental bodies and the entities of the UN system, while also stressing the role of the United Nations in assisting countries to collect data on violence against women so as to better combat it.
UNIFEM Resources
Report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Note by the Secretary-General. This report documents the activities undertaken by UNIFEM in 2006 to help eliminate violence against women. It highlights, in particular, activities funded through the Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women, administered by UNIFEM.
Not a Minute More: Ending Violence Against Women This report reveals the paradox of ongoing violence against women despite considerable progress over the last decade in efforts to eliminate it. The report highlights many of the achievements of the past and present, and indicates what must be done to build on them. It provides examples of good practices as well as of efforts that did not meet the goals set out for them — and explores why not. It looks at the challenges ahead, and asks what the most fruitful next steps might be.
Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-Building (Progress of the World’s Women 2002, Vol. 1). "Women, War and Peace" provides inspiring examples of women in embattled regions who have been able to overcome the odds and contribute to the safety and well-being of their communities. The authors tell the personal stories of women involved in these efforts.
With and End in Sight: Strategies from the UNIFEM Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence Against Women. This publication demonstrates the power of collective action in ending violence against women. It highlights initiatives in seven countries and shows how women's organizations can work together with judicial and law enforcement systems, community and youth groups, policy makers and international organizations to end gender-based violence.
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Declarations and International Treaties
- Beijing Platform for Action – Violence against Women (1995)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979) and General Recommendation No. 19 (11th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1992)
- UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993)
- UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000)
Other Resources
- Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective: Violence against Women: Towards an Effective Implementation of International Norms to End Violence against Women (Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Yakin Ertürk). E/CN.4/2004/66, 26 December 2003.
- WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women