Ending violence against women : from words to action.
| Автор-организация: | United Nations. Division for the Advancement of Women., Joint International Law Program. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
United Nations,
℗♭2006.
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Ending violence against women. |
Съдържание:
- 1.
- Introduction
- Scope of the study
- Methodology
- 2.
- Overview
- Introduction
- International attention : the women's movement and the United Nations
- Violence against women : a form of discrimination and human rights violation
- Consequences of addressing violence against women as a human rights concern
- Integrating violence against women and expanding the scope of action
- Challenges and obstacles
- 3.
- The context and causes of violence against women
- Introduction
- The broad context and structural causes of violence against women
- Patriarchy and other relations of dominance and subordination
- Culture and violence against women
- Economic inequalities and violence against women
- Causal and risk factors for violence against women
- Use of violence in conflict resolution
- Doctrines of privacy
- State inaction
- Risk factors for violence
- Implications for state and intergovernmental action.
- 4.
- Forms, consequences and costs of violence against women
- Introduction
- Forms and manifestations of violence against women in various settings
- Violence against women within the family
- Intimate partner violence
- Harmful traditional practices
- Violence against women in the community
- Femicide : the gender-based murder of a woman
- Sexual violence by non-partners
- Sexual harassment and violence in the workplace, educational institutions and in sport
- Trafficking in women
- Violence against women perpetrated or condoned by the state
- Custodial violence against women
- Forced sterilization
- Violence against women in armed conflict
- Violence against women and multiple discrimination
- Areas requiring enhanced attention
- Health consequences
- Social and intergenerational impacts
- Economic costs of violence against women.
- 5.
- Collection data on violence against women
- Introduction
- Population-based surveys
- Gaps and challenges in population-based data on violence against women
- Types of violence measured
- Ethical and safety issues
- Study design and implementation
- Other sources of data and information on violence against women
- Service-based data
- Health services
- Criminal and civil justice sectors
- Other services
- Gaps and challenges in service-based data on violence against women
- Qualitative data collection
- Evaluation research
- Forms of violence against women that are under-documented
- Femicide
- Sexual violence against women in armed conflict and post-conflict situations
- Trafficking in women and girls
- Sexual harassment and violence in workplaces and schools
- Violence in institutional settings and correctional facilities
- Indicators on violence against women
- Improving data collection on violence against women.
- 6.
- The responsibility of the state to address violence against women
- Introduction
- State responsibility
- Addressing violence against women
- Legal and policy framework
- Criminal justice system
- Investigation
- Prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of violence against women
- Remedies for victims of violence against women
- Support services
- Modifying attitudes and behaviour
- Capacity-building and training
- Data and statistics
- Gaps in implementation of international standards at the national level
- Legislation and its implementation
- Training
- Provision of services
- Attitudes and stereotypes
- Data and research
- Actions to be taken by states to meet their international obligations.
- 7.
- Promising practices and challenges for implementation
- Introduction
- Promising practices in law
- Guiding principles for promising practices in law and the justice system
- Legal framework
- Enactment of laws
- Implementation of laws
- Monitoring laws
- Periodic review and revision of laws
- Criminal law
- Prosecution and punishment of perpetrators
- Protection of victims' rights
- Civil remedies
- Specialized laws and procedures to address violence against women
- Other areas of law
- The application of international law by national courts
- Promising practices in the provision of services
- Guiding principles for promising practices in the provision of services
- Forms of service provision
- Health services
- Sexual assault centres
- Hotlines and helplines
- Shelters
- Self-help groups and counselling services
- Legal services
- Services for victims of trafficking
- Services for victims/survivors of violence against women during and after armed conflict
- Coordination and multiagency work
- Promising practices in prevention
- Guiding principles of promising practices in prevention
- Prevention strategies
- Advocacy and campaigns
- Community mobilization
- Working with men
- Using the news media and information technology
- Promoting public safety
- Education and capacity-building
- Other prevention strategies
- Challenges for implementation
- Inconsistent efforts and inadequate resources indicating a lack of political will
- Lack of a comprehensive and integrated approach
- Lack of funding
- Failure to end impunity
- The intersection of multiple forms of discrimination
- Lack of evaluation.
- 8.
- Conclusion and recommendations
- Conclusion
- End impunity and take action to address violence against women
- Recommendations at the national level
- Secure gender equality and protect women's human rights
- Exercise leadership to end violence against women
- Close the gaps between international standards and national laws, policies and practices
- Strengthen the knowledge base on all forms of violence against women to inform policy and strategy development
- Build and sustain strong multisectoral strategies, coordinated nationally and locally
- Allocate adequate resources and funding
- Recommendations at the international level
- Intergovernmental level
- United Nations system.
- Tables
- 1.
- Sexual violence against women in conflict settings
- Boxes
- 1.
- Definitions of violence against women
- 2.
- The Beijing Platform for Action
- 3.
- Prevention and responding to violence against women : the United Nations system
- 4.
- Guidelines on violence against women by the specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations
- 5.
- Selected instruments of law, policy and practice on violence against women
- 6.
- Multi-country surveys on violence against women
- 7.
- Prevalence and incidence
- 8.
- World Health Organization ethical and safety recommendations for research on domestic violence against women
- 9.
- Issues that affect the comparability of data on violence against women
- 10.
- Examples of international and regional jurisprudence on violence against women
- 11.
- National laws on violence against women
- 12.
- One-stop centres
- 13.
- Duluth model of a coordinated community approach to domestic violence
- Annex 1
- Prevalence of physical assaults on women by a male partner
- Annex 2
- Costs of violence against women : selected studies generating a monetary estimate of costs.