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Violence against women ( VAW ), also known as gender-based violence [1] [2] and sexual and gender-based violence ( SGBV ), [3] is violent acts primarily or exclusively committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, [4] committed against women or girls specifically because they are female, and can take many forms.
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women ( CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly . Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. [1] Over fifty countries that have ratified the convention have done so subject to certain ...
Violence against women in the United States is the use of domestic abuse, murder, sex-trafficking, rape and assault against women in the United States. It has been recognized as a public health concern. [1] [2] Culture in the United States has led towards the trivialization of violence towards women, with media in the United States possibly contributing to making women-directed violence appear ...
The renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, which provides for community violence prevention programs and battered women's shelters, was fiercely opposed by conservative Republicans in 2012. [14]
The six core issues that NOW addresses are abortion and reproductive health services access, violence against women, constitutional equality, promoting diversity/ending racism, lesbian rights, and economic justice, with these issues having various sub-issues.
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (abbreviated as DEVAW [1]) was adopted without a vote [2] by the United Nations General Assembly in the 48/104 resolution of 20 December 1993. Contained within it is the recognition of "the urgent need for the universal application to women of the rights and principles with regard to ...
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. The Act provided $1.6 billion toward investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposed automatic and mandatory ...
The women of Liberia became a political force against violence and against their government. Their actions brought about an agreement during the stalled peace talks.