Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence [1] [2] and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), [3] is violent acts primarily committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, [4] committed against persons specifically because they are of the female gender, and can ...
Rejection of violence against women as it impedes the advancement of women and maintains their subordinate status; Equality of women and men under the law; protection of women and girls through the rule of law; Demand security forces and systems to protect women and girls from gender-based violence
Violence against women related to modesty encompasses assaults intended to outrage a woman's modesty and insults to the modesty of women. In the period from 2011 to 2012, there was a 5.5% rise in reported assaults with the intent to outrage her modesty, with Madhya Pradesh contributing 6,655 cases, making up 14.7% of the national incidents. [ 43 ]
In March 2003, during a meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the delegate from Iran objected to the inclusion of a paragraph that called on governments to "condemn violence against women and refrain from invoking any custom, tradition, or religious consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its elimination as set ...
Violence against women can lead to immediate physical injuries and longer-term mental and physical health conditions. In addition to negatively impacting mental and physical health, violence against women can interfere with life at work, home, and school. In some cases, violence results in death. [5]
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 62-page report focusing on atrocities against women and girls in Afghanistan is a legal bridge to connect the Taliban’s actions with international crimes and decode them as crimes carried ...
The UN Population Fund found violence against women and girls to be one of the most prevalent human rights violations worldwide, stating that "one in three women will experience physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime." [378] Violence against women tends to be less prevalent in developed Western nations, and more normalized in the developing ...