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CETS 210 - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: Image title: Author: Conseil de l'Europe: Software used: MS Word Document (Open XML) Conversion program: www.adlibsoftware.com:EXS41012-Windows 2008 R2:TNG: Encrypted: no: Page size: 595.273 x 841.886 pts (A4) Version of PDF format: 1.4
Worldwide, domestic violence against women is most common in Central Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Sub-Saharan Africa, Andean Latin America, South Asia, Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa, Northern Africa and the Middle East. The lowest prevalence of domestic violence against women is found in Western Europe, East Asia and North America. [332]
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe opposing violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 [a] is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to protect women from domestic violence. The law came into force on 26 October 2006. The law came into force on 26 October 2006.
Domestic violence against women in Argentina; Domestic violence in Armenia; Domestic violence in Australia. Act as 1 Campaign – Domestic Violence and Family Violence Prevention campaign [53] led by the Queensland Government.
A UN report compiled from a number of different studies conducted in at least 71 countries found domestic violence against women to be most prevalent in Ethiopia. [103] A study by Pan American Health Organization conducted in 12 Latin American countries found the highest prevalence of domestic violence against women to be in Bolivia. [104]
Domestic violence is one of the leading causes of homelessness among women. [7] According to research, about 80% of homeless women have experienced domestic violence before. Women and families are the fastest-growing of homeless population groups in the United States. [8]
In September 1992, the CSW appointed a special working group to prepare a draft declaration against violence against women. [6] One of the aims of the resolution was to overturn the prevailing governmental stance that violence against women was a private, domestic matter not requiring state intervention. [6]