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UN Action has three main pillars of activity: Country-Level Action: support to United Nations Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict at country level, including efforts to build capacity and train advisers in gender-based violence programming and coordination, as well as targeted support for joint UN programming in selected countries,
Opponents of such definitions argue that the definitions disregard violence against men and that the term gender, as used in gender-based violence, only refers to women. Other critics argue that employing the term gender in this particular way introduces notions of inferiority and subordination for femininity and superiority for masculinity.
Gender-based violence refers to any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification, culture may have a role to play, being lower in egalitarianism societies and higher in patriarchal, misogynistic societies.
For the purposes of this Declaration, the term "violence against women" means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
Women from Lord House Settlement community March in the opening parade for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. Photo: UN Women/Marni Gilbert . The Global 16 Days Campaign is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. [1]
[31] Specifically, it states that "[t]he definition of discrimination includes gender-based violence, that is, violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately." [31] General Recommendation No. 20 (1992) discusses "reservations." [31]
Sexual and gender-based violence continues to be widespread with impunity for those who commit it, despite increases in training and legislation. Reports of sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeeping forces continue to rise, despite increased attention to this problem within the UN. [7]
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity charged with working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women is charged with advocating for the rights of women and girls, and focusing on a number of issues, including violence against women and ...