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t. e. 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]
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 ...
t. e. 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 ...
v. t. e. Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations, and needs equally, also regardless of gender. [ 1 ]
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, better known as the Belém do Pará Convention (or Convention of Belém do Pará), is an international human rights instrument adopted by the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) at a conference held in Belém do Pará, Brazil, on 9 June 1994.
The Istanbul convention, the first legally binding instrument in Europe in the field of violence against women and domestic violence, [114] requires countries which ratify it to prohibit forced marriage (Article 37) and to ensure that forced marriages can be easily voided without further victimization (Article 32). [115]
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 the prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposed automatic and mandatory ...
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 ...