UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka stresses that violence against women can and must end by addressing its root cause – gender inequality. This includes greater mobilization to address the pandemic on many levels, from increasing access to services for survivors of violence to engaging all segments of society and greater support for women’s organizations, which are often on the frontline of the response, and advocate for policy change. While a global review of the Beijing Platform for Action is underway, preliminary data shows that despite many countries having introduced laws to prohibit, criminalize, and prevent violence against women, implementation and enforcement of these laws are inadequate.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:18:04 +0000
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