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Violence against women and girls remains the most widespread human rights violation worldwide. Everywhere it threatens the rights, health, quality of life, and the very life of women, irrespective of their nationality, age or social status. The consequences o f this type of violence exact a heavy toll on its victims, their families and society as a whole, as they egffectively curb development.
In 2006, the Member Parliaments of the Inter-Parliamentary Union committed themselves to contribute to the fight against this scourge by adopting a resolution on “How parliaments can and must promote effective ways of combating violence against women in all fields.” Since then, the IPU has made comabting violence against women a priority in its work plan for the coming years.
IPU’s third Conference for members of parliamentary committees dealing with gender equality served as a launching pad for a series of activities intended to assist parliaments in combating violence against women. Entitled A Parliamentary Response to Violence against Women, the meeting took place in Geneva from 2 to 4 December 2008. It provided an opportunity for parliamentarians from 34 countries to compare views and experiences and assess challenges they face in dealing with this type of violence.
ISBN: 978-92-9142-416-0 (IPU)
Publisher: IPU
Year of Publication: 2008
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