Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence 2016, para. 15b
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[Urges States to address structural and underlying causes and risk factors so as to prevent domestic violence, including by:] Emphasizing the important role that men and boys can play in preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, and further developing and implementing measures that reinforce non-violent actions, attitudes and values and encourage men and boys to take an active part and become strategic partners and allies in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls, in order to break intergenerational cycles of violence;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Boys
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2016), A/RES/71/170, OP 15b.