Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women 2008, para. 15
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Stresses further that States should take all possible measures to empower women and inform them of their rights in seeking redress through mechanisms of justice, inform everyone of women's rights and of the existing penalties for violating those rights, and engage men and boys, as well as families, as agents of change in preventing and condemning violence against women;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Boys
Families
Men
Women
Year
2008
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2008), A/RES/63/155, OP 15.