Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Eliminating domestic violence 2015, para. 11
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Recognizing also that violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, is, inter alia, a serious violation or abuse of human rights, a societal problem and a manifestation of unequal power relations, and is intrinsically linked with gender stereotypes that underlie and perpetuate such violence, while stressing that women’s empowerment, including women’s economic and political empowerment, full and equal access to and control over land and resources, and participation in decision-making processes, are essential for addressing the underlying causes of violence against women and girls,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Eliminating domestic violence (2015), A/HRC/RES/29/14, PP 11.