Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: ensuring due diligence in protection (2011), para. 07
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Recognizing also that violence against women and girls persists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of the enjoyment of human rights and a major impediment to achieving gender equality, development, peace and security and internationally agreed development goals, in particular the Millennium Development Goals,