Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 36
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The societal perspective is also helpful in considering how the collective manifestation of individual freedoms can cause violence against women. This perspective considers the ways in which the relationship of the individual to family members and the larger community contributes to violence against women. The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has argued that collective manifestations of some individual freedoms, notably freedom of religion or belief, operate at the intersection of multiple forms of discrimination and violence against women. Societal values and community norms, according to which this kind of collective manifestation is organized, often perpetuate different forms of violence against women.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences