• Call upon the international community to condemn
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
and act against all forms and manifestations of
terrorism, in particular those that affect women
and children;
The Commission on the Status of Women
Reaffirms the Beijing Platform for Action, notably chapter IV.D on violence against women, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, and the Declaration
on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
• Develop strong and effective national, regional and
Requests States parties to the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women to take into account in their initial and periodic reports to the Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination against Women, general recommendation 19 on violence against women, adopted
by the Committee at its eleventh session, and the
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against
Women,
• Encourage the media to take measures against the
international cooperation to prevent and eliminate
trafficking in women and girls, especially for purposes of economic and sexual exploitation, including
the exploitation of prostitution of women and girls;
projection of images of violence against women
and children;
• Strengthen effective partnerships with non-governmental organizations and all relevant agencies to
promote an integrated and holistic approach to the
elimination of violence against women and girls;
• Integrate effective actions to end violence against
Requests States parties to international human
rights treaties to compile information and report
on the extent and manifestations of violence
against women, including domestic violence and
harmful traditional practices, and the measures
taken to eliminate such violence, for inclusion in
reports under the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women, and to include such
information in reports to other treaty bodies,
women into all areas of public and private life, as
a means of working to overcome the violence and
discrimination that women face because of such
factors as race, language, ethnicity, poverty, culture,
religion, age, disability and socio-economic class
or because they are indigenous people, migrants,
including women migrant workers, displaced
women or refugees;
• Ensure that comprehensive programmes for the
Proposes, in order to accelerate the implementation
of the strategic objectives of chapter IV.D:
rehabilitation of victims of rape are integrated into
global programmes.
A. An integrated, holistic approach
B. P
rovision of resources to combat violence
against all women
Actions to be taken by Governments and the
international community:
Actions to be taken by Governments, nongovernmental organizations and the public and
private sector, as appropriate:
• Formulate comprehensive and multidisciplinary
and coordinated national plans, programmes or
strategies, which will be widely disseminated, to
eliminate all forms of violence against women and
girls and provide for targets, timetables for implementation and effective domestic enforcement
procedures by monitoring mechanisms, involving
all parties concerned, including consultations with
women's organizations;
• Support the work of non-governmental organi-
zations in their activities to prevent, combat and
eliminate violence against women;
• Provide adequate resources for women's groups,
helplines, crisis centres and other support services,
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