Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 1993, para. 6
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Recognizing that violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full advancement of women, and that violence against women is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
1993
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993), A/RES/48/104, PP 6.