Eliminating discrimination against women in political and public life with a focus on political transition 2013, para. 67

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Original document
Document type
  • Special Procedures' report
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Domestic violence is public as well as private in its debilitating impact on women. It can also be used directly as a form of punishment by resentful husbands or other family members against wives or female relatives who become leaders in their community.

Document legal status
  • Non-negotiated soft law
Document body
  • Special Procedures: Working Group on discrimination against women and girls
Document means of adoption
  • N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Women
Document year
  • 2013
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Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/50, para. 67.
Paragraph number
67