A/68/340
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against
women, its causes and consequences
Summary
Many countries are witnessing a significantly disproportionate rate of increase
of women being incarcerated. Throughout the world, women prisoners face similar
human rights violations relating to the causes that lead to their imprisonment, the
conditions they face in prison and the consequences of their incarceration. The
present report illustrates that there is a strong link between violence against women
and women’s incarceration, whether prior to, during or after incarceration.
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