Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 94
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The violence continuum helps to make explicit the different types of violence that can adversely affect women and girls, and how this facilitates the deprivation of citizenship, as well as civil, labour and political engagement rights. This violence is committed with the assistance of physical and ideological restrictions that prevent women from having the full capacity to exercise their rights. This is particularly true in societies in which women are either not defined as actors within civil, political or economic life, or are assigned a gendered position in these areas of public identity and engagement that are unequal to the positions held by male actors. By making violence against women a part of the analysis, a determination can be made of the extent to which women can enjoy their civil and political rights.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences