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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 36
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- In 2011 in Egypt, 20 female prisoners were arrested in a peaceful public protest and 17 were subjected to forced virginity testing in a military prison. It is alleged that the purpose was to humiliate them and deter other women from protesting.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Women
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 77
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- As noted above, certain cultural norms and beliefs are the causal factors for harmful practices resulting in violence against women. For example, in India the practice of sati, that is, the burning alive of a widow on her husband's pyre, has emerged since the country's independence. To date there have been at least 40 reported cases.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 42
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- The Court has addressed cases of domestic violence, rape, honour-based violence, female genital mutilation, inhuman treatment in detention, violence in public places, servitude, forced sterilization and abortion-related violence. Most cases involve violence that has already taken place, with the exception of cases of honour-based violence and female genital mutilation that deal with the right to non-refoulement, that is, with preventing the actual act of violence from occurring. Article 2 (right to life), article 3 (prohibition of torture), article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), article 13 (right to an effective remedy) and article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) are relevant to cases of violence against women. However, complaints concerning violence against women are usually discussed under broad themes of whether the incidents constitute a violation of article 8, whether the violence reaches a certain threshold of severity under article 2 and whether the violence amounts to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment under article 3. The Court has often discussed cases of violence against women solely under article 8 and has refrained from considering the relevance of other articles.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women 2015, para. 43
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- The Court has addressed cases of domestic violence, rape, honour-based violence, female genital mutilation, inhuman treatment in detention, violence in public places, servitude, forced sterilization, and abortion-related violence. Most cases involve violence that has already taken place, with the exception of cases of honour-based violence and female genital mutilation that deal with the right to non-refoulement, that is, with preventing the actual act of violence occurring. Article 2 (right to life), article 3 (prohibition of torture), article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), article 13 (right to an effective remedy) and article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) are relevant to cases of violence against women. However, complaints concerning violence against women are usually discussed under broad themes of whether the incidents constitute a violation of article 8, whether the violence reaches a certain threshold of severity under article 2, and whether the violence amounts to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment under article 3. The Court has often discussed cases of violence against women solely under article 8, and has refrained from considering the relevance of other articles.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 60
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- Human rights bodies have strongly condemned these practices. Experts argue that there is a need to address the underlying cultural concerns, such as the subordinate status of women within their birth/natal and marital homes; issues of property and ownership within these realms; the control of women's sexuality; the stigma attached to divorce; and the lack of support for a woman after she is married.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 58
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- In several cases in Bangladesh, dowry-related harassment of women has been aggravated to acid attacks, leading to blindness, disfigurement and death of women. In 2002, Bangladesh passed a law imposing the death penalty on offenders and also restricted the sale of acid, in response to the growing problem of acid attacks. In the first half of 2009, 119 cases of dowry-related violence, including 78 deaths, were reported. In 2008, 172 women were killed, and the figure for 2007 was 187.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 57
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- Dowry-related violence is embedded in religious and cultural traditions of the South Asian region. The practice has permeated all communities. Pakistan enacted an anti-dowry law in 1976, Bangladesh in 1980 and Nepal in 2009. Despite legislative reforms, dowry is an indispensable part of weddings in this region; it has been a cause of violence against women, and the laws have failed to have an impact in curbing dowry or elevating the status of women within marriage.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 44
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- Honour killings remain underreported and underdocumented globally. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has estimated that 5,000 women globally are murdered by family members each year in honour killings. With widespread urbanization, the proliferation of media and the changing roles of women, it has become difficult for such crimes to go unnoticed, and such killings are becoming more visible.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 38
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- A study in Zimbabwe found that of the 42 cases of femicide involving women older than 50, most of the women had been accused of witchcraft by male relatives prior to the killing. A study conducted in Ghana found that many poor, often elderly, women were accused of witchcraft and subsequently murdered by male relatives, or subjected to a range of physical, sexual and economic abuses.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 37
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- Although in the majority of the cases younger women are at higher risk of sorcery/witchcraft violence, a study has found that in some parts of Africa, older women are more vulnerable to sorcery-related femicide due to their economic dependence on others, or the property rights that they hold-and which younger members of the family want to inherit. Also, if women are perceived as dangerous and a threat to men, their labelling as witches, and consequently their destruction, is then seen as justified.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Men
- Older persons
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 36
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- The killing of women accused of sorcery/witchcraft has been reported as a significant phenomenon in countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands. The pattern of violations includes violent murders, physical mutilation, displacement, kidnapping and disappearances of girls and women. In many countries where women are accused of sorcery/witchcraft, they are also subjected to exorcism ceremonies involving public beating and abuse by shamans or village elders.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 21
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- Femicide was first defined as "the murders of women by men motivated by hatred, contempt, pleasure or a sense of ownership of women". Subsequently, it was defined as "the misogynist killing of women by men". The definition was expanded to go beyond that of misogynist killings, to all forms of sexist killings, including those killings by men motivated by the socially constructed right to do so, their superiority over females, pleasure or sadistic desires towards women, or the assumption of ownership over women.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 37
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- Femicide refers to violent killing/murder of women because they are women and occurs in many contexts, cutting across the four spheres. It includes murder in the context of intimate partner violence, sexual murder, killings in the name of honour, female infanticide, dowry deaths, and killing of prostitutes, and the killing of women accused of witchcraft, as well as certain deaths due to suicide and unidentifiable maternal deaths. Femicide is often linked to domestic violence, which, at its most severe, leads to death. Research on femicide from Australia, Canada, Israel, South Africa and the United States indicates that 40 to 70 per cent of female murder victims were killed by their husbands or boyfriends. The particular vulnerability to violence of women experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination is further reflected in the findings of a 2004 study in New York City, according to which 51 per cent of intimate partner homicide victims were foreign-born, while 45 per cent were born in the United States. During the examination of Canada by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2008, concern was raised about the hundreds of cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women that had occurred during the past two decades that had neither been fully investigated nor attracted priority attention, with perpetrators remaining unpunished.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 30
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- Closely tied to domestic violence, practices that are harmful and degrading undermine the rights and status of women and girls and continue without systematic monitoring or punishment, despite the increasing existence of legal prohibitions. In some countries, early and forced marriage, polygamy and unregistered marriages continue to be of concern. The mandate considers these practices "aggravated factors" that increase vulnerability of women to violence. In Kyrgyzstan, the Special Rapporteur found correlation between early marriages (12.2 per cent of women) and unregistered marriages, on the one hand, and rising unemployment and feminization of poverty and the resurfacing of patriarchal traditions and religious conservatism, on the other. Early marriage contributes to high maternal mortality rates due to prolonged labour and other complications. Similarly, women living in unregistered marriages in Algeria experienced heightened vulnerability to violence and abuse and were reported to have difficulties in ending abusive relationships due to lack of support, alternative housing and legal protection. Despite legal restrictions in regard to polygamy, the Special Rapporteur heard accounts from women who were subjected to violence or threats of violence by husbands who wished to obtain consent to a polygamous marriage.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 27
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- International law affords every individual the right to privacy without arbitrary or unlawful interference. Women all too frequently experience violent intrusions of privacy, including through virginity testing and forced sterilization. These forms of violence against women represent grave violations of the right to privacy and reproductive freedom, as well as women's bodily integrity, and it undermines the ability of women to be recognized as full and equal citizens of their communities.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 59
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- Statistics for the period 2007 to 2009 show that there have been between 8,093 and 8,383 reported cases of dowry deaths in India. As noted by experts, the numbers of reported cases do not add up to conviction rates. The National Crime Records Bureau of India reports that for 2008 there were 1,948 convictions, as against 3,876 acquittals. Acid attacks are also becoming a growing phenomenon in India, with young women being targeted for spurning suitors and for rejecting proposals of marriage, as well as in connection with contestation over dowry.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 31
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- Many women are subjected to violence by their husbands, but also by their husbands' families. For examples, in countries where "bride price/dowry" is still practised, spouses and in-law family members believe they have purchased the bride and are therefore entitled to subject their "property" to violence and other forms of ill-treatment.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 22
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- The term femicide has been used in the context of killings of women in the private and public spheres. In some European contexts, such killings are described as "crimes of passion". In South Asia the term femicide has been adopted to encompass cultural practices in the region such as female infanticide, preadolescent mortality of girls and dowry-related deaths. The phenomena of so-called "honour killings" in the Middle East are rarely specifically labelled as acts of femicide, but some scholars have highlighted the femicidal nature of such acts and the impunity that accompanies such killings.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 25
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- The mandate has identified two main categories of violence against women in the family sphere: domestic violence and harmful and degrading practices that are violent to and/or subordinate women, whether justified on the basis of religious, customary or other societal laws and practices. The mandate has adopted a broad definition of the family that encompasses intimate-partner and interpersonal relationships, including non-cohabitating partners, previous partners and domestic workers.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch 2016, para. 41
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- Violence against women is specifically addressed in target 5.2 on the elimination of all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. Two indicators are key: the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age group (5.2.1) and the proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner, in the previous 12 months, by age group and place of occurrence (5.2.2). Another directly relevant target is 5.3 on the elimination of all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. Two indicators are key for this target: the percentage of women aged 20-24 who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18 (5.3.1) and the percentage of girls and women aged 15-49 who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age group (5.3.2).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 74
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- One strategy associated with the engagement of men and boys is to appeal to the idea that women deserve respect as mothers, sisters, wives and so on. Emphasizing personal relationships is said to make it easier to understand the consequences of violence against women. This is also seen as an effective strategy in overtly patriarchal societies, in which calls to consider women as rights-bearing individuals, irrespective of their marital status, are considered too radical to attract support, even among women themselves. This implicit suggestion thus distorts the issue of women as autonomous individuals deserving of respect, and renders regard for the rights of women contingent on their status in the private sphere, which further reinforces the public/private dichotomy.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 13
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- Regarding the inclusion of specific categories of women at risk, there has been more inclusivity over the years. All three of the above-mentioned agreed conclusions discuss traditional, customary and religious practices that are harmful towards women, with a particular emphasis on female genital mutilation and its health consequences. The 2013 conclusions are less explicit about female genital mutilation, but refer to practices and customs that discriminate against or have a discriminatory impact on women. States are urged to ensure that the provisions of multiple legal systems, where they exist, comply with international human rights obligations, commitments and principles, including the principle of non-discrimination.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 65
- Paragraph text
- One strategy associated with the engagement of men and boys is to appeal to the idea that women deserve respect as mothers, sisters, wives and so on. Emphasizing personal relationships is said to make it easier to understand the consequences of violence against women. This is also seen as an effective strategy in overtly patriarchal societies, in which calls to consider women as rights-bearing individuals, irrespective of their marital status, are considered too radical to attract support, even among women themselves. This implicit suggestion thus distorts the issue of women as autonomous individuals deserving respect and renders regard for the rights of women contingent on their status in the private sphere, which further reinforces the public-private dichotomy.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 39
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- Gender-based violence impedes sustainable development by obstructing women's participation and undermining many of the goals of development. Millennium Development Goal 5 on improving maternal health is one example. When violence against women is manifested in the form of early or forced marriage and childbearing, women are likely to suffer from medical conditions such as haemorrhage, obstructed labour, sepsis and eclampsia, as well as unsafe abortions. Coupled with inadequate access to health services, these conditions may lead to the death of the mother, thus depriving women of their development right to maternal health. Numerous manifestations of violence against women, including forced sterilizations, forced abortions, lack of effective access to safe abortions, lack of informed consent and choice over contraceptive methods, harmful practices such as honour killings, female genital mutilation, early and forced marriage, and sexual violence, contribute to the violation of a number of rights, including the right to participate in and contribute to sustainable development.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 31
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- The right to education is affected by violence, including family violence and abuse, sexual violence at school, early and forced marriage, human trafficking and harmful traditional practices - which all prevent women and girls from realizing their right to education. Sexual harassment at school has negative physical and emotional effects and also results in decreased productivity, absenteeism from school, difficulty concentrating, declining academic performance or dropping out from school, often after becoming pregnant. As recognized by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 24/23, child, early and forced marriage prevents individuals from living their lives free from all forms of violence and has adverse consequences on the enjoyment of human rights, such as the right to education (see also A/HRC/21/41, para. 74). Girls who enter into early marriage often leave school to assume the responsibilities of caring for their spouse and home and to raise a family. This, in turn, limits young women's economic opportunities and independence and places them at greater risk of domestic violence than married women who are older and more educated.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 30
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- Violence against women impairs and nullifies the right of women and girls to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Gender-based violence, such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, female genital mutilation or other harmful traditional practices, forced and child marriage or cohabitation, gender-related killings, trafficking, infanticide and deliberate neglect of girls, have a severe impact on women's and girls' physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health. As stated by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, violence against women puts women's health and lives at risk. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights notes that the right to health includes both freedoms and entitlements, including the right to control one's health and body, inclusive of sexual and reproductive freedom, and the right to be free from interference, such as the right to be free from non-consensual medical treatment and experimentation (E/C.12/2000/4, para. 8).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 26
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- Violence against women is also manifested in ways that violate women's right to voluntary and equal marriage. Forced marriages, whether coerced through kidnapping or physical or sexual violence, is a means of forcing women into unwanted and unequal marriages. As the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences, has noted, physical and sexual violence against women is used to force women and girls into servile marriages, where women are treated as commodities purchased from their families, over which any or all the powers of ownership are exercised (A/HRC/24/43, para. 10).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 69
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- Women prisoners' mental health problems are both more frequent and more serious than those of their male counterparts. While incarcerated, women prisoners engage more often in self-mutilation, experience depression and attempt suicide. An Australian report argues that in contrast to male prisoners, who express anger and frustration by engaging in physical violence or initiating riots, women are more likely to turn to self-harm. After being released from prison, women who struggle with mental health problems have a propensity to self-harm, including overdosing on drugs. For example, a study in England and Wales found that within one year of being released, former female prisoners were 36 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 45
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- Honour killings take many forms, including direct murder; stoning; women and young girls being forced to commit suicide after public denunciations of their behaviour; and women being disfigured by acid burns, leading to death. Honour crimes are also linked to other forms of family violence, and are usually committed by male family members as a means of controlling women's sexual choices and limiting their freedom of movement. Punishment usually has a collective dimension, with the family as a whole believing it to be injured by a woman's actual or perceived behaviour, and is often public in character. The visibility of the issue and the punishment also serves a social objective, namely, influencing the conduct of other women.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 41
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- Those who torture or kill are almost exclusively men, and are often related socially or biologically to the victim. Some accusations of sorcery are economically motivated, for the purpose of taking over land or possessions of those accused, or because payments have been made by third parties to name alleged sorcerers. According to expert reports, "increasingly, there is a perception that accusations of sorcery are a convenient disguise for premeditated killings based more on a person's dislike for another, jealousy, envy, greed, rivalry or revenge and targeting women from the tribes or communities".
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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