SOGI UN source Archives: Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, A/HRC/29/27, 10 June 2015
[Sourced from the advance unedited version.] 13. Concrete efforts to lobby for a specific instrument on women’s rights began in 1995, largely led by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field of women’s rights. The first Special Rapporteur on Rights of Women in Africa was appointed in 1999; she supported the efforts of NGOs to […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/29/27/Add.2, 19 May 2015: United Kingdom
II. Manifestations of violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences A. Violence in the family 13. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit gave advice or support related to forced marriage in 1,302 cases in 2013. Victims included people thought to be at potential risk, those going through forced marriage, and those who had already […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/29/27/Add.1, 31 March 2015: Honduras
III. Manifestations of violence against women B. Violence against women in the community 17. Violence against sex workers is escalating. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community is also facing escalating violence; the Special Rapporteur was informed that 107 members of this community were murdered between 1994 and October 2012 in the departments of […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/26/38/Add.3, 18 June 2014: Azerbaijan
IV. Challenges in fulfilling the State’s obligation to act with due diligence to eliminate violence against women E. Remedies for specific groups at risk 79. The Special Rapporteur heard of the particular distress experienced by women with disabilities, the severe discrimination that they were facing in particular in accessing education and employment, and the lack […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/26/38, 28 May 2014
III. Twenty years of developments within the United Nations and a reflection on the continuing challenges[1] B. Commission on the Status of Women 18. The CSW session in 2013 was challenging, with strong pressure from some States to prevent the inclusion of language referring to sexual orientation, gender identity or intimate partner violence, and contestation […]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/26/38/Add.1, 1 April 2014: India
II. Manifestations of violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences 7. Violence against women in India is systematic and occurs in the public and private spheres. It is underpinned by the persistence of patriarchal social norms and inter- and intragender hierarchies. Women are discriminated against and subordinated not only on the basis of […]