Rejecting ‘cultural’ justifications for violence against women: Strategies for women’s rights advocates.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2008
Document Type:
Discussion Paper
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Research Programme Consortium on Women’s Empowerment in Muslim Contexts (WEMC)

Abstract

The aim of this Strategy Paper is to contribute to the implementation of the UN General Assembly’s Resolution A/RES/61/1433 and to the Secretary-General’s Campaign to End Violence Against Women by focusing on how to reject ‘cultural’ justifications for violence against women. This Paper discusses two ways of doing this:

(1) By strategizing around key opportunities that have emerged in the UN system

(2) By countering ‘cultural’ justifications for violence against women at micro, meso and macro levels.

Citation

12 pp.

Rejecting ‘cultural’ justifications for violence against women: Strategies for women’s rights advocates.

Published 1 January 2008
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