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Handbook for Legislation on Violence against Women
The Handbook serves as a useful tool in supporting efforts to provide justice, support, protection and remedies to victims and to hold perpetrators accountable.
The Handbook first outlines the international and regional legal and policy frameworks which mandate States to enact and implement comprehensive and effective laws to address violence against women. It then presents a model framework for legislation on violence against women, divided into fourteen chapters. Finally, the Handbook provides users with a checklist of considerations to be kept in mind when drafting legislation on violence against women.
This Handbook intends to provide all stakeholders with detailed guidance to support the adoption and effective implementation of legislation which prevents violence against women, punishes perpetrators, and ensures the rights of survivors everywhere.
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Supplement to the Handbook:
Bibliographic information
Number of pages
68
Resource type(s)
Manuals and tools
Publishing entities
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
UN Women office publishing
UN Women Headquarters Office
