From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign seeks to end violence agains girls and women.
Get information about the campaign on the UN website.
it also lists themes from earlier years.
The campaign Facebook site has messages of support and images.
Background resources.
Read the UN resolution relating to the creation of the elimination of violence against women day
(OHCHR) - Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights- has links to resources, papers and campaigns.
They include information on the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Cedaw (1979)
with information on the stages of ratification.
RightsInfo has commentary on the status of the UK which has not yet ratified it.
European Womens Lobby has details of EU European Parliament activities
LSE Centre for Women Peace and Security has a timeline on tackling violence against women
Statistics on violence against women.
World Health Organization facts.Global estimates published by WHO indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
UN Database on Violence against Women has country files with links to legisaltion and statistics
2014 EU survey
over 40,000 surveyed. Found that '33% of women had experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15. That corresponds to 62 million women.'
End Violence Against Women has information about the nature , extent and measures to prevent violence in the UK. The Office for National Statistics has datasets covering 2016 they include domestic violence and stalking.
CPS violence against women crime reports
