Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

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VAWG

VAWG includes violence committed at home, in public, online or through the use of technology resulting in physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm, including threats of such acts, and the term women includes girls. Specific forms of violence include:

  • domestic abuse (including financial abuse);
  • sexual violence, abuse and exploitation (including commercial exploitation);
  • sexual harassment and bullying;
  • pornography including through published magazines (such as sexualised images of children and young people), via internet and by mobile;
  • stalking;
  • trafficking, forced prostitution (in adults) and all child sexual exploitation;
  • female genital mutilation;
  • forced marriage; and
    crimes said to be committed in the name of ‘honour.’

UN Women

Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls

The Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls features detailed guidance on how to implement laws, policies and programmes with access to promising practices, case studies and recommended programming tools from around the world.
endvawnow.org

Council of Europe

Istanbul Convention

Action against violence against women and domestic violence
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention

LSE WPS

Tackling Violence Against Women

“Tackling Violence against Women” is an online resource aimed at explaining the global and regional human rights frameworks that exist to end gender-based discrimination and tackle violence against women and girls. It is designed for anyone interested in the global campaign against violence against women, with information likely to be of particular value to civil society organisations and advocates.

This site is rooted in the understanding that violence against women is:

  1. a form of gender-based discrimination; and
  2. a violation of women’s human rights.

As such, it sets out the existing international human rights structures and instruments designed to tackle violence against women, as well as those which have the potential to be used to be used in this way. This includes explaining the treaties and judicial bodies which can be accessed by lawyers, and highlighting where campaigning and advocacy organisations can engage with human rights bodies in order to better protect and promote women’s human rights.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/vaw