Violence Against Women Facts
Women are in double jeopardy. Discriminated against as women, they are also as likely as men, if not more so, to become victims of human rights violations. Today, what unites women internationally - transcending class, race, culture, religion, nationality and ethnic origin - is their vulnerability to the denial and violation of their human rights, and their efforts to claim those rights. Read the facts below. And get the latest information on our campaign to stop violence against women.
- Fact Sheets
- CEDAW: Treaty for the Rights of Women
- Coalition Building
- Domestic Violence as Torture
- Domestic Violence in LBGT Communities
- Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Gender-Related Asylum
- HIV/AIDS, Women and Human Rights
- "Honor" Killings
- Human Trafficking
- Lesbians
- Rape as a Tool of War
- Reproductive Rights
- Sexual Violence
- Violence Against Women
- Violence Against Women in Armed Conflict
- Women in Post-Conflict Situations
- Women in Prison
- Women's Human Rights
