[women-rights] UN Database on Violence against Women launched in March 2009

[Steven Courchesne]

Dear colleagues,

I want to bring your attention to The UN Secretary General’s Database on Violence against Women. Launched on 5 March 2009, the database is the “first global one-stop shop for information on measures undertaken by Member States to address violence against women”.

The primary source of information for the database is the responses received from Member States to the questionnaire on violence against women, of September 2008, and subsequent updates.

Other sources of information include:
-States parties' reports to human rights treaty bodies
-Information provided by Member States in follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995); for reports of the Secretary-General; and in statements made at the United Nations
-Information available through relevant United Nations entities

The Division for the Advancement of Women/Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DAW/DESA) functions as the secretariat of the database.

You can access the database at:
www.un.org/esa/vawdatabase


Regards,
Steve

Steven Courchesne, Information Officer
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
Tel: +1 978 341-0200 ext.12
Web: www.hrea.org

 

 

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