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Handbook on Effective police responses to violence againts women

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Violence against women is a global issue of pandemic proportions, which has an impact on all societies. It violates the rights and fundamental freedoms of victims. Such violence can have a devastating effect on the lives of victims, their families and communities. Studies conducted on all five continents suggest that no society can consider itself immune from such violence. Violent practices that victimize women and girls transcend social, cultural, ethnic and religious boundaries. At least one in every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime—with the abuser usually someone known to her (see the report of the Secretary-General entitled “In-depth study on all forms of violence against women”).1 Violent practices against women take many different forms, which vary from country to country according to cultural, social and religious contexts and between different regions within countries. Equally, women do not form a homogenous group. Differences in ethnicity, social status, religion and age mean that women experience similar acts of violence differently. In particular, some groups of women are more vulnerable to violence and therefore require special treatment and support services. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women of 1993 defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”2 The Declaration further specifies (article 2) that this definition encompasses, but is not limited to physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family and in the general community, including battering, sexual abuse of children, dowry-related violence, rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women, forced prostitution and violence perpetrated or condoned by the State

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KP,IV PAS h

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New York : United nations office on drugs and crime., 2010

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vii, 97 hlm. : ilus. ; 30 cm.

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English

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KP,IV

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Kekerasan Terhadap Wanita
Kekerasan terhadap perempuan--Polisi

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