Recent policies related to the safety of women have been mainly ex post facto remedies focused on the punishment of the attacker. however, in order to reduce violence against women, it is necessary…
To resolve men-oriented social conventions and guarantee the human rights of sexual violence victims, gender -sensitive anaysis is necessary. so far, lots of cases of violence against women are ac…
Violence against women (VAW) is not only a type of dicrimination but also a grave infringement of human rights. the UN and nations in the world deal with the eradication of VAW and the protection o…
Human rights are widely understood as fundamental entitlements that are inherent to all persons simply because they are human beings. while the idea of human rights has been around for a long time,…
Marriage is one phase of life for both men and women. The concept and de!inition of marriages varies between cultures, dependent on the function and the purpose of the marriage itself. In general, …
Polygamy is a marriage with more than one partner. This could be practiced by men or women. Marriage of men with more than one woman is called a Polygyny. While marriage of a woman with more than o…
In this study, the deinition of forced marriages is the practice of marriages when one party is coerced, usually to women, as the party considered to violate tradition or other reasons related to …
Culture accommodates knowledge and rules, or values used by its community, to determine an action. In culture, norms, whether it’s good or bad, are formed: when an individual in a speci!ic tradit…
Mixed marriages discussed in this study is the mixed marriages due to difference in ethnics (sub-ethnic)/village, faith, caste, class and social status, even citizenship. The policy on marriage, na…
In 1998, the author, a feminist lawyer, carried out a research project on behalf of Oxfam GB, studying Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Albania. Maguire disc…
This publication is intended to contribute to promoting systematic international co-operation in coping with the problem as one of the major obstacles to the implementation of the provisions in the…
The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Mr Miloon Kothari, has long valued the contribution of civil society organizations to his work. Civil society organizations have assisted in providing in…
For thematic evaluations, the review has highlighted methodological problems associated with treating gender mainstreaming as a goal, rather than as a means to the longterm objective of achieving g…
Violence and discrimination against women continues with impunity in many parts of the region and continues to be one of the most visible manifestations of the unequal and unjust power relations be…
The model underlying the manual is culture-based, grassroots-oriented, participatory, and dialogical. This model develops a framework through which facilitators may convey universal concepts of hum…
The Consultation was organized by the Women's Health and Department programme of WHO. It focused on violence against women by partner/ex partners which is one of the most pervasive forms of violenc…
this is a report of 2009 International forum for women's Empowerment organized by the National women's Education Center of Japan ( NWEC).the issue of violence against women ( VAW) including violen…