United Nations General Assembly

In this resolution, States are called upon to implement their obligations under international law and their specific commitments the UN General Assembly for eliminating crimes against women committed in the name of honour. The resolution calls for States to intensify their efforts to prevent and eliminate these crimes through legislative changes and creation of public awareness through education, the dissemination of information and awareness campaigns. They should also support and implement measures and programmes to educate those responsible for enforcing the law and

This report discussed the ways in which gender-based discrimination intersects with discrimination based on other forms of "otherness", such as race, ethnicity, religion and economic status. The Special Rapporteur notes that prevailing conventions and laws have sometimes been narrowly interpreted to capture only discrimination or disempowerment that occurs along a single axis of power. Such narrow interpretations contravene the explicit scope of these conventions, laws and declarations that are intended to protect individuals from race and gender-

The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW) focuses specifically on the problem of gender-based violence against women and girls. In Article 1, it sets out the definition of 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".

This report provides an overview of measures States and intergovernmental bodies have taken to intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women. The report provides detailed examples of actions taken by various States, including specific legislation enacted against domestic violence. It provides recommendations to intensify efforts to eliminate violence against women (VAW). The report then discusses measures that have been taken by UN bodies to intensify efforts to eliminate VAW. It concludes by stating that a comprehensive

This report focuses on violence against female migrant workers. It describes the international legal framework, and measures taken by States and within the United Nations system to implement the UN General Assembly resolution requiring governments to address violence against migrant women workers. The report finds that the development of laws and policy has focused on gender equality, violence against women and worker's rights as opposed to targeting female migrant workers. It offers recommendations to ameliorate this approach, encouraging States to ensure their legislation

This report provides an overview of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women's work and summarizes the findings to date. In the report, the Special Rapporteur describes the most prevalent manifestations of violence against women and confirms that domestic violence remains widespread and affects women of all social strata, with vulnerable women at a higher risk. Despite legal prohibitions, practices in the family and the community that are harmful and degrading to women and girls, including sexual violence, sexual harassment, violence suffered as a result of a woman's

This is the first draft UN Resolution aimed at the practice of ending female genital mutilation (FGM), urging states to take measures, including legislative means to not only protect women and girls from FGM, but to end impunity for those who practice it. In addition to the development, implementation, support and financing of national legislative frameworks for the strategic elimination of FGM, the General Assembly calls for enhanced awareness-raising, so that key actors can better work to eliminate the attitudes that lead to this practice.

This Declaration was adopted on in 1974 by the World Food Conference and endorsed by the UN General Assembly resolution. The Declaration recognizes the disproportionate distribution of food globally and finds that it is a core responsibility of governments to ensure more equitable distribution. The Declaration states the importance of recognizing the role women play in agricultural production and that opportunities should be made available to women on an equal basis as men.

This declaration was proclaimed by UN General Assembly Resolution and recognizes the connections between civil and political and economic, social and cultural rights. The declaration focuses on means to ensure that social progress and development recognizes and protects human dignity. The importance of protecting the special needs of women and their families is recognized under Article 11 concerning social security.

This discussion paper addresses the international Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the growing concern about the spread of HIV/AIDS and its relation to human rights violations and gender inequality. The paper provides a summary of the progress since the signing of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and indicates strategies that need to be implemented to combat the epidemic: promoting human rights and gender equality, reducing vulnerability of displaced and trafficked persons, and ensuring the full participation of people with HIV/AIDS in policy implementation.