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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". Subsequent articles outline women's human rights and fundamental freedoms, and state parties' obligations to uphold these rights and eliminate violence against women and girls. [Descriptors: Violence Against Women, International]