Home Is Where the Hurt Is: An Economic and Social Rights Perspective on Violence Against Women

This paper establishes an inclusive human rights approach to addressing violence against women, with a particular emphasis on protecting the economic and social rights of women. Part 1 discusses the advantages of an inclusive human rights approach, arguing that the structural inequality between men and women is one of the root causes of violence against women. Part 2 specifically draws connections between housing rights violations and violence against women. Part 3 characterizes the action of forced evictions against women as constituting violence against women. The paper concludes with conceptual and practical recommendations aimed at changing the societal systems which perpetuate this violence against women.