If approved, it would make reducing levels of gender-based violence a U.S. foreign policy priority.
Northamptonshire Police are hosting an event to help raise awareness of so-called honour-based violence.
The campaign, led by the Strathclyde Police-based Violence Reduction Unit, will run from 1 December to 31 January.
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Commander Mak Chishty heads up policymaking on honour-based violence and forced marriage for the Association of Chief Police Officers.
As regards gender-based violence, the studies emphasised the scale of the phenomenon, in spite of the existing legal frameworks.
But despite these efforts, gender-based violence persists and has a huge impact on the individual and society in general.
If we want to prevent another Steubenville, we need to teach children from an early age about gender-based violence.
Member agencies shall prioritize the monitoring and evaluation of gender-based violence prevention and response interventions to determine their effectiveness.
Talking about gender-based violence is admitting that violence is deeply rooted in the patriarchal society, which relies on women subordination.
Member agencies shall more comprehensively integrate gender-based violence prevention and response programming into their foreign policy and foreign assistance efforts.
These concepts are controversial sociologically speaking, but they are also interesting inputs to the reflection on the concept of gender-based violence.
Ydo underlines that gender-based violence has become a social phenomenon capable of jeopardizing efforts made by countries in fostering sustainable development.
"The rural communities are most affected by gender-based violence and access to information is more difficult in these areas, " he adds.
Midwives in the West Midlands are to be trained by the police to help spot victims of forced marriage and "honour-based violence".
For women, that includes addressing gender-based violence and gender related health disparities.
In her intervention, Irina Bokova reminded all of the vital importance of education for preventing and tackling gender based violence, especially in schools.
The taboo topic of gender-based violence is also being acknowledged and recognized in a popular program targeting one of Guatemala's most vulnerable groups, indigenous Mayan girls.
As violence is one of the factors preventing women from political participation, the EU will commit to support initiatives against gender-based violence and femicide.
The Working Group shall coordinate these different efforts as they relate to gender-based violence to leverage the most effective programs and to avoid duplication.
The three studies will constitute a representative sample of common and specific mechanisms related to the social movement of women and gender-based violence in West Africa.
The U.S. Embassy in the national capital Port Moresby issued a statement calling for a sustained international partnership to enhance anti-gender-based violence laws throughout the Pacific.
The aim is, Toure-Thiam adds, that the proposed actions will aim to contribute to the eradication of gender-based violence by strengthening skills and capacities at the national level.
Mussurut Zia is the founder of Practical Solutions, which brings awareness, guidance and training to people dealing with the issues of forced marriage and honor-based violence in Britain.
During the week of 16-19 July 2012, representatives of some 30 Community Multimedia Centres in Senegal will get together in the village of Toubacouta to learn about gender-based violence.
Denmark will also implement new measures to reduce gender-based violence, focusing on increasing the awareness on violence in the family and capacity-building among municipal authorities and front line staff.
The US embassy in the capital, Port Moresby, condemned the killing as a "brutal murder", the AFP news agency reports, and evidence of "pervasive gender-based violence" in Papua New Guinea.
The Working Group shall consider a range of mechanisms by which these stakeholders may provide input to the U.S. Government on its role in preventing and responding to gender-based violence globally.
Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally.
Member agencies shall work to promote ethical and safe research, data collection, and evidence-based analyses relating to different forms of gender-based violence and prevention and response efforts at the country and local level.
Gender-based violence and all forms of sexual harassment and exploitation, including those resulting from cultural prejudice and international trafficking, are incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person, and must be eliminated.
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