In her intervention, Irina Bokova reminded all of the vital importance of education for preventing and tackling gender based violence, especially in schools.
Our campaign resonated with so many because we are in the midst of a shifting cultural tide in which gender based violence -- historically kept private -- is better understood as a pandemic problem, including in the public forum of the Internet.
My Administration has also developed a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, created pursuant to Executive Order 13595 of December 19, 2011, to strengthen conflict resolution and peace processes through the inclusion of women, and a Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally, implemented pursuant to Executive Order 13623 of August 10, 2012, to combat gender-based violence around the world.
Policy. (a) Recognizing that gender-based violence undermines not only the safety, dignity, and human rights of the millions of individuals who experience it, but also the public health, economic stability, and security of nations, it is the policy and practice of the executive branch of the United States Government to have a multi-year strategy that will more effectively prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally.
For women, that includes addressing gender-based violence and gender related health disparities.
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.
If approved, it would make reducing levels of gender-based violence a U.S. foreign policy priority.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thus, relying on scientific data, taking into account the experience of the populations concerned, these proposed actions aim to contribute to the eradication of gender-based violence by strengthening skills and capacities at the national level.
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