Guidance note : preventing violence against women in politics
Guidance note : preventing violence against women in politics
Leadership and Governance Section, UN Women
- New York : UN Women, 2021
- electroncic document (42 pages) ; PDF file
Published July 2021
This guidance note provides technical advice to UN Women and country teams on how they can support Member States to address violence against women in politics, an internationally recognized violation of, and deterrent to, women’s political participation.
The guidance note focuses on women in politics but it applies to violence against women in public life more broadly, including that perpetrated against women human rights defenders, journalists, and those active in civil society and other areas of public life. (From the website). Record #7266
GENDER
INTERVENTION
MEDIA
POLITICS
PREVENTION
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
Published July 2021
This guidance note provides technical advice to UN Women and country teams on how they can support Member States to address violence against women in politics, an internationally recognized violation of, and deterrent to, women’s political participation.
The guidance note focuses on women in politics but it applies to violence against women in public life more broadly, including that perpetrated against women human rights defenders, journalists, and those active in civil society and other areas of public life. (From the website). Record #7266
GENDER
INTERVENTION
MEDIA
POLITICS
PREVENTION
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL