United Nations System Efforts to Address Violence Against Women.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meetings.

Rape.

Treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews UN engagement in activities to address violence against women (VAW), and U.S. involvement. Provides UN definition of VAW, and provides overview of recent UN efforts to address the issue, highlighting key UN interagency efforts. Discusses selected UN conferences, agreements, resolutions, commissions, departments, and agencies that address international VAW challenges.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. United Nations System Efforts to Address Violence Against Women

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