UN Background Note on Forms, Consequences and Costs of Violence against Women
- Document number
- 1876
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- UN Background Note on Forms, Consequences and Costs of Violence against Women
- Author/publisher
- United Nations (UN)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Media/News,
- Keywords
- Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
- Summary
- Violence against women is complex and diverse in its manifestations, with far-reaching and long-lasting
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