Gender Based Violence and the Law
The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes. The elimination of such violence has been increasingly recognized as a priority for the international community. This...
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okr-10986-261982021-05-25T10:54:41Z Gender Based Violence and the Law Klugman, Jeni gender gender-based violence law human rights The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes. The elimination of such violence has been increasingly recognized as a priority for the international community. This paper investigates the potential and shortcomings of legislative action – and how international and national laws can interact with norms in ways that can be conducive to the reduction of the risk of violence. We argue that there has been major progress in establishing the right of women to live free of violence in both international and national law, especially over the past decade or so, with civil society movements at the local and global levels playing a pivotal role. At the same time, there is some way to go to address the underlying norms and behaviors associated with violence. The investigation sheds some light on broader debates about the value of international human rights law. Some regard international agreements and conventions as toothless, others point to evidence that these have helped to mobilize women’s groups. One channel of effects could be the following. International laws and norms set out standards of behaviour that are regarded as appropriate by a critical mass of nation-states, and such norms affect domestic policy making along a variety of causal pathways, including standards for domestic legislation, creating standards for global civil society to both advocate and monitor, and mobilizing domestic civil society around these new shared expectations of individual and state behavior. The paper is structured as follows. The outline the significance of gender-based violence, globally and regional and country patterns. This is followed by an examination of the international legal framework. Our review highlights the important role of civil society, and especially women’s groups, both in terms of bringing about reform and monitoring implementation. The focus of this paper is on intimate partner violence directed at women – that is psychological and emotional, as well as physical and sexual violence, inflicted by a spouse, live-in partner or boyfriend.Intimate partner violence comprises the bulk of gender-based violence in all countries around the world. 2017-03-02T22:49:17Z 2017-03-02T22:49:17Z 2017-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/611461487586627507/World-development-report-2017-gender-based-violence-and-the-law http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26198 English en_US World Development Report Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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The phenomenon of gender-based violence
is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in
three women in their lifetimes. The elimination of such
violence has been increasingly recognized as a priority for
the international community. This paper investigates the
potential and shortcomings of legislative action – and how
international and national laws can interact with norms in
ways that can be conducive to the reduction of the risk of
violence. We argue that there has been major progress in
establishing the right of women to live free of violence in
both international and national law, especially over the
past decade or so, with civil society movements at the local
and global levels playing a pivotal role. At the same time,
there is some way to go to address the underlying norms and
behaviors associated with violence. The investigation sheds
some light on broader debates about the value of
international human rights law. Some regard international
agreements and conventions as toothless, others point to
evidence that these have helped to mobilize women’s groups.
One channel of effects could be the following. International
laws and norms set out standards of behaviour that are
regarded as appropriate by a critical mass of nation-states,
and such norms affect domestic policy making along a variety
of causal pathways, including standards for domestic
legislation, creating standards for global civil society to
both advocate and monitor, and mobilizing domestic civil
society around these new shared expectations of individual
and state behavior. The paper is structured as follows. The
outline the significance of gender-based violence, globally
and regional and country patterns. This is followed by an
examination of the international legal framework. Our review
highlights the important role of civil society, and
especially women’s groups, both in terms of bringing about
reform and monitoring implementation. The focus of this
paper is on intimate partner violence directed at women –
that is psychological and emotional, as well as physical and
sexual violence, inflicted by a spouse, live-in partner or
boyfriend.Intimate partner violence comprises the bulk of
gender-based violence in all countries around the world. |
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