1. Gender Violence - A Human Rights Violation
Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. ... However, attention gradually shifted from peace to human rights, with a growing interest in defining violence against women as a human rights offense expressed in the 1980 Copenhagen and 1985 Nairobi meetings. ... At the 1993 UN Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, sponsored by the High Commission on Human Rights, this issue became even more important (see Schuler 1992). ... The concluding document, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, formally recognized the human rights of...
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