Resources for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence (16 Days Campaign), and Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

Background: IDEVAW

• UN Women: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/v-inter-day.htm
• Say NO – UniTE to End Violence against Women Campaign: http://www.saynotoviolence.org/

Background: 16 Days of Activism

• Center for Women’s Global Leadership: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/

U.S. Department of State Resources

• Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer on violence against women:
  • http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2009/130268.htm
  • http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2009/130925.htm
  • http://blogs.state.gov/sgwi/index.php/site/entry/ending_violence_against_women
• H.R.4594: International Violence Against Women Act of 2010: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-4594
• H.R.3355: Violence Against Women Act of 1994: http://www.mincava.umn.edu/documents/ffc/chapter5/chapter5.html
• Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues: http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/policy/gbv/index.htm
• United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/
• White House Council on Women and Girls: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg
• President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:
  • http://www.pepfar.gov/press/2011/157860.htm
  • http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/pepfar_commitment_to_addressing_genderbased_violence

GBV and VAW Reference Materials

• Gender-Based Violence (UN Population Fund): http://unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm
• Gender-Based Violence (World Bank): http://go.worldbank.org/C1UQRGBCE0
• Gender-Based Violence – Definitions (UN OCHA): http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=20&ReportId=62847
• Violence Against Women (World Health Organization): http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/violence/en/index.html
• Violence Against Women – Facts & Figures (UN Women): http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/facts_figures.php
• Child Marriage
• Domestic Violence:
  • National Network to End Domestic Violence (USA): http://www.nnedv.org/
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA): http://www.thehotline.org/
• Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/FGC):
  • http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/
  • http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/index.html
  • http://www.iac-ciaf.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=60
  • www.tostan.org
• Female Feticide/Infanticide:
  • Preventing gender-biased sex selection - An Interagency Statement from OHCHR, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and WHO: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501460_eng.pdf
• Sexual Violence:
  • http://www.togetherforgirls.org/ (Together for Girls)
  • http://www.svri.org/ (Sexual Violence Research Initiative)
• Sexual Violence in Conflict:
  • http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/women_war_peace/conflict_related_sexual_violence.php (UN Women)
  • http://www.stoprapenow.org/ (UN Action)
• Trafficking in Persons (TIP): http://www.state.gov/j/tip/index.htm

Economic, Health and Legal Aspects of VAW Reference Materials

• Social and Economic Costs of Violence (Institute of Medicine): http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Social-and-Economic-Costs-of-Violence-Workshop-Summary.aspx
• Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women (World Health Organization): http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/summary_report/summary_report_English2.pdf
• Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice (UN Women): http://progress.unwomen.org/pdfs/EN-Report-Progress.pdf
• World Bank’s World’s Development Report 2011: http://wdr2011.worldbank.org/
• Domestic Violence Laws of the World (Harvard School of Public Health): http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/domesticviolence/domesticviolence.htm

General Human Rights Issues Related to Women

• Women’s Rights are Human Rights (Amnesty International): http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/women-s-rights
• Women’s Rights (Human Rights Watch): http://www.hrw.org/category/topic/women