Resources
International documents
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
General recommendation 19 by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) 1325 (Arabic), 1325 (Chinese), 1325 (English), 1325 (French), 1325 (Russian), 1325 (Spanish)
International mechanisms
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Special Court for Sierra Leone
International Criminal Tribune for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribune for Rwanda
Recent studies by the UN system
The Secretary-General’s In-depth Study on All Forms of Violence Against Women
The Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children
WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women
United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women
The State of the World's Children 2007
Resources of UN entities
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse
- Voices of Youth: Stop discrimination and violence against girls
- Innocenti Research Centre: Domestic Violence against Women and Girls
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical exploration
- Changing a Harmful Social Convention: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
- Early Marriage: A Harmful Traditional Practice
- The Impact of Conflict on Women and Girls in West and Central Africa and the UNICEF response
- What is Child Protection?
- Violence against Children: (French)
- Interactive feature: The Protective Environment
- Sex tourism in Kenya: One girl’s story
- Kenia’s story: Fighting sexual violence against children in Madagascar
- Ensuring the right of indigenous children
- United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)
- Training of Trainers on Gender-Based Violence Focusing on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- Publications on Violence Against Women
- UNIFEM-managed United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women
- Uncounted and Discounted: A Secondary Data Research Project on Violence against Women in Afghanistan
- Study: Violence against Women in Syria
- UNIFEM East and South East Asia Elimination of Violence Against Women web-site
- Briefing Kit on Domestic Violence against Women: Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
- Online Discussion: The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child, 14 August to 8 September 2006
- Women Watch: Online Discussion- Galvanizing action to combat violence against women (October 2005)
- Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women (Expert Group Meeting 2005)
- Women2000: Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict: United Nations Response
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Fact Sheet 1: "Violence against Women and Girls"
- Fact Sheet 2: "Impunity and the Prosecution of Sexual Violence"
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the (UNHCR)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Gender Based Violence
- Brussels Call to Action to Address Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German
- Violence Against Girls and Women - A Public Health Priority
- Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in War and Its Aftermath: Realities, Responses, and Required Resources
- Combating Gender-Based Violence: A Key to Achieving the MDGs
- Ending Child Marriage A Guide for Global Policy Action
- Gender-Based Violence in: Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Timor Leste
- Stop Violence Against Women - Fight Aids
- Methods and Systems for the Assessment and Monitoring of Sexual Violence and Exploitation in Conflict Situations
- State of World Population 2005 - chapter 7, Gender Based Violence
- Addressing Violence Against Women: piloting and programming, Rome,
15-19 September 2003
- HIV Prevention for Girls and Young Women Report Cards: Jamaica, Malawi, Mozambique, Philippines
- Rights into Action: UNFPA implements Human Rights-Based Approach
- Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in War and Its Aftermath: Realities, Responses, and Required Resources
- Programming to Address Violence Against Women: Ten Case Studies
- Ending Violence Against Women: Programming for Prevention, Protection and Care
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Organization: resources on violence prevention
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Obstetric Outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries
- Researching Violence Against Women: a Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists
UN Resources
Guidelines on violence against women by the specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations
- Inter-agency standing committee, Guidelines for gender-based violence interventions in humanitarian settings: Focusing on prevention of and response to sexual violence in emergencies (2006)
- Secretary-General's Bulletin on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (2003), ST/SGB/2003/13 ( Eng), ST/SGB/2003/13 ( Fre), ST/SGB/2003/13 ( Rus)
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (2002)
- UN-Habitat, Safer Cities Programme, Guidelines for conducting safety audits. Adapted for each city where audits are conducted. Information about the programme is available
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines for Prevention and Response: Sexual and gender-based violence against refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (2002)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidelines on international protection, gender-related persecution within the context of Article 1 A (2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees (2002)
- World Health Organization, Guidelines for medico-legal care for victims of sexual violence (2003)
- World Health Organization, Ethical and safety guidelines for interviewing trafficked women (2003)
- World Health Organization, Ethical and safety recommendations for domestic violence research (1999)