Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Domestic Violence

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作者：

World Bank

来源地址：

http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31146

关键词：

LEGAL FRAMEWORK;  VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN;  REGIONAL AGREEMENTS;  NATIONAL LAWS;  U.S. STATE LAWS;  HUMAN RIGHTS;  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;  Report;  Rapport;  Informe; 

年份：

2019

出版地：

Washington,USA

语种：

English

摘要：

Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal phenomenon that affects millions of women of all socialstrata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common, under-recognized, underestimated andunder-reported type of violence against women. It reflects discriminatory social norms,stereotypes, impunity and gender inequality. It is all too often considered as a “private, familyissue”, widely accepted and minimized although it impairs the full enjoyment of life andfundamental rights and freedoms by victims and survivors who are overwhelmingly women. Domestic Violence (DV) is a development challenge and has a high economic and social cost,including health and medical costs, death, suicide, depression, lost productivity, lost income, ,psychological consequences and trauma, increased stress, reactive violence, reduced ability tostudy or find and hold a job, judicial and prison costs, economic insecurity and abuse, debt,housing instability, homelessness, inter alia1. Beyond data and statistics, DV underminesautonomy and represents an enormous loss in terms of wellbeing not only for the womenaffected but also for the men who share their lives, for their children, their families and theirsocieties. The Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Domestic Violence (the“Compendium”) provides a survey of the key international and regional instruments as well asnational legislation as they relate to domestic violence.