Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Noeleen Heyzer
  • Introduction
  • Women's rights are human rights : a new language and new standards
  • Spreading the word : advocacy and awareness-raising
  • Outlawing violence : laws and legal reform
  • Making commitments : governmental action plans
  • Measuring the issue : research initiatives
  • An agenda for moving foreword
  • Recommendations
  • Notes
  • List of acronyms
  • Appendix 1. Legislation on violence against women by country
  • Appendix 2. Selected indicators on violence against women
  • Appendix 3. Projects supported by the UNIFEM trust fund to eliminate violence against women.