The Stop Violence Against Women Campaign ended on 8 March 2010. Since then, we have extended our work to cover a range of women's rights issues, moving beyond a focus on violence to an approach centred on promoting the activism of women and girls demanding their rights. Read a review of the campaign, or learn more about our current work on women's rights.
Violence against women is often ignored and rarely punished
Women and girls suffer disproportionately from violence - both in peace and in war, at the hands of the state, the community and the family.
A life free from violence is a basic human right
From the home to the conflict zone, violence against women must stop.
Amnesty International's campaign to Stop Violence Against Women:
- Pushes for the implementation of existing laws that guarantee access to justice and services for women subjected to violence including rape and other forms of sexual violence
- Calls for new laws to be enacted that will protect women's human rights
- Demands an end to laws that discriminate against women
- Urges the ending of violence against women perpetrated by a state and its agents
- Works to empower women
