2004 UN Commission on the Status of Women. Violence against Women: universal but not inevitable!

2004 UN Commission on the Status of Women. Violence against Women: universal but not inevitable!

In the wake of the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), this document examines the role of the CSW and Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign, in promoting and protecting women's human rights. It also discusses a range of issues such as violence against women in the family, and violence suffered by women refugees and asylum-seekers