Increased Collective Violence (Open)

Increased Collective Violence Against Women(2004, No. 12)

The 28th GWI Conference resolves to:

  1. condemn and denounce gender-based killings and violence;
  2. demand that responsibility for such killings and violence against women and children be recognized, admitted and punished by the relevant authorities;
  3. request the GWI Board of Officers to urge the UN Commission on Human Rights, in light of increased collective violence against women, to consider the elimination of femicide a fundamental human rights issue;
  4. request National Federations and Associations (NFAs) to investigate the response of their own authorities to this emerging issue; and,
  5. request NFAs to urge their own governments to give priority to this issue at the United Nations.

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