1000Women treaty

About Every Woman Treaty

In 2012, then UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, South African law professor Rashida Manjoo, called for a new global framework to address violence against women. Frontline activists and legal scholars heard her call, and convened at Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy to discuss. A global movement was sparked. The Every Woman Treaty (‘Every Woman’) coalition now comprises 1,700 women’s rights activists, including 840 organizations in 128 nations. In 2019, Every Woman launched a public campaign and embarked on a global diplomatic effort, calling for a new international agreement to end violence against women and girls.

The treaty’s purposes are to: clarify norms to prevent, protect, eliminate and condemn violence against women and girls; offer states guidance as to designing measures and cooperation frameworks to eliminate violence against women and girls; support states to offer training; provide monitoring and reporting guidelines; and establish an international monitoring body. The treaty incorporates the concept of intersectionality. It recognizes that some groups of women and girls are at particular risk of violence. The treaty uses the clearest possible definitions, where practicable adopting those that correspond with existing international standards. It also uses the broadest possible scope to cover every woman, everywhere, at all times. The treaty compels states to involve survivors and civil society in the development of legislation and policies, and in their implementation. It outlines that a state’s failure to prevent, protect, eliminate and condemn violence against women and girls is deemed to condone this violence...

I have completed the training in October-November and In Talks with Every Single Diplomatic Embassy in South Africa .. The Response has been overwhelming and it will be wonderful if all WP Sisters working towards ending GBV is a p art of the Initiative