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About the database
Background
In December 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a
comprehensive resolution calling for an intensification of efforts to eliminate
all forms of violence against women and requesting the Secretary-General to
establish a coordinated database on the extent, nature and consequences of all
forms of violence against women, and on the impact and effectiveness of
policies and programmes for, including best practices in, combating such
violence.
Sources of Information
The primary source of information for the database is the responses
received from Member States to the questionnaire on violence against women, of
September 2008, and subsequent updates. Other sources of information include:
·
States parties' reports to human rights
treaty bodies
·
Information provided by Member States in
follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995); for reports of the
Secretary-General; and in statements made at the United Nations
·
Information available through relevant
United Nations entities
How to use the database
Advanced search: The "advanced search" function allows the user
to search the database by: type of measure; form of violence; country/region;
year; and keyword. This is the most comprehensive and systematic method of
searching the database.
Country pages: Each country page provides the user with a comprehensive and easily
printable list of available information on measures undertaken by the selected
country.
Good practices page: The good practices page provides a full listing of
measures identified as good practices, with a particular focus on good
practices in law; in service provision; and in prevention. This page will be
developed over time to expand the list of good and promising practices.
Unguided search: Users may search the database using the search field in
the top right-hand corner of the page. However, this search will return only
those records that contain the exact language that the user has entered and is
therefore likely not to return as many results as the advanced search option.
The database and multilingualism
Users may search the database in all six official languages of the United
Nations. However, individual records in the database currently contain
information only in English and/or the language in which information was
submitted. If a record sought by the user is not available in the requested
language, the information will be provided in English and/or the language in
which it is available.
Contact Information
The Division for the Advancement of Women/Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (DAW/DESA) functions as the secretariat of
the database. The Division may be contacted at:
ADDRESS
2 UN
Plaza, DC2-12th Floor
Fax
+1-212-963-3463
MEMBER STATES
To
update information in the database, please send an email to vawdatabase@un.org
© 2009 United Nations Division
for the Advancement of Women
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