A SNAPSHOT OF GBV LAWS THAT WERE UNACKNOWLEDGED

Strengthening Legal Protections And Remedies For Gbv

• Adopt legislation to prevent and punish all forms of sexual harassment

• Enact national legislation to prohibit female genital mutilation, including penalties for perpetrators, remedies and support for victims, with a view to eliminating this harmful practice

• Extend the ground for legalization of abortion including in cases of rape and incest

• Criminalisation of all forms of domestic violence, sexual violence, including marital rape, define rape based on a lack of consent rather than penetration or use of force

Ratifying International Human Rights L Aw

• Expedite the ratification of the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

• Set a time frame for ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011)

Strengthen Data Collection

• Strengthen data collection on domestic and sexual violence and disaggregate statistics on violence

Establish New Or Reform Existing Legal Institutions

• Proposed specialised courts for violence against women, adequately fund and resource them

• Train judiciary and police on legal provisions dealing with violence against women,

• Establish mechanisms to monitor the implementation of anti-GBV laws to ensure women have access to a life free of violence

Raise Awareness

• Combat prevailing gender-based stereotypes and their impact on violence against women

• Ban the sale of video games or cartoons involving rape and sexual violence

• Ensure the implementation domestic violence legislation, and related supports for those at risk is widely known to public o cials and society

INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL AND LEGAL SUPPORT

• Strengthen capacity of shelters and crisis centres

• Introduce legislation to improve women’s access to health-care services

Redressing the balance: Using human rights law to improve health for women everywhere