Global Implementation Plan to End Violence against Women and Girls
| UN Women ONU Femmes ONU Mujeres |
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| Formation | 2010 |
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| Type | UN entity |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
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Michelle Bachelet |
| Website | www |
The Global Implementation Plan to End Violence Against Women and Girls was a recommendation from the multi-agency Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the prevention of violence against women and girls. The meeting was convened as part of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's multi-year programme of work for 2010-2014.
The "Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls" formed a priority theme for its fifty-seventh session in 2013 (CSW57).
The EGM took place in Bangkok, Thailand 17 - 20 September 2012 and was organised by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in collaboration with the following organisations:
The report that the meeting produced reflected the shared discussion and analysis of the major issues, gaps and challenges identified at the EGM and presented key findings and recommendations. It was intended to build on the individual papers on specific issues provided by experts prior to the meeting, and the background paper prepared by the rapporteur. It provided inputs for the reports of the Secretary-General to the CSW and was widely disseminated in preparation to the fifty-seventh session of CSW.
Recommendations 106 - 109 of the EGM calls for a global plan to be launched by 2015, to end violence against women and girls organised along these lines:-
Recommendation 109
The Global Implementation Plan to End Violence against Women and Girls, endorsed and supported by Member States at its launch, would aim to:
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