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02/01/04: Juridical Aspects B.1: CEDAW

What are the implications of a rights based approach for the struggle against violence against women?
An Interview with Charlotte Bunch, February 2004

Charlotte Bunch: For women, this has been empowering as it has moved such violence out of the category of the individual unfortunate occurrence, or "just life," into something that is political and that society says should not happen in a powerful way by calling it a violation of basic human rights. The Center for Women's Global Leadership just completed an electronic survey about this issue (go to www.cwgl.rutgers.edu for the full results) and many women talked about how much it had strengthened them or the women they work with to know that the UN and/or governments said that this violence was wrong. This has been part of women seeing themselves not just as victims, but as subjects with rights they can demand, including the right to a life free of violence.
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