Experts call on using the international and regional legal framework to stop all forms of violence against women and girls

On the International Women’s Day, the UN and regional experts, including members of the Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on the Elimination of Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform), have issued a joint statement calling on States to reaffirm the existing legal frameworks and to allocate greater efforts towards their effective implementation.

The joint statement not only acknowledges that women and girls across the world continue to be subjected to gender-based violence, but that the international and regional legal frameworks offer the tools needed to stop all forms of violence against women and girls.

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