Category: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

RATIFICATION OF THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION

The Istanbul Convention of 2011 recognizes that

Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between the sexes, which have led to the domination of and discrimination against women by men and prevented their full emancipation

and therefore places among its objectives that of

help eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and promote concrete equality between the sexes, including by strengthening women’s autonomy and self-determination.

In 2013, Italy ratified the Istanbul Convention, defining violence against women as a VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS and a FORM OF DISCRIMINATION, making a concrete commitment to prevent and combat the phenomenon.

…any act of gender-based violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, psychological or sexual harm or suffering to a woman, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, occurring during her lifetime public or private.

DEFINITION OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1993

Violence against women is the manifestation of a HISTORICAL DISPARITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, which has led to the DOMINATION of men over women and to DISCRIMINATION against them, and has prevented real progress in the condition of women.