Constitution and Legislative Reform

This Law regulates the prevention and control of domestic violence, protecting and assisting the victims of domestic violence.

This publication is divided into 10 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces and provides an overview of the indicators that have been developed and applied to assess CEDAW legislative compliance in the 9 Pacific Island countries.

The purpose of this Act is to prevent domestic violence and to protect victims of domestic violence in order to nurture and promote family health and safety in the Republic of Korea.

This law aims to establish a legal mechanism to prevent domestic violence, protect the victims and preserve the harmony within the households in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

This Act was adopted in Bangladesh to outline punishments for sexual offense, women and children trafficking, causing death for dowry, sexual oppression and other sexual violence crimes.

The Act was adopted in Australia in 1996 to provide support and rehabilitation for victims of crimes of violence by giving effect to an approved counselling scheme and a statutory compensation scheme.

This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.

This is a collation of case summaries from the Asia Pacific region citing CEDAW, National Constitutions, and other Human Rights instruments protecting equality of rights between men and women.

This summary report outlines the main outcomes of the IDRC sponsored conference on Women's Political Participation and Access to Basic Services in the Context of Decentralization.