United Nations measures to stop violence against women

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1087, Issue , 2006, Pages 370-383

  Sandis, Eva E ^a,b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commission on the Status of Women; CSW; NGO; Nongovernmental organizations

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; COURT; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MIGRANT WORKER; POLICY; PREVENTION STUDY; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIETY; UNITED NATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED NATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34447523831     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1385.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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