Violence Directed Against Women (1998, No. 7)

As violence directed against women is reaching an intolerable level in certain countries and situations,

that NFAs

1. ask their respective governments to condemn all forms of violence directed against women and use every available means to bring such abuses to an end; and
2. encourage their members to engage in this campaign and to report on the results of their efforts in order to measure the impact achieved;
3. encourage their governments to support actively United Nations Conventions and Commissions, particularly the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and to put pressure on other governments to do likewise.