There seems to be a
growing global momentum to tackle VAWE, especially in Latin America, where
legal frameworks start to include measures against this phenomenon.[1]
Throughout the electoral cycle, relevant stakeholders can take action to
prevent and mitigate VAWE. Based on the UNDP and UN Women’s guide, this section
reviews good practice in this matter and presents the following six action
points for the prevention and elimination of VAWE:
- Mapping
and measuring VAWE;
- Integrating
VAWE into election observation and violence monitoring;
- Legal
and policy reform to prevent and respond to VAWE;
- Preventing
and mitigating VAWE through electoral arrangements;
- Working
with political parties to prevent and reduce VAWE;
- Raising
awareness and changing norms.
[1]
[1] UNDP and UN Women (2017): op. cit., p. 48.
[1] Report of the Special
Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences on violence
against women in politics, A/73/301, 6 August 2018: op. cit.
[2] UNDP and UN Women (2017): op. cit., p. 48.
