UN Human Rights Council 44: Interactive Dialogue on violence against women
UK International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on violence against women.
Madam President,
皇冠体育app United Kingdom commends the work of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women.
皇冠体育app COVID-19 outbreak is increasing violence against women and girls. However, the pervasive nature of this violence precedes this crisis and, if unchallenged, will persist once passed.
This violence is preventable. 皇冠体育app UK is at the forefront of international efforts to eradicate violence against women and girls in all its forms, including: intimate partner violence; female genital mutilation; child, early and forced marriage; and sexual violence, for example through the work led by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, as the Prime Minister鈥檚 Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. 皇冠体育app UK has also stepped forward to co-lead the Generation Equality Action Coalition on gender-based violence, to galvanise more concerted, coordinated, scaled-up global action and investment in tackling gender-based violence.
皇冠体育app UK works with global partners to support women鈥檚 leadership, prevent violence and ensure access to life-saving services. We stand with the 124 Member States who answered the Secretary General鈥檚 call to make prevention and response to gender-based violence a key part of the national response to COVID-19.
Special Rapporteur,
We would appreciate your recommendations for a response and recovery that addresses the longer-term structural causes of violence, and puts women鈥檚 and girls鈥� safety and rights at its heart.
Thank you.