Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls

Human Rights Council 35th Session Draft Resolution

Drafted by Canada and co-sponsored by sixty countries including Ghana, Rwanda and Botswana, the Resolution on Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women is the first resolution ever in the Human Rights Council to call on States to implement strategies to engage men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls.