FIRSTSTEP Stop violence against women.
SECOND STEP
Be equipped.
Let the woman herself and/or the one who wishes to stop violence be equipped to fight using words, weapon, police, women's organisations, influential leaders in family, neighborhood, friends.
Stop Violence Against Women was created in 2004.
Violence Against Women - journal - was created in 1995.
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women was created in 1993.
Increase resources to prosecute men guilty of violence against women
violence against women
Two causes of violence against women are; 1. Influencing men to be violent toward the woman, and 2. Positioning women toward being victimized with violence.
Barrie Levy has written: 'Women and violence' -- subject(s): Crimes against, Social conditions, Violence against, Women 'Dating Violence'
Ehsan Sadiq has written: 'Violence against women' -- subject(s): Police training, Violence against, Women, Women's rights
Nishi Mitra has written: 'Combating domestic violence' -- subject- s -: Bibliography, Family violence, Violence against, Women 'Domestic violence as a public issue' -- subject- s -: Family violence, Violence against, Women
Empowering women through education and coming up with the legislative laws are two preventive measures of violence against women.
The Violence Against Women Act was signed into law in 2013 by President Obama so it is now a law and does not have to be renewed.
The act increased federal resources for the prosecution of men who abuse women.