Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice. By Sally Engle Merry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 269.

2007 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 1574-1575
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Heger Boyle
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Local Justice ◽  
And Gender ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

Developing a National Plan of Action on Violence against Women and Gender Violence

2019 ◽  
pp. 362-378
Author(s):  
Caroline Bettinger-López
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
National Plan ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Violence Against Women Act ◽  
State And Local ◽  
And Gender

International human rights treaties and monitoring bodies have repeatedly called upon governments to develop national plans of action to eliminate violence against women. Although the U.S. is a global leader in the violence against women arena, it has never developed a national plan of action. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), despite its substantial contributions, does not contain some of the core features of a national action plan—such as a strategic vision for ending violence against women, or a declaration that violence against women is a human rights violation and a form of sex discrimination, or a set of goals or benchmarks to measure progress. This chapter examines the key elements of national action plans on violence against women, and ultimately argues that in the Trump era, a national action plan can best be developed through coordinated action at the state and local levels.

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