Any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex and gender that has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, and on a basis of equality between women and men, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.
… all societies. Gender-based violence is violence directed against a person because of their gender. Both women and men experience gender-based violence but the … act which is ‘a violation of human rights and a form of discriminationagainstwomen’. Under the Istanbul Convention …
… 1/2004 of 28 December on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence) Purpose of the Act 1. The purpose of this Act is to combat the violence exercised againstwomen by their present or former spouses or by men with whom … with or without cohabitation, as an expression of discrimination, the situationof inequality and the power …