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Formål og vedtægter
RAW's formål
Rights for All Women – RAW er en humanitær forening,
hvis grundlæggende formål er at styrke
særligt marginaliserede kvinders rettigheder internationalt.
RAW har særligt fokus på at modarbejde vold mod
kvinder.
Dette gøres ved:
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fortalervirksomhed og
informationsarbejde
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kapacitetsopbygning og faglig opkvalificering af
samarbejdspartnere
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direkte økonomisk støtte til
samarbejdspartnere
RAW tager udgangspunkt i
FN's
definition på vold mod kvinder
"The United
Nations defines violence against women as any act of gender-based violence
that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm
or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary
deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
There are
many forms of
violence
against women,
including
sexual, physical,
or
emotional abuse
by an intimate partner;
physical or
sexual
abuse by family
members
or others;
sexual
harassment and
abuse by authority
figures (such as
teachers, police officers
or employers);
trafficking for
forced labour
or sex; and
such traditional
practices as
forced or
child
marriages, dowry-related
violence; and
honour killings,
when women
are
murdered in the
name of
family honour.
Systematic
sexual abuse in
conflict situations is
another form
of violence
against
women". (WHO: Fact Sheet no. 239, Revised November
2008)
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"Kvinderne, der kommer her, har ofte problemer med,
at når manden dør, har hun ingen rettigheder over f-eks. hus og børn"
Celline, advokat
"Den Camerounske kvinde er oppe imod traditionerne og
underudvikling, uddannelses-mæssigt og intellektuelt" Solange, advokat
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