Women's Rights 2: Violence Against Women

 

Amnesty International WOMEN’S RIGHTS workbook
 
Human rights education activities for use in teaching Personal Social and Health Education, citizenship and English for ages 11 – 18
 
The set of activities in this booklet is the first of three on women and human rights. The series aims to help students to think about violence against women as a human rights issue, and to explore its causes and consequences.
 
Set 2. Violence Against Women (available from January 2006), demonstrates the widespread existence of violence against women, defines the ways in which violence against women manifests and shows what must be done to prevent violence against women.
 
See also:
Set 1. Global Gender Inequality examines underlying factors such as gender stereotyping, global inequality and discrimination.
And
Set 3. Claiming Women’s Rights (available from March
2006) analyses progress towards women’s rights and celebrates human rights defenders.
 
To find out more about Amnesty's campaign, and to access further resources, please visit www.amnesty.org.uk/svaw