- Violence against women remains a barrier to achieving equality, development, and peace, as well as fulfilling the human rights of women and girls. The promise of the Sustainable Development Goals – leaving no one behind – cannot be fulfilled without ending violence against women and girls.
Defenders have been subjected during these years to extremism, violence, violations, kidnapping, enforced disappearance, assassination, and extrajudicial killing.
Women human rights defenders are critical actors in the struggle to ensure the enjoyment of human rights by all, which leads to a more inclusive and equal society.
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