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Expert group meetings on violence against women (co)-convened by the DAW/DESA


  • (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 13-15 September 2010)
  • (2009)
  • (2008)  
  • (2007)  
  • (2006)
  •  (2005)  
  • (2005)  
  • (2002)  

Overview of expert group meetings on violence against women 

The Division for the Advancement of Women has (co)-convened a number of expert group meetings on topics specifically related to violence against women.

Following the launch of the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on violence against women in October 2006, the General Assembly adopted resolution 61/143 on the intensification of efforts to eliminate violence against women. In follow-up to this resolution, the Division has convened two meetings of experts. An expert group meeting on was co-organized with the (UN ECE) and the (UNSD) in order to support the work of the and the in developing indicators, as requested by General Assembly resolution 61/143. The (UN ECA), the (UN ECLAC), the (UN ESCAP), and the (UN ESCWA) collaborated in the event.  The meeting was hosted by the Conference of European Statisticians’ Task Force on violence against women and held in Geneva, Switzerland from 8 to 10 October 2007. An expert group meeting on , co-organized by the (UNODC), was held in Vienna, Austria, from 26 to 28 May 2008.

Two expert group meetings were held in preparation for the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on violence against women. The first of these, , was organized in collaboration with the (UNECE) and the (WHO). It was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 11- 14 April 2005. The second expert group meeting,  , was organized in collaboration with the (UNODC). It was held in Vienna, Austria, from 17 to 20 May 2005.

The Division has also convened two expert group meetings on topics related to violence against women as part of preparations for relevant priority themes of the . The first of these, on , was held in collaboration with the , in New York, USA, from 18 to 22 November 2002. This meeting of experts took place in preparation for the . The second meeting of experts, on , was organized in collaboration with the (UNICEF), and took place in Florence, Italy, from 25 to 28 September 2006.  This meeting of experts was held in preparation for the .