Changing trends in VAW legislation in Asia and the Pacific. (Factfile).(violence against women)

Since the Cairo Conference in 1994 and the Beijing Conference in 1995, countries have begun to attempt to address concerns on violence against women (VAW) in their legislation. One example of this is that more countries now have separate laws for specific acts of violence such as domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment.

Previously, they were usually addressed through other legislation such as the Penal Code, which may have laws on murder, voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt, assault, criminal force, cruelty and rape. The current situation can be seen from the table below. ...

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