Ensuring zero gender-based violence by putting effective prevention and response mechanisms in place
Commitment description:The Law on the Protection of Women from Violence and Harassment was adopted in 2019. To implement this law, the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan will develop and implement the National Gender Strategy 2030 with strong parliamentary oversight. The Government strives to achieve zero violence against women. For this as a measure of prevention and response to gender-based violence the Government will allocate state financing to service providers (shelters, hotlines) to victims of violence, and training on gender equality will be conducted to all government staff, including law enforcement agencies' staff, as well as in schools to instill respect to the rights of all citizens.
State funding will also be allocated for the modernization of the National Statistical System to ensure availability, accessibility and quality of data on gender-based violence.
Modes of engagement:
- Budgetary and financialThe Government commits to allocate state financing to service providers (shelters, hotlines) to victims of violence, and to increase funding to the statistical system to start collecting data on gender-based violence
- Policy and guidanceThe Law on the Protection of Women from Violence and Harassment was adopted in 2019, and the Senate commits to develop and implement the National Gender Strategy 2030
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
