11 May 2021
Commitment title:
5- Completely eradicate sexual and gender-based violence so that individuals can fulfil their potential, both socially and economically, as agents of change
Commitment description:Enact and raise awareness of a law against gender-based violence and harmful practices by 2022, while ensuring increased protection of vulnerable populations, including indigenous populations; and harmful practices, while ensuring increased protection of vulnerable populations, including indigenous populations;
Mode of engagement:
- Change or creation of legislationAdopter et en vulgariser une loi contre les violences basées sur le genre et les pratiques néfastes
Commitment to be actioned in:
Congo
Submitted from:
Congo
Submitted by
Ministère de la Santé, de la Population, de la promotion de la Femme et de l'Intégration de la Femme au développement
Thematic area
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Commitment category
(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.
