Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250095 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
DIIS Working Paper No. 2021:11
Publisher: 
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
Do global norms change? This paper argues that the global norms on the elimination of violence against women first agreed upon in connection with the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women in 1993 have changed in subsequent agreements at the UN. These agreements include the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995; the agreed conclusions of the 42nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW42), 1998; the agreed conclusions of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57), 2013; and the agreed conclusions of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), 2021. The agreements are analysed in detail using a methodology based on interpretative content analysis. Five different elements of the normative regime associated with the issue are identified. They have to do with framework, responsible actors, approach, sites, and definition of violence against women. In relation to three of these normative elements, significant change has taken place since 1993. This paper does not put the findings into theoretical context or analyse the causes of normative change.
Subjects: 
Development policy
ISBN: 
978-87-7236-053-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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