Country | Netherlands |
Year | 2009 |
Type of Measure | Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns |
Form of Violence | Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Child, early and forced marriage, Other harmful practices |
A conference on violence against girls was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 9 and 10 March 2009. It was organised by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry for Youth and Families, the Ministry of Health, Welfare & Sport, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, and the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. The theme of the conference was violence against girls in the home and family setting.