Country | Sweden |
Year | 2008 - 2010 |
Type of Measure | Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women |
Form of Violence | Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Child, early and forced marriage, Sexual violence, Other harmful practices, Trafficking |
The overall objective of the plan is to contribute to a reduction of gender-based violence and promote the rights and the economic and political empowerment of those subject to gender-based violence - mainly women and girls - in Sida's partner countries and in humanitarian assistance. The Plan identifies different forms of gender-based violence being violence due to harmful traditional or customary practices, violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and sexual abuse in conflict and post-conflict situations.