{"id":3540,"date":"2013-01-08T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T06:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2023-11-06T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T05:37:20","slug":"the-case-for-anti%e2%80%90violence-against-women-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/?p=3540","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Anti-Violence Against Women Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Executive Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gender equality recognizes that while women\u00a0and men are physically different, they are\u00a0entitled to the same opportunities for self\u00a0realization and the same human dignity.\u00a0Enhancing women\u2019s security, establishing\u00a0institutional practices and laws that do not\u00a0reinforce power imbalances, and providing\u00a0appropriate mechanisms for redress \u2010\u2010 are\u00a0essential elements to ensure equality. Whilst\u00a0laws and policies may state formally that men\u00a0and women are equal, they must also take into\u00a0account the prevailing conditions that prevent\u00a0women from actually experiencing equality.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3542\" src=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oth_doc_cov2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oth_doc_cov2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oth_doc_cov2-498x705.jpg 498w, https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/oth_doc_cov2.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Myanmar_Laws_CEDAW-bur.pdf\" class=\"sc-button sc-button-default\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Download Burmese<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Myanmar_Law_CEDAW-eng.pdf\" class=\"sc-button sc-button-default\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Download English<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Summary Gender equality recognizes that while women\u00a0and men are physically different, they are\u00a0entitled to the same opportunities for self\u00a0realization and the same human dignity.\u00a0Enhancing women\u2019s security, establishing\u00a0institutional practices and laws that do not\u00a0reinforce power imbalances, and providing\u00a0appropriate mechanisms for redress \u2010\u2010 are\u00a0essential elements to ensure equality. Whilst\u00a0laws and policies may state formally that men\u00a0and<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/?p=3540\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-other-documents"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3540"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4607,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3540\/revisions\/4607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}