GENEVA (23 November 2020)_– The COVID-19 pandemic is overshadowing the pandemic of femicides and gender-based violence against women and girls, Dubravka Šimonovic, special rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, said today, calling for the establishment of national femicide watches or observatories around the world to prevent such killings._ _Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, she issues the following statement:_
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 23 November 2020. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
