Future Policy Award 2014:
Ending Violence Against Women & Girls

Celebrating Innovative Policy Solutions to End Violence Against Women & Girls

Our Future Policy Award is the first award that celebrates policies rather than people on an international level. The 2014 Future Policy Award was dedicated to policies that address one of the most pervasive human rights abuses that humanity is facing: violence against women and girls. The award ceremony was held at the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s 132nd Assembly in Geneva in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women.

Future Policy Award Ceremony 2014
The Winners

Gold Award: The "Duluth Model", USA

Coordinated Community Response (CCR) is a model for effective implementation of intimate partner violence legislation, involving all relevant stakeholders in a community. It rests upon a shared, gendered understanding of violence against women and prioritises the safety and autonomy of survivors along with ensuring perpetrator accountability. Regularly evaluated and adaptable, The Duluth Model has inspired policy making and implementation around the world.

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Silver Award: Law Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation, Burkina Faso

This law translates the government’s commitment to eradicate female genital mutilation/cutting by criminalising it. The effective implementation of the law in Burkina Faso is ensured through a range of accompanying measures, defined in a national action plan, and initiatives in the field of social policy,education and public health. The approach has proven successful in reducing FGM/C, holding perpetrators accountable and changing attitudes.

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Silver Award: Court Assistance for Victims of Violence in the Criminal Procedure and the Civil Procedure, Austria

In Austria, changes to the Criminal and Civil Procedure Act introduced the pioneering measure of a legally enshrined right to psychosocial and legal court assistance for all victims of violent crimes. Its aim is to safeguard the rights of victims and to empower them during legal proceedings. The Austrian government entrusts specialised victim support organisations with the implementation. Positive feedback and increasing uptake by victims of gender based violence and sexual abuse are testimony to the success and importance of this legal provision.

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Vision Award & Honourable Mentions

Council of Europe – Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), 2011

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Spain’s Organic Act 1/2004 of 28 December on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence

Bolivia’s Law against Political Harassment and Violence against Women, 2012

CONTACT

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Samia Kassid
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BROCHURE

Learn more about the design, implementation and benefits of the winning policies in our booklet “Ending Violence Against Women and Girls”. You can also download the booklet in Spanish, German and French.

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