GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEHONDURASMEASURESINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS TO COUNTER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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Institutional Mechanisms to counter Violence against women
Type of Measure
Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Brief Description

The government of Honduras created several institutional mechanisms in order to end violence against women. (1) Networks to counter violence against women in different municipalities and cities of the country (2) The National Women's Institute (information systems to identify violence against women in the Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney General's Office) (3)The Interagency Commission on the Law against Domestic Violence (monitor enforcement of the Domestic Violence Law. Comprised by governmetn institutions and civil society)

Source of Information
CEDAW/C/HON/6, para. 22, 24, 25
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