GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEUNITED STATES OF AMERICAMEASURESTHE FIRST-EVER VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUNG WOMEN CABINET MEETING
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The First-Ever Violence Against Young Women Cabinet Meeting
Type of Measure
Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2011
Brief Description

The first ever Cabinet-level meeting to assess progress and discuss next steps in addressing violence against young women was held in 2011. Agencies across the federal government committed to expanding their efforts to raise public awareness, use technology to reach teens and young adults, and change social norms about abuse.

Source of Information
The Government of the United States of America, National Review on Beijing +20 2014, pg 23
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