Episode 2883
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Wed, 2025-Mar-26 00:27 UTC
Length - 1:24
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Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.
The random article for Wednesday, 26 March 2025 is Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (abbreviated as DEVAW) was adopted without a vote by the United Nations General Assembly in the 48/104 resolution of 20 December 1993. Contained within it is the recognition of "the urgent need for the universal application to women of the rights and principles with regard to equality, security, liberty, integrity and dignity of all human beings". It recalls and embodies the same rights and principles as those enshrined in such instruments as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Articles 1 and 2 provide the most widely used definition of violence against women.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:27 UTC on Wednesday, 26 March 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wikipedia.
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