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Ending violence against women

Why does violence against women appear to be on the increase at the same time that States are doing more through legislation to protect women? Dr Yakin Ertürk is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and she spoke to Jane Gabriel about why she is calling for a new global system to monitor violence.