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END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS Every Woman Treaty is a global coalition of more than 4000 womens rights advocates and organizations in 169 nations advancing a treaty to end violence against women and girls in the form of a new Optional Protocol to CEDAW. We catalyze leadership from grassroots activists to heads of state for the development of a global binding instrument that will make the world safer for women and girls. LATEST NEWS Join us at CSW69 6 Events Online and In person. African Union Passes Convention to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls Geneva Update Dialogue with Nations 4 Nations Antigua and Barbuda Costa Rica the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone 4 Special Rapporteurs on violence against women and girls are calling for a new Optional Protocol to CEDAW The Need for a New Optional Protocol UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Optional Protocol at CSW68 General Assembly Our Programs THE CALL FOR A BINDING FRAMEWORK Jeanne Sarson A legallybinding treaty to end all forms of violence against women says as humans we have the capacity to care.