Legal Foundations of Protecting Women and Girls from Harassment and Violence

Abstract

This article examines the legal framework for protecting women and girls from harassment and violence in Uzbekistan. It reviews the Law on the Protection of Women from Harassment and Violence and the Law on Guarantees of Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men (both of 2 September 2019), and explains the main forms of violence (physical, sexual, psychological and economic). The article describes the individual preventive measures applied by authorised bodies, including preventive conversations, protection orders issued within 24 hours for up to thirty days, placement in specialised support centres and correctional programmes for offenders.