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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women  Despite the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Prohibition of All Aspects of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1979, violence against women and girls remains an omnipotent and omniscient concern in many countries. To that end, resolution 48/104 was issued by the General Assembly, establishing the framework for the transition to a world free of gender-based violence. An initiative introduced in 2008 and known as the UNiTE to End  Violence against Women  took another bold step in the right direction. On a global scale, there is still a long way to go. Only two out of three countries have abolished domestic violence to date, while 37 countries around the world also exclude perpetrators of rape from prosecution if they are married to the victim or ultimately marry the victim, and 49 countries do not currently have legislation shielding women from domestic violence. The Spotlight Campaign was in