Eliminating violence against women is a gender norm that emerged in the 1990s and has evolved into a complex regime comprising partially overlapping and non-hierarchical institutions. The current fragmentation of the liberal international order and the ongoing transition to a new modelâwhere the old configuration has died, and the new one is yet to emergeâ is driven by a sustained contestation of the liberal norms that underpin the rules-based order. This normative contestation has caused a significant setback in the international regime aimed at eliminating violence against women. This...