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Expert’s Corner: Commentary on the
Lithuanian Draft Law on the Amendment to Article 3.65, Part 2, Item 1 of
the Civil Code
Ona Valiukeviciute, a member of
Parliament, has initiated an attempt to help solve the problem of violence
against women by protecting the victims of violence in divorce litigation.
On October 18, 2005, Valiukeviciute submitted the draft law on the
amendment to Article 3.65, Part 2, Item 1 of the Civil Code of the
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Updated Section: Poland
Treaties
As of 31 July 2006, the Poland
Treaties section has been updated. (More
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International and Regional
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Proposal for a New UN Entity for
Women
When a special high-level UN
panel meets next week to discuss ways in which to improve the coherency of
the UN’s development, humanitarian assistance, and environment entities, a
new plan will be presented to them about the creation of a new UN entity
that will focus entirely on women’s issues. The new agency would
consolidate existing programs from the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA), and World Health Organization (WHO). (More
information) |
Council of
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37th Session for CEDAW to Be Held January
15-February 2, 2007
The Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women will be hosting its 37th
Session in at United Nations headquarters in |
Fair Fund Empowers Girls and Women in
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Women's Commission Evaluates Training
Program to Handle Sexual Exploitation by Humanitarian
Workers
The Women’s Commission for
Refugee Women and Children has submitted a written Evaluation of a
training program, Building Safer Organizations (BSO), designed to help
prevent and combat sexual exploitation and abuse of aid beneficiaries by
humanitarian workers. (More
information) |
Blueprint for Council of
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Armenians and Ukrainians Meet to Exchange Knowledge
on Combating Human Trafficking
Representatives of Armenian
non-governmental organizations Hope and Help and Democracy Today, the
Ministry of Labour and Social Issues and the police participated in a
study tour to |
Radio Programmes: Women Talk Peace, Radio
Productions on UN Security Council Resolution
1325
IWTC has produced two sets of
prototype radio programs about UNSCR 1325 in partnership with community
broadcasters in the |
Trafficking of Women and Babies from
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National
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• My Home is Your Home (More
information) • A LAW AGAINST
TRAFFICKING: Some People Support It, The Others-Not (More
information) • “Amateur” Prostitutes Also
Exist (More
information) • “To Banish” Nightclubs Form
Yerevan (More
information) • A Shelter for Women-Victims
of Domestic Violence (More
information) • Women’s Role Has Not Risen
(More
information) • Presentation of the Stop
Violence Against Women Web Site (More
information) • Presentation of the Manual
for Consuls “Trafficking: Urgent Problems” (More
information) • Violation of Humanitarian
Rights (More
information) • “Love Affair” Ends With
the Murder of Pregnant Woman (More
information) • Family Ties:
Three Generations, One Roof, a Potentially Perilous Formula for Armenian
Women (More
information) • A Family Where Violence
Exists Has Already Deteriorated (More
information) • A’s Story (More
information) • A., 29 Years Old, Mother of 2
Children (More
information) • G., 32 Years Old, Mother of
Two Children (More
information) • A., 34 Years Old, Higher
Education, Has a Daughter (More
information) • J., 46 Years Old, With
Secondary Vocational Education, Housewife, Has Two Adult Children (More
information) •:A., 24 Years Old,
Education-Secondary, Has a 1 Year-Old Baby (More
information) • Mass Media Results for June
2006 (More
information) |
• Call For Participants to the
Seminar “Young Men and Their Changing Role in Society” (More
information) |
• For a More Effective Response
to Trafficking in Human Beings- Prevention of Re-Trafficking (More
information) • Seaside School Against
Trafficking in Human Beings Opens in • Police Spoil Germany Business
of Varna Pimps (More
information) • Women Trafficking Ring is
Busted (More
information) • Remarks by the American
Ambassador in • The Government Adopted a Bill
on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (More
information) |
• Croatian Police Educated on
Hate Crime Investigation (More
information) • First SEE Women's Ministerial
Conference (More
information) • Croatian Human Trafficking
Victims Receive Help from Women’s NGO (More
information) |
• Shadow Report Submitted on
the Implementation of CEDAW in the |
• Bride Theft Rampant in
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• Booklet Published About
Domestic Violence (More
information) • Restraining Order Entered
into Force on 1 July 2006 (More
information) |
• Who Will Protect in Cases of
Violence (More
information) • In the Opinion of the
Ombudsmen for Equal Opportunities, the Liberal Centrists’ Action to
“Combat Violence” Looks Like a Circus (More
information) • Audio-Recorded Evidence about
Sexual Harassment (More
information) |
• Moldovan NGOs Submit Shadow
Report on Implementation of CEDAW (More
information) • Moldova Law on Gender
Equality Passed 9 February 2006 (More
information) |
• Project “What to Know in
Order to Recognize” (More
information) • Marital Counseling Center
Opened in • Conference on Women and
Entrepreneurship Organized in • Program for the Promotion of
Rural Women’s Rights (More
information) • Local Initiative for
Prevention of Gender-Based Violence Through Implementation of 13 25
Resolution in Niksic (More
information) |
• Court Orders to Keep
Perpetrators Away From Victims Rarely Enforced (More
information) • EU Gender Watch:
NEWW-Polska Seminar (More
information) • How To Eliminate Trafficking
in Persons (More
information) • New Family Code (More
information) • A Speedway Rider Chained His
Wife Up (More
information) • Being Cursed Is Worse in the
Roma Community Than the Court’s Sentence (More
information) • The Trial for Rape of a
Teenage Girl from Skar¿ysko Is Coming to an End (More
information) • The Trial of a 19-Year Old
Man Accused of Killing His Girlfriend Has Just Begun (More
information) |
• Serbian Court Sentences
Perpetrator of Trafficking in Humans (More
information) |
• International Human
Trafficking Conference to be held in |
• Stricter Honor Killing Laws
Are Correlated with an Increase in Honor Suicides in • EU Encourages
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• Rights Group Reiterates Call
for Release of Activists (More
information) |
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• No End to Crackdown on
Western NGOs (More
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New Research and
Reports |
Trafficked Women's Symptoms Akin to
Torture Victims'
A new study that examined the
health problems suffered by trafficked women found that their symptoms
were similar to that of torture victims. The report was published by the
London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (More
information) |
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Issues
Addendum to 2006 Report
The Special Rapporteur on
violence against women, Yakin Ertürk, has issued an Addendum to her 2006
Report. The document reviews her communications with certain governments
regarding allegations of women’s human rights violations. (More
information) |
Stocktaking Survey on the Measures Taken in Council
of Europe Member States
An Assessment of Council of
Europe member states’ compliance with a 2002 Council of Europe Resolution
to address violence against women has been released by the Directorate
General of Human Rights. (More
information) |
A New Research Paper: UNU-WIDER: ''The Gender
Dimensions of Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Challenges in Development
Aid''
Based on analysis of the World
Bank and other donors for post-conflict reconstruction (PCR) loans and
grants from rights-based, macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives,
this report concludes that few PCR projects identify or address gender
discrimination issues. (More
information) |
New Wiki Dedicated to Gender
Training
United Nations INSTRAW has
launched a new interactive website, the purpose of which is to increase
communication on gender training. The Gender Training Wiki contains an
interactive map that displays participating institutions and their
upcoming gender trainings, a calendar of trainings, training materials,
information on online gender training courses, a list of institutions that
provide trainings, as well as additional guides and information related to
gender training. (More
information) |
New Online Human Rights Resource: Human Rights
Tools
Human Rights Tools is a new
online resource for human rights professionals created by a group of
independent volunteers. (More
information) |
New Publication: ''Women's Rights: A
Human Rights Quarterly Reader''
This special collection of
''Human Rights Quarterly'' articles brings together in a single volume
nineteen of the most compelling articles written on women's human rights
issues. (More
information) |
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The Stop Violence
Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information,
advocacy and change. Minnesota Advocates for Human
Rights developed this website as a tool for the
promotion of women's human rights in the countries of Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),
Current staff members of Minnesota Advocates for
Human Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include For more information about STOPVAW,
please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org.
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