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Expert’s Corner: Domestic Violence and
the Right to Property in
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Seven New National VAW Monitors for the StopVAW
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Third Annual National VAW Monitor Program Meeting
Held in June 2006
Minnesota Advocates for Human
Rights, Open Society Institute, and the National VAW Monitors convened in
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International and Regional
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UNHCR Helps
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Responsibilities of Trafficking
Destination Countries
In her article,
Responsibilities of the Destination Country, Cecilia M Bailloet argues
that most countries are focusing on preventing trafficking but are not
aiding and protecting the victims, and suggests that this places the fight
to end human trafficking at a great disadvantage. (More
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European Women's Lobby Fights Trafficking in Women
with Gendered Human Rights Approach
The European Women’s Lobby
(EWL) is stressing the importance of a gendered human rights perspective
in implementing European Union policy concerning trafficking in women. (More
information) |
OMCT's Statement on Violence Against Women to the
UN's Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
The Violence against Women
program of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) made a
statement to the United Nation's Sub-Commission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights. OMCT praised the progress and encouraged the
Sub-Commission to go further in addressing violence against women. (More
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National
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Domestic Violence: A
Presentation of the Existing Situation in §
Designing the National Strategy
against Domestic Violence (More
information) §
CEDAW Assessment Report for
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“The 5th Wheel” Talk Show (More
information) §
Multiplier Effect Meeting at
the Council of Europe Information Office (More
information) §
17 Cases of Trafficking (More
information) §
The Gender Issue in the Focus
of Attention (More
information) §
The RA National Assembly Has
Ratified the Optional Protocol to CEDAW (More
information) §
Freedom House Releases Report
on Countries in Transition (More
information) §
Other People’s Involvement in
Prostitution Organized in §
Sold for 6,000 US Dollars (More
information) §
The 8th Grade School Student
Becomes a Mother… (More
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The Hot Line for Victims of
Trafficking Will Be Opened in Baku Soon (More
information) §
Woman Engaged in Supply of
Girls to the Arab Emirates Was Arrested in §
Freedom House Releases Report
on Countries in Transition (More
information) §
UNIFEM Launches report on “The
Status of IDP Women in |
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Greece Charges Bulgarian With
Woman “ §
Trafficking in Persons Report
2006 (More
information) §
Pimping Bulgarian Women Busted
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Six Criminal Charges Brought by
Autonomous Women's House Zagreb (More
information) §
National Strategy of Protection
against Family Violence, for the Period from the Year 2005 until the Year
2007 (More
information) §
Rules of Procedure in Cases of
Family Violence (More
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Multi-agency Cooperation in
Tackling Domestic Violence in the §
Harassment and Sexual
Harassment in the Czech System of Working Relations (More
information) §
Habitual Offender Was Sentenced
to 25 Years for the Murder of his Girlfriend (More
information) §
New Research on Trafficking in
the §
Shadow Report on
Discrimination: Legal Protection of Women is Not Sufficient (More
information) §
Czech Republic Has New Law
against Domestic Violence (More
information) |
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Review and Monitoring of the
National Action Plan on Reaching Gender Equality in the §
Reporting to CEDAW –
Preparation of the Third Country Report (More
information) §
New Project on Training and
Discussion on Domestic Violence Legislation Started under the Soros
Foundation §
Presentation of Documentary
Films on Violence against Women in Bishkek (More
information) §
Review and Development of
Amendments to the Kyrgyz Law “On the Basics of the State Guarantees of
Gender Equality" (More
information) §
President of Kyrgyzstan Grants
30% Quota for Women's Participation in State Positions (More
information) §
Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Interior
is Exasperated By Kazakh Police, which Supported Rapists (More
information) §
Man Who Raped Female Student of
the Academy of the Ministry of Inferior Was Arrested (More
information) §
Judges’ |
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Petition to the Prime Minister
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Ministry of Education Against
the EC Human Rights Manual (More
information) §
Lenient Sentences for
Perpetrators of Rape (More
information) §
La Strada Action on the
Polish-Ukranian Border (More
information) §
Project of Equalization of the
Retirement Age of Women and Men (More
information) §
Bad Situation of Women at the
Torun Labor Market (More
information) §
A Mother Will Offer a Job to
Another Mother (More
information) §
The Prosecutor: 4 to 5
Years Imprisonment for Giving the “Rape Pill” (More
information) §
Gender Equality Endangered:
Women's NGOs Write a Letter to the Prime Minister (More
information) §
Police Will More Decidedly
Fight Against Domestic Violence (More
information) §
Five Years’ Imprisonment for
Using the “Rape Pill” (More
information) §
The Poles Want the Housewife to
Receive a Salary (More
information) §
The Retirement Age of Men and
Women Will Be Equal (More
information) §
Maternity Leaves May Be
Extended by Two Weeks (More
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International Project on the
Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in §
Presentation of the Report on
the Implementation of CEDAW in the §
The UN Calls on the
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Serbian TV Airs Documentaries
on Domestic Violence (More
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New Research and
Reports |
New Tactics in Human Rights Materials Available in
Russian
The New Tactics in Human Rights
project now has a number of materials available in Russian along with a
series of materials that are currently being translated into Russian and
will be available soon. (More
information) |
Final Result of Daphne Project Bridging Gaps Manual
"Bridging Gaps - From Good Intention to Good Cooperation"
The final result of the WAVE
Daphne Project is now available for download. The contents of the
Manual were developed during the DAPHNE project BRIDGING GAPS, implemented
by WAVE from April 2005 to March 2006. (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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