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Romania: Updated Main
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As of December 1, 2006, the
Romanian main page has been updated. (More
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Romania: National Plan of Action
Updated
As of January 1, 2007, the
Romanian National Plan of Action page has been updated. (More
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UN Meeting to Boost Girls' Rights
Begins
Hundreds of women and girls
from around the world are gathering at the United Nations this week to
discuss how to eliminate discrimination and violence against girls. (More
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Educators Aim to Eliminate Violence
and Discrimination against
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First Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights Hearing on a Domestic Violence Victim's Complaint against the
On March 2, 2007, the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hear Jessica Gonzales v.
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"Ending Impunity for Violence against
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Activists Recognize Link between
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Albania Publishes Shadow Report
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New Domestic Violence Law in
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Statistics of Gender Imbalance
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National Action Plan on Gender
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New Project on Domestic
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16 Days of Activism against
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Ukraine Has Most Trafficked (More
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New Research and
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How to End Child Marriage: Action
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KARAT Creates Online Kit on European
Neighborhood Policy and Gender
An online kit has been created
by KARAT's East-East project on building capacity in NGOs. It offers
a gender and civil society perspective on information on European
Neighborhood Policy and EU standards. (More
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European Union Annual Report on Human
Rights 2006
The Council’s
recently-published annual report on Human rights stresses that these cut
across all action and that women’s rights should be at the heart of all EU
action. (More
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Study Reports Higher Health Care
Costs
A group of researchers
conducted a longitudinal study from 2003-2006 in an attempt to analyze
health care costs for women who have experienced intimate partner violence
(IPV), as compared to women who have never experienced intimate partner
violence. (More
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New Guide for Researchers and
Advocates
PATH, in collaboration with the
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Interactive Dating Abuse
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on
the Human Rights Aspects of the Victims of Trafficking in Persons,
Especially
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promotion of women's human rights in the countries of Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),
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