International and Regional News
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The UN Human Rights Council a Year Later
In
June, the UN Human Rights Council was one year old. How is it different from
its predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights? (More
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Committee on Rights of Child
Concludes Forty-Fifth Session
The
Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its forty-fifth session,
issuing its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Slovakia, the Maldives,
Uruguay and Kazakhstan,
all of whose reports on efforts to comply with the Convention on the Rights
of the Child were considered during the session. (More
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UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women—Application Guidelines
UNIFEM
is accepting applications for its 12th grant cycle (2007) related to one of
the following areas of work: implementation of existing laws, policies and plans
of action to address violence against women or reducing the twin pandemics of
HIV/AIDS and violence against women. (More
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Online Consultation: Draft Guiding
Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
In
response to Human Rights Council Resolution 2/2 “Human Rights and Extreme
Poverty,” adopted at its second session on 27 November 2006, the OHCHR is
conducting a consultation with all stakeholders to get feedback on the draft
principles. (More
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United Nations States Human
Trafficking Helps Spread HIV/AIDS
The
UN has stated that the approximately 300,000 women and children who are
trafficked across Asia every year are
increasing the spread of HIV/AIDS. (More
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The Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues: Statement by Prof. Yakin Ertürk, Special Rapporteur on Violence
against Women, Its Causes and
Consequences
The
Special Rapporteur addresses the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Read
her statement here. (More
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UNFPA, UNICEF Step Up Efforts to
End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
A
$44-million program has been launched to reduce female genital mutilation by
40 per cent in 16 countries by 2015 and to end the harmful traditional
practice within a generation. (More
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Conference Highlights
Domestic Violence Policy in European Union
The
Autonomous Women’s Center
presented a June 2007 conference highlighting the “Austrian Model of
Intervention in Cases of Domestic Violence” within the framework of the Stop
Violence against Women Campaign of
the Council of Europe. (More
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Publication Released by the United
Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
The
UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery released a
publication recently discussing their work, and providing an overview of
contemporary forms of slavery as well as the legal instruments that exist to
combat this problem. (More
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Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights Considered
The
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights stated her support for the addition of
an optional protocol to the International Covenant of Economic Social and
Cultural Rights that would create a complaints mechanism. (More
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Economic and Social Council Adopts
Texts on Palestinian Women,
Violence Against Girls from Report of Commission on Status of Women
ECOSOC
this afternoon adopted a resolution from the report of the Commission on the
Status of Women in which it called
upon the international community to continue to provide urgently needed
assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian
crisis being faced by Palestinian women and their families, and approved a
text on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against
the girl child. (More
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Too Little Justice for Victims of
Sexual Violence in Post-Conflict Countries
While the recent
decisions by the Special Court
for Sierra Leone
to give lengthy prison terms for crimes against humanity, including rape,
have been widely applauded, too many women will never see justice. (More
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Human Rights Committee Concludes
Ninetieth Session
The
Human Rights Committee concluded today its ninetieth session, during which it
considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the
reports submitted by Zambia, Sudan and the Czech Republic on how they
implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. (More
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National News
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 Afghanistan
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Benazir, Afghanistan, "I Was Sold Four Times" (More
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Young
Women Still Face Forced Marriages
in Afghanistan
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 Albania
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Roma
Women in Albania More
Disadvantaged Since End of Communism (More
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 Armenia
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Council
of Europe Organizes Seminar on Data Collection in July, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal
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Extracts
from an Article on Domestic Violence (More information)
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An
Extract from the Article on Domestic Violence (More
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Criminal
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Criminal
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Domestic
Quarrel (More
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“An
Engagement in Dubai, a Wedding
in Cyprus”
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 Barbados
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New
Gender Management System in Barbados
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 Belarus
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Belarusian
Authorities Refuse to Register Human Rights Group (More
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 Bulgaria
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Continuing
Impunity for Partner Aggression against Pregnant Women
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Bulgaria is a “Champion” of
Child Trafficking in the Balkans (More
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 Canada
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Canada
Grants Permanent Residency Based on Threat of FGM (More
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 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Training
Men to Prevent Gender Violence in the Congo (More
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 Egypt
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Egypt to Establish
National Committee to Prevent Human Trafficking (More
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 Greece
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Greece: Trafficking
Legislation Must Be Fully Applied to a Nigerian Victim (More information)
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 Japan
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Japan
Revises Domestic Violence Law to Address Threats (More
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 Jordan
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Jordanian
Islamists Criticize the Government for Endorsing CEDAW
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 Kyrgyzstan
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Human
Rights Awareness Campaign Begins in Kyrgyzstan (More
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Civic
Campaign in Kyrgyzstan
to Help Human Rights Advocates in Custody (More
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 Liberia
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Harsher
Penalties for Sexual Assault in Liberia (More
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 Madagascar
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Madagascar
Raises Legal Age of Marriage to Eighteen (More
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 Montenegro
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Parliament
of the Republic of Montenegro
Has Passed the Law on Gender Equality (More
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 Nepal
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Village
Paralegal Committee Programs Work
to Fight Violence against Women
and Exploitation in Nepal
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 Norway
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Norway's Proposed New
Prostitution Law Aims to Combat Trafficking (More
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 Slovakia
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European
Human Rights Court Finds against the Slovak Republic
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 Switzerland
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Switzerland
Amends Law to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence (More
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 Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan
Forms Human Rights Commission (More
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 USA
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Major
League Sports Hand Out Harsher Punishments for Animal Cruelty than Domestic
Violence (More
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U.S. Second Circuit
Finds that Women Sold into Forced
Marriage May Constitute a Particular Social Group (More
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Sentence
for Sexual Assault Case Reduced from Ten Years to Eighteen Months to Six
Months (More
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U.S.
Supreme Court Decision Gives Protection to Workers
Who Claim Discrimination (More
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Ms.
Magazine Weighs in on Federal
Actions to End Human Trafficking (More information)
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U.S.
Congress Allocates Funds to Combat Violence against Native American Women (More information)
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U.S.
Sixth Circuit Denies Asylum to Albanian Woman
Who Was
Trafficked (More
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California
Battered Women Denied Parole (More
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New Research and Reports
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High Rates of HIV Infection Documented Among Young
Nepalese Girls Sex-Trafficked to India
A
study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers of girls and
women who were sex-trafficked from Nepal
to India
and then repatriated has found that 38 percent were HIV-positive. (More
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Psychological
Assessments Recommended to Measure Effects of Domestic Violence
During
child custody hearings, family courts and domestic violence advocates can use
results from psychological assessments as tools to measure the effect of
violence on children in the home. (More
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Seminar Seeks Effective Data
Collection to Aid Fight against Domestic Violence
The
Council of Europe is bringing together European experts to focus on this
issue during a seminar, organized as part of the Council of Europe’s Campaign
to Combat Violence against Women,
including Domestic Violence, in Lisbon,
Portugal on
July 5. (More
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Recent Study Recommends More
Funding to Reflect Connection between Gendered Violence and HIV/AIDS
The
“Women Won't
Wait Campaign” of Action Aid
recently published a study entitled, “Show Us the Money: Is Violence against Women on the HIV & AIDS Donor Agenda?” (More
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Volunteers Needed for The Hague Domestic
Violence Project
Domestic
violence survivors, attorneys, and judges are needed to volunteer for a new
study gathering information to improve response to cases under the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction. (More
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Gender and Reparations: An
Interview with Ruth Rubio-Marin, Editor of "What
Happened to the Women? Gender and
Reparations for Human Rights Violations"
The
International Center for Transitional Justice
recently examined the gender gap within reparations processes, analyzing
different case studies from around the world in their publication: 'What Happened to the Women?
Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations.' For this week's Friday
File, AWID interviewed the Editor
of 'What Happened to the Women?' Ruth Rubio-Marin. (More
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Study Examines Effects of Sexual
Trafficking upon Health
The
Gender and Violence Center of The London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine recently published “Stolen Smiles: The Physical and Psychological
Health Consequences of Women and
Adolescents Trafficked in Europe,” a study
of 207 sexually trafficked women. (More
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Study Published on Experience of
Intimate Partner Violence among Older Women
A
recent study, “Intimate Partner Violence in Older Women,”
found that one in four women over the age of 65 had been a victim of
physical, sexual, or psychological violence. (More
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Report Finds Sexual Violence in Minnesota Costs State
$8 Billion
A
new report from the Minnesota Department of Health, “Cost of Sexual Violence
in Minnesota,” states that in 2005, more than 61,000 Minnesotans were
sexually assaulted, costing the state almost $8 billion. (More
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New Report
on Factors Contributing to Child Trafficking in Southeast
Europe
Save
the Children recently published “Children Speak Out: What
Influences Child Trafficking in Southeast Europe,”
a report examining factors that lead to children becoming involved with
street work and sexual trafficking. (More
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U.S. Government
Accountability Office Issues a Report on Monitoring and Evaluation of
Anti-Trafficking Programs
The
U.S. Government Accountability Office conducted a study on the success of
anti-trafficking projects set up cooperatively by governments, international
organizations and non-governmental organizations in different countries. (More information)
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