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STOPVAW Website News
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Regional
Conference on Legal Reform on Domestic Violence
The
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation and Minnesota Advocates for Human
Rights, with the support of the Oak Foundation and the Open Society
Institute’s Human Rights and Governance Program, are pleased to announce that
the Regional Conference on Legal Reform on Domestic Violence will take place
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New Section: Global Gender Issues
A
new section addressing global gender issues has been added to StopVAW.
This section will feature various topics that constitute, lead to, or
are consequences of violence against women. The first topic, Forced and Early
Marriage, has been added. More global gender issues will be added
soon. (More
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New Section: UN Human Rights Council
A
new section on the UN Human Rights Council has been added to StopVAW. (More information) |
Updated Section: Sexual Harassment
International Legal Framework
As
of 14 September 2007, the Sexual Harassment International Legal Framework
section has been updated. (More
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International and Regional News
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UN Officials Encourage Treaty
Implementation as General Assembly Session Opens
During
the opening of the General Assembly session, countries traditionally promise
to sign on to more treaties as part of the UN's annual campaign to support
its conventions. This year, however, UN officials are saying that
signing on is not enough; Member States need to improve domestic
implementation. (More
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16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign 2007
Since
1991, the 16 Days Campaign has helped to raise awareness about gender
violence and has highlighted its effects on women globally. Each year,
thousands of activists from all over the world utilize the campaign to
further their work to end violence against women. The Center for Women’s
Global Leadership has now released the campaign’s toolkit.
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World
Health Organization Recommends that Countries Scale Up Violence Prevention
In
its 2007 Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention
report, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the strides that have
been made since the 2002 creation of the Global Campaign for Violence
Prevention, but also calls on countries around the world to step up violence
prevention. (More
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Director of UNICEF Calls for
Community Approaches to Stop Gender-Based Violence
UNICEF's
Executive Director Ann M. Veneman has called for community-based approaches
to stop female genital cutting, “honor crimes”, forced marriages, and other
crimes which subjugate women and girls. (More
information) |
European Commission
Prioritizes Gender Equality in Development Aid
In
a recent communication to the European Parliament and Council, the European
Commission put forward the issue of gender equality as one of five main goals
in European development cooperation. (More
information) |
NGOs in the
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Report Released on Effective
Implementation of Protection of Women against Violence
In
June 2007, the Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men (CDEG)
released a report on the effective implementation of the Council of Europe's
recommendations on protection for women against violence in member states.
The study compares both the "programmatic" (on paper) and
"practical" (on the ground) implementations of the Council's recommendations
to point out overall tendencies and effective strategies. (More
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Council of
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European Parliament Women's Rights
Report: Discrimination against Roma Women
Roma
women are among the most threatened groups and individuals in the Europe -
particularly in the ten new Member States and candidate countries, according
to the Women's Rights Committee. In a report adopted on Tuesday, the
committee calls for measures to combat the extreme levels of multiple
discrimination faced by these women on the grounds of both ethnicity and
gender. (More
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Gender Responsive Budgeting in
Practice: A Training Manual
UNFPA
and UNIFEM's “Gender Responsive Budgeting in Practice: A Training Manual” is
now available online. The manual is meant to build a greater
understanding of gender responsive budgeting in order to promote “gender
equity, accountability to women’s rights and efficiency and transparency in
budget policies and processes.” (More
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Study of Assessment Tools for
Survivors of Sexual Violence
The
Sexual Violence Research Initiative has researched assessment tools for
victims of sexual violence in a compilation and evaluation titled “Assessment
Instruments Used to Study Healthcare-Based Interventions for Women Who Have
Experienced Sexual Violence.” (More
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New Handbook on Prevention of Child Trafficking
In
response to the lack of information on prevention of trafficking, Terre des
Hommes has published “A Handbook on Planning Projects to Prevent Child
Trafficking”. (More
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Global Fund for Women's Fundraising Handbook
This
handbook, written by Global Fund staff, explores key ideas about raising
money to fund women's rights work. It is especially designed for
first-time fundraisers and for women's groups in developing countries.
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New Report on Indigenous Women and the United Nations
System
This
report has been compiled by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues for the Task Force on Indigenous Women/Inter-Agency Network
on Women and Gender Equality. (More
information) |
Homelessness and Domestic Violence
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COHRE Report on the Impact of Inheritance Law on Women in
the Middle East and
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About
STOPVAW
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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 the former
Soviet Union (FSU), Current staff members of Minnesota Advocates for Human
Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include Angela Bortel, Mary Ellingen, Mary Ellison, Mary Hunt,
Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, and For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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