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Expert’s Corner: Violence against
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Expert’s Corner: 16 Days of
Activism against Gender Violence
The
16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign began on November 25.
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International and Regional News
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New Independent Body to be Created
to Monitor Trafficking in Human Beings in Europe
A
group of ten to fifteen independent experts will form in 2008 the Group of
Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), a specialised
body to oversee the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on
Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS n° 197) in the countries
that have ratified it. (More
information) |
Rape as a
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UN Human Rights Council Appoints Special Rapporteur on
Contemporary Forms of Slavery
In
September 2007, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council resolved to continue
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Council of
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Deadline Extended to Apply for
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 in |
Special Rapporteur Urges
International Community to Step Up Efforts to Combat Sexual Violence
Yakin
Erturk, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, said her report addressed how culture-based discourses and
paradigms had been used to justify violence against women, thus confining the
problem to a cultural realm. (More
information) |
62nd Session of the UN General Assembly on Advancement of
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Armenian
Parliament Passes Act on Human Trafficking (More
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Voices of ·
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the First Time a ·
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Female Candidate in Armenia Must Be Three Times Smarter Than a Male Candidate
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Armenian
Parliament Set To Ratify Convention on Political Rights of |
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Chilean
March Against Femicide Scheduled For 22 November 2007 (More
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Report
Calls for Investigation of Police Sexual Assault in |
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Sex
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Kosovo
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Kosova
Fails to Stem Rise in Human Trafficking (More
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Judicial
Handling of Trafficking Cases in Kosovo a Concern, says OSCE Official (More
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New
Publication: "On the Road to the EU” (More
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Government
and NGO Sector Signed the Memorandum on Cooperation for Combating Trafficking
in Human Beings (More
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Saudi
Rape Victim Ordered to Undergo 200 Lashes (More
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Thailand
Drafts More Comprehensive Bill on Trafficking (More
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Female
Genital Mutilation a Risk for Some Girls in |
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Uzbekistan
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New Research and Reports
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Oxfam Publishes New Book on
Gender-based Violence
Oxfam
International has published a new book entitled Gender-Based Violence
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Report on the Use and Impact of Medico-Legal Evidence on
Sexual Assault Cases
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Sexual Violence Research Initiative in collaboration with the |
Report Finds Human Trafficking
Risk at 2010 Olympics
A
report by a leading counter-human trafficking organization warns that
traffickers may seek to exploit the 2010 Olympics in |
PBS Airs Special on Child Marriage
On
12 October 2007, the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) premiered “Child
Brides: Stolen Lives,” a program produced by PBS’ newsmagazine NO |
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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
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