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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image003.gif" o:href="cid:014701c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image003.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_New_Report_Released:">New Report Released: &quot;Firearms Possession and Domestic Violence in the Western Balkans&quot;</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Updated_Section:_EU">Updated Section<span style='font-weight:normal'>: Estonia: EU National Plan of Action</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_UN_Human_Rights">UN Human Rights Council Releases Draft Resolution on Right to Adequate Standard of Living</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:19.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image004.gif" o:href="cid:014801c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=26 src="010708_violence_files/image004.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1028"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Brazil">Brazil</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Task_Force_Releases">Task Force Releases Final Report on Human Trafficking in California</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_New_Section:_Estonia">New Section<span style='font-weight:normal'>: Estonia: List of Law &amp; Policy Documents</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Vienna_Forum_to">Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking Set for February 2008</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image005.gif" o:href="cid:014901c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image005.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1029"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Human_Rights_Council">Human Rights Council Daily Update for 14 December 2007</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:18.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image006.gif" o:href="cid:014a01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=25 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image006.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1030"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Congo">Congo</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Domestic_Violence_a">Domestic Violence a Pervasive Problem according to Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:19.5pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image007.gif" o:href="cid:014b01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=26 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image007.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1031"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Czech_Republic">Czech Republic</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_The_Geneva_Advocacy">The Geneva Advocacy Notes Report on Gender Integration in the Human Rights Council</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image008.gif" o:href="cid:014c01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image008.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1032"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Estonia">Estonia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Stop_Stoning_and">Stop Stoning and Killing Women! Campaign against Gender Violence</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image009.jpg" o:href="cid:014d01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image009.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1033"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Iraq">Iraq</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Raising_Global_Awareness">Raising Global Awareness Key to Tackling Gender Violence</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image010.gif" o:href="cid:014e01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image010.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1034"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Japan">Japan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Women s_Leadership_Scholarship:">Women s Leadership Scholarship: Call for Applications</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image011.gif" o:href="cid:014f01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image011.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1035"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Macedonia">Macedonia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_UN_Independent_Experts">UN Independent Experts Call on States to Strengthen the Protection of Women from Violence</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image012.gif" o:href="cid:015001c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image012.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1036"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Mexico">Mexico</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_UN_Secretary_General">UN Secretary General Designates November 25 as lnternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image013.gif" o:href="cid:015101c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image013.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1037"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Montenegro">Montenegro</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image014.gif" o:href="cid:015201c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image014.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1038"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Niger">Niger</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image015.jpg" o:href="cid:015301c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image015.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1039"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:15.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image016.gif" o:href="cid:015401c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=21 src="010708_violence_files/image016.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1040"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_South_Africa">South Africa</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1041" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image017.gif" o:href="cid:015501c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image017.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1041"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1042" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image018.jpg" o:href="cid:015601c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image018.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1042"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Sudan">Sudan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:19;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1043" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image019.jpg" o:href="cid:015701c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image019.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1043"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_USA">USA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National VAW Monitors who contributed to this month s newsletter include: <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/19Aug200413.html">Armenia</a>, <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/19Aug200412.html">Bulgaria</a>, <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/19Aug200410.html">Estonia</a> and <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/10Aug200427.html">Montenegro</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_STOPVAW_Website_News"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'>STOPVAW Website News<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Updated_Section:_Sexual"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Updated Section: Sexual Harassment: Regional Law and Standards<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As of 17 December 2007, the Sexual Harassment: Regional Law and Standards section has been updated. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Regional_Law_and_Standards5.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Updated_Section:_Estonia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Updated Section: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Estonia</st1:country-region></st1:place> EU Compliance<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As of 30 July 2007, the Estonia EU Compliance page has been updated. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/European_Union_Compliance4.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Updated_Section:_EU"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Updated Section: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Estonia</st1:place></st1:country-region> National Plan of Action<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As of 30 July 2007, the Estonia National Plan of Action page has been updated. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/National_Plan_of_Action9.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_New_Section:_Estonia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>New Section: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Estonia</st1:place></st1:country-region> List of Law and Policy Documents<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As of 5 September 2007, a new page featuring a list of law and policy documents has been added to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Estonia</st1:place></st1:country-region> page. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/List_of_Law_and_Policy_Documents7.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_National_VAW_Monitor_Program"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_International_and_Regional_News"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'>International and Regional News<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_New_York_Update"></a><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>New York</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Update on Outcomes in the Third Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 25 October 2007, the Third Committee of the 62nd session of the General Assembly began consideration of six reports and four resolutions relating to economic, social and cultural rights under agenda item 70: 'Promotion and protection of human rights (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.' (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/New_York_Update_on_Outcomes_in_the_Third_Committee_on_Economic_Social_and_Cultural_rights.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_2010_to_Be"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>2010 to Be the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The European Commission has designated 2010 as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The ¬ 17 million campaign aims to reaffirm the EU's commitment to making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/2010_to_Be_the_European_Year_for_Combating_Poverty_and_Social_Exclusion.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_UN_Human_Rights"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>UN Human Rights Council Releases Draft Resolution on Right to Adequate Standard of Living<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The United Nations Human Rights Council recently released a draft resolution on  adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Female_Victims_of_Violence_Special_Need_for_Shelter_Acknowledged_by_Human_Rights_Council.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Vienna_Forum_to"></a><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Vienna</span></st1:City></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Forum to Fight Human Trafficking Set for February 2008<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) aims to mobilize state and non-state players to eradicate human trafficking by reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims and the demand for exploitation in all its forms; ensuring adequate protection and support to those who do fall victim, as well as efficient prosecution of the criminals involved. Under the framework of the UN.GIFT, a global forum  The Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking will take place from 13-15 February 2008. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Vienna_Forum_to_Fight_Human_Trafficking_Set_for_February_2008.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Human_Rights_Council"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Human Rights Council Daily Update for 14 December 2007<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Council continued the review of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The Council then moved to decision making. It adopted several resolutions that extended the mandates of several special procedures.</span> <span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Council also decided to create a new expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples. As expected, the mandate of the Experts Group on <st1:place w:st="on">Darfur</st1:place> was terminated. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Human_Rights_Council_Daily_Update_for_14_December_2007.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Domestic_Violence_a"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Domestic Violence a Pervasive Problem according to Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In a keynote address at the Support Services for Women Victims of Domestic Violence, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, stated that services for domestic violence need to be improved. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Domestic_Violence_a_Persuasive_Problem_according_to_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights_of_the_Council_of_Europe.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_The_Geneva_Advocacy"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place> Advocacy Notes Report on Gender Integration in the Human Rights Council<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Geneva Advocacy Notes is a newsletter designed to report on events at the United Nations that are of importance to women. The  Notes are published by the Committee on the Status of Women in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City>, which is dedicated to ensuring the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/The_Geneva_Advocacy_Notes_Report_on_Gender_Integration_in_the_Human_Rights_Council.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Stop_Stoning_and"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Stop Stoning and Killing Women! Campaign against Gender Violence<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Women Living Under Muslim Laws is a group of organizations and individuals from 70 countries.&nbsp; WLUML has launched a new campaign titled  Stop Stoning and Killing Women! (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Stop_Stoning_and_Killing_Women_Campaign_against_Gender_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Raising_Global_Awareness"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Raising Global Awareness Key to Tackling Gender Violence<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dozens of organizations across the world, with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), dedicated the 16 days leading up to International Human Rights Day (10 December) to raising awareness of gender-based violence (GBV). (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Global_Awareness-Raising_Key_to_Tackling_Gender_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Women s_Leadership_Scholarship:"></a><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Women s Leadership Scholarship: Call for Applications<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Women s Leadership Scholarship (WLS) program creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots leaders, and organizers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Women_s_Leadership_Scholarship_Call_for_Applications.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_UN_Independent_Experts"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UN Independent Experts Call on States to Strengthen the Protection of Women from Violence<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On the occasion of the International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Yakin Ertürk, and the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak, issued a press statement. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/United_Nations_Independent_Experts_Call_on_States_to_Strengthen_the_Protection_of_Women_from_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_UN_Secretary_General"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>UN Secretary General Designates November 25 as lnternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>With the aim of contributing to the eradication of violence against women, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the annual lnternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This day also marks the beginning of the &quot;16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence&quot; campaign coordinated by the Centre for Women s Global Leadership, which runs until lnternational Human Rights Day on December 10. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Stop_Violence_Against_Women2.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_National_News"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>National News<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Armenia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1044" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image002.gif" o:href="cid:014601c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image002.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1044"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Armenia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Results of a Survey on Abuse (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Domestic_Violence4.html#To_beat_or_not_to_beat_That_is_the_question">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Survey Indicates Wide Use of Verbal Abuse (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Domestic_Violence4.html#If_it_s_not_beating_then_it_s_swearing">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UN Development Program Will Assist Armenia to Combat Trafficking (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Trafficking_in_Women_and_Girls.html#UN_Development_Program_will_assist_Armenia_to_combat_trafficking">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&quot;27 Cases of Trafficking Revealed in Armenia During the First Nine Months of 2007 (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Trafficking_in_Women_and_Girls.html#27_cases_of_trafficking_revealed_in_Armenia_during_first_9_months_of_2007">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 27 Cases (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Trafficking_in_Women_and_Girls.html#27_cases">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Azerbaijan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image003.gif" o:href="cid:014701c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image003.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1045"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Azerbaijan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Azerbaijani Government Creates Fund for Trafficking Victims (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Azerbaijan_Creates_Fund_for_Trafficking_Victims.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Brazil"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1046" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:19.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image004.gif" o:href="cid:014801c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=26 src="010708_violence_files/image004.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1046"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brazil Must Show Commitment to Fight Torture Now (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Brazil_Must_Show_Commitment_to_Fight_Torture_Now.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Bulgaria"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1047" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image005.gif" o:href="cid:014901c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image005.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1047"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News from the 16 Days Campaign against VAW in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/News_from_the_16_Days_Campaign_against_VAW_in_Bulgaria.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Congo"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1048" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:18.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image006.gif" o:href="cid:014a01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=25 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image006.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1048"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Congo</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Congolese Sexual Assault Survivors Tell Their Stories (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Congolese_Sexual_Assault_Survivors_Tell_Their_Stories.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Czech_Republic"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1049" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:21.75pt;height:15pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image020.gif" o:href="cid:015801c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=29 height=20 src="010708_violence_files/image020.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1049"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Czech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Czech Cabinet Approves New Penal Code (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Czech_Cabinet_Approves_New_Penal_Code.html">More information</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Eleven Vietnamese Nationals Charged with Trafficking and Pimping in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Czech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Vietnamese_Charged_with_Trafficking_and_Pimping_in_Czech_Republic.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Estonia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1050" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image008.gif" o:href="cid:014c01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image008.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1050"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Estonia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Police Handbook on Violence in Close Relations (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Police_Handbook_on_Violence_in_Close_Relations.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Equal Opportunities for All  Toward a Just Society (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Equal_Opportunities_for_All_Toward_a_Just_Society.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender Equality Questions in Estonia Under Discussion in UN (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Gender_Equality_Questions_in_Estonia_Under_Discussion_in_UN.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shelters for Women Victims of Trafficking (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Shelters_for_Women_Victims_of_Trafficking.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Iraq"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1051" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image009.jpg" o:href="cid:014d01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image009.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1051"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vigilantes Kill 40 Women in <st1:place w:st="on">Southern Iraq</st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Vigilantes_Kill_40_Women_in_Southern_Iraq.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Japan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1052" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image010.gif" o:href="cid:014e01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image010.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1052"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Japan</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> s Escort Venues Increase (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Japan_s_Escort_Venues_Increase.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Macedonia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1053" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image011.gif" o:href="cid:014f01c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image011.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1053"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Macedonia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Macedonia</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Government s Failure to Address Double Discrimination against Romani Women and Girls (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Macedonia_Government_s_Failure_to_Address_Double_Discrimination_against_Romani_Women_and_Girls.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Mexico"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1054" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image012.gif" o:href="cid:015001c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image012.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1054"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Authorities Exhume Bodies in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ciudad Juarez</st1:City></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Authorities_Exhume_Bodies_in_Ciudad_Juarez.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Montenegro"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1055" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image013.gif" o:href="cid:015101c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image013.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1055"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Montenegro</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regional Conference  Institutional Mechanisms of Protection from domestic violence and Its Enforcement within the Region Held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Montenegro</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Round_Table_Labour_Law_from_the_Gender_Equality_Perspective_held_in_Podgorica.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender-based Violence in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Montenegro</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Campaign_16_days_of_activism_against_gender_based_violence_in_Montenegro.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regional Conference  Institutional Mechanisms of Protection from Domestic Violence and Its Enforcement within the Region Held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Montenegro</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/regional_conference.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Niger"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1056" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image014.gif" o:href="cid:015201c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image014.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1056"><![endif]>&nbsp;</span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Niger</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Niger</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Rape and Beatings of Women Seen as &quot;Normal&quot; (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Niger_Rape_and_Beatings_of_Women_Seen_as_Normal.html">More information</a>)</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Saudi_Arabia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1057" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image015.jpg" o:href="cid:015301c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=23 src="010708_violence_files/image015.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1057"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saudi Sexual Assault Survivor Pardoned (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Saudi_Sexual_Assault_Survivor_Pardoned.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_South_Africa"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1058" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:15.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image016.gif" o:href="cid:015401c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=21 src="010708_violence_files/image016.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1058"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sexual Offenses Amendment Act Passes in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Sexual_Offenses_Amendment_Act_Passes_in_South_Africa.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Sri_Lanka"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1059" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image017.gif" o:href="cid:015501c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="010708_violence_files/image017.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1059"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sri Lanka</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sri Lankan Domestic Workers Suffer Abusive Situations (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Middle_East_Sri_Lankan_Domestic_Workers_Face_Abuse.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Sudan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1060" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image018.jpg" o:href="cid:015601c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image018.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1060"><![endif]>&nbsp;</span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Sudan</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sexual Violence Continues in <st1:place w:st="on">Darfur</st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Sexual_Violence_Continues_in_Darfur.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_USA"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1061" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:24.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="010708_violence_files/image019.jpg" o:href="cid:015701c852a7$8438f340$2f93f416@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=33 height=17 src="010708_violence_files/image019.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1061"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 2008 Is the Fifth Annual National Stalking Awareness Month (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/January_2008_Marks_the_Fifth_Annual_National_Stalking_Awareness_Month.html">More information</a>)</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:19;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_New_Research_and_Reports"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'>New Research and Reports<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_New_Report_Looks"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>New Report Looks at Young Men's Perceptions of Masculinity and Violence<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CARE International and the International Center for Research on Women released  Exploring the Dimensions of Masculinity and Violence, a report that documents their work through the Western Balkan Gender-Based Violence Prevention Initiative looking at social constructions of masculinity and how those constructions lead to attitudes and behaviors toward women. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/New_Report_Looks_at_Young_Men_s_Perceptions_of_Masculinity_and_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_New_Report_Released:"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>New Report Released: &quot;Firearms Possession and Domestic Violence in the Western Balkans&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons has published a report analyzing the linkages between the legislation and implementation mechanisms regulating civilian firearm possession and domestic violence in the Western Balkans. (M<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/New_Report_Released_Firearms_Possession_and_Domestic_Violence_in_the_Western_Balkans.html">ore information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Task_Force_Releases"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Task Force Releases Final Report on Human Trafficking in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery (CA ACTS) Task Force released its Final Report, <i>Human Trafficking in California</i>, with findings and recommendations to the Governor, Attorney General and Legislature. 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Protectorate of Kosovo.&nbsp;&nbsp;STOPVAW was developed with support&nbsp;from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women&nbsp;(UNIFEM) and the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. This site addresses violence against women as one of the most pervasive human rights abuses worldwide.&nbsp;STOPVAW provides women's rights advocates with information and&nbsp;advocacy tools focused on ending the most endemic forms of violence against women in the region, including domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and trafficking in persons.</p> <p class=MsoBodyText2><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2>Current staff members of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include<span style='color:black'> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Angela Bortel</st1:PersonName>, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Mary Ellingen</st1:PersonName>, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Mary Ellison</st1:PersonName>, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Mary Hunt</st1:PersonName>, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Rosalyn Park</st1:PersonName>, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Robin Phillips</st1:PersonName>, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Cheryl Thomas</st1:PersonName>. 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