Violence Against Women Monitor - September 2008

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The Violence Against Women Monitor

A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights

 

September 2008

 

STOPVAW Website News

 

 

International and Regional News

 

National News

 

New Research

and Reports

 

New StopVAW page:  Women with Disabilities

 

Interights Europe Programme Accepting Legal Internship Applications for Projects on Women's Human Rights

  Bulgaria

Amnesty International Issues New Report on Domestic Violence in Mexico

Updated StopVAW page: Sexual Assault:  Research and Reports

 

 

Threat of HIV/AIDS Boosts Case for Women’s Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

 Iran

Albania: Commissioner Hammarberg Presents Human Rights Report

Updated StopVAW page:  Tajikistan Main Page

 

 

 

Girls and Young Women Face Double Vulnerability, and Double Efforts Needed to Protect Them

 Lebanon

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Slovakia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Turkmenistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National VAW Monitors who contributed to this month’s newsletter include:  Bulgaria and Slovakia.   Our thanks to summer interns Michelle Collins, Jenny Latz-Hall and Gretchen Goetz for their assistance.

 

 

 

 

STOPVAW Website News

As of 2 August 2008, a page on Women with Disabilities has been added to StopVAW.  (More information.)

 

As of 4 August 2008, the Research and Reports for Sexual Assault has been updated.  (More information.)

As of 26 August 2008, the Tajikistan Main Page has been updated. (More information.)

 

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International and Regional News

Interights Europe Programme Accepting Legal Internship Applications for Projects on Women's Human Rights

Interights Europe Programme covering Council of Europe countries within Central and South Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union is pleased to invite applications for an internship as part of the development and implementation of its work on Women’s Human Rights. (More information)

Threat of HIV/AIDS Boosts Case for Women’s Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Caroline Sweetman has written a paper for Oxfam International arguing that, paradoxically, the threat of HIV/AIDS may be an impetus for Sub-Saharan African countries to begin providing women with more equal property rights. (More information)

Girls and Young Women Face Double Vulnerability, and Double Efforts Needed to Protect Them

Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and Gill Greer, Director-General of IPPF, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, in collaboration with Young Positives and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, launched Make it Matter, a guide to help prevent HIV among girls and young women.  (More information)

 

 

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National News

 Bulgaria

·          Ambassador Elena Poptodorova Received an Award for Contribution to the Increase of Women's Role in Society (More information)

·          Calls Reporting Violence Have Increased over the Holidays (More information)

·          The Crisis Center in Rouse Has Sheltered 10 Women Victims of Domestic Violence (More information)

·          Bail for the Man Who Kidnapped His Wife (More information)

·          Between 250 to 20 000 Leva Is the Fine for Discrimination (More information)

·          World Forum "Women and Wisdom" Organized in Sofia (More information)

·          Jealous Man Beats Woman In Sunny Beach (More information)

·          A Crisis Centre for Victims of Domestic Violence in Dimitrovgrad? (More information)

·          Women with Good Professions Harassed by Their Husbands (More information)

·          Bulgaria and Ukraine Have Largest Number of Victims of Trafficking (More information)

·          Theatre-Forum against Discrimination in the Workplace in Rouse (More information)

·          A Project on Discrimination Against Women in the Workplace Is to be Presented in Burgas (More information)

·          Bulgaria Is in Leading Position in Human Trafficking (More information)

 Iran

·          Death by Stoning Punishment Halted in Iran (More information)

 

 Lebanon

·          Lebanon’s Ministerial Statement Speaks to Legal Reform on Violence Against Women (More information)

 

  Slovakia

·          Slovakia Must Take Responsibility for Forced Sterilizations (More information)

·          UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Calls Upon the Slovak Government to Meet Its Obligations (More information)

·          International Conference on Violence Against Women to Be Held in Kosice (More information)

 

 Turkmenistan

·          UNDP and Women's Union Conduct Training on Gender Violence in Turkmenistan (More information)

 

 United States

·          Can GPS Systems Protect Women from Their Abusers? (More information)

·           New Illinois Law Allows GPS Technology for Tracking Convicted Domestic Violence Offenders (More information

·          Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Asylum to Gambian Mother (More information)

 

 

 

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New Research and Reports

 

Amnesty International Issues New Report on Domestic Violence in Mexico

Thousands of Mexican women who survive violence in their homes are being put at risk of further abuse by a justice system that often fails to take their safety seriously, said Amnesty International in a new report today (More information)

 

Albania: Commissioner Hammarberg Presents Human Rights Report

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, presented a report on the human rights situation in Albania. (More information)

 

 

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About STOPVAW

 

The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change.  The 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), Mongolia, and the U.N. Protectorate of Kosovo.  STOPVAW was developed with support from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (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. STOPVAW provides women's rights advocates with information and 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.

 

Current staff members of The Advocates for Human Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include Angela Bortel, Mary Ellingen, Mary Ellison, Mary Hunt, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, and Cheryl Thomas. Current interns and volunteers include Sara Wilkinson and Zoe Whaley.

 

For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org.

 

 

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