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Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights September 2008 |
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International and Regional News |
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New StopVAW page:
Women with Disabilities |
Amnesty
International Issues New Report on Domestic Violence in Mexico |
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Updated StopVAW page: Sexual
Assault: Research and Reports |
Threat of
HIV/AIDS Boosts Case for Women’s Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Albania:
Commissioner Hammarberg Presents Human Rights Report |
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Updated StopVAW page: Tajikistan
Main Page |
Girls and Young
Women Face Double Vulnerability, and Double Efforts Needed to Protect Them |
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National VAW Monitors
who contributed to this month’s newsletter include:
STOPVAW Website News
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As of 2 August 2008, a page on Women with Disabilities has been added
to StopVAW. (More information.)
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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
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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)
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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
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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 ·
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) ·
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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) ·
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Death by Stoning Punishment Halted in
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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
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UNDP and Women's Union Conduct Training
on Gender Violence in
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Can GPS Systems Protect Women from
Their Abusers? (More
information)
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New Illinois Law Allows GPS
Technology for Tracking Convicted Domestic Violence Offenders (More
information
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Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Denies
Asylum to Gambian Mother (More
information)
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New Research and Reports
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Amnesty
International Issues New Report on Domestic Violence in
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)
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About
STOPVAW
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The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change. 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, For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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