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National
VAW Monitors who contributed to this month’s newsletter include: Armenia, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
Summary
of United Nations "Good Practices in Legislation on Violence against
Women" (More
information) |
New StopVAW page:
As
of November 2008, a new page on Honor Killings has been added. (More information) |
New StopVAW pages:
As
of November 2008, for the country of |
Updated StopVAW page:
As
of 14 November 2008, the page on Litigating International Human Rights
Violations in Domestic Courts Using Universal Jurisdiction has been updated.
(More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of November 2008, for the country of |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of 25 November 2008, for the country of |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of November 2008, for the country of |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of November 2008, the pages on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of
the Child and its subsections, Reporting Mechanisms and Additional Resources,
have been updated. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of November 2008, the pages on the United Nations Committee Against Torture
and its subsections, Complaint Mechanisms, Reporting Mechanisms and
Additional Resources, have been updated. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of November 2008, Reporting Schedule pages for the following countries:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania,
Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
have been updated. (More
information) |
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International and Regional News
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Council of
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UN
Secretary-General, in Message for International Day for Elimination of
Violence against Women, Says Behavior That Excuses Such Violence Must Be
Combated
UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November: Across
the world, in countries rich and poor, women are being beaten, trafficked,
raped and killed. These human rights violations do more than harm
individuals; they undermine the development, peace and security of entire
societies. (More
information) |
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New Research and Reports
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New Edition
of Resource Guide to CEDAW Optional Protocol
The
International Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) just
released the second edition of the Resource Guide to the United Nations’
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women’s
(CEDAW) Optional Protocol. (More
information) |
No Pride in
Silence: Amnesty Releases Report on Domestic Violence in
Expressing
concern that victims of family violence are denied justice because of a
culture of silence, Amnesty International has released a new report on
domestic violence in |
Nordic and
Baltic Countries Team up to Combat Sex Trafficking
The
Nordic Baltic Pilot Project and Network, coordinated by the European Women’s
Lobby (EWL), recently issued a report that laid out plans for preventing
trafficking of women and girls. (More
information) |
United
Nations Releases "Good Practices in Legislation on Violence against
Women"
A
report of the expert group meeting organized by the United Nations Division
for the Advancement of Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
has been released. (More
information) |
Violence
against Women and Girls: Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators
A
report published in October 2008, in cooperation with the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), provides a comprehensive list
of indicators for evaluating and monitoring VAW/G. The report combines
quantitative and qualitative measures of assessment. (More
information) |
Shadow
Report Issued: The Implementation of CEDAW in
A
2008 report issued by the Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan provides
information on |
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Report on
Domestic Violence in Tajikistan Launched
On
October 24, 2008, The Advocates for Human Rights launched the report Domestic
Violence in Tajikistan, written in 2006 and updated in 2008. (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. Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights developed
this website as a tool for the promotion of women's human
rights in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the the former
Soviet Union (FSU), Current staff members of 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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