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STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
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New StopVAW page
As
of 29 December 2008, a new page on Drafting Domestic Violence Laws has been
added. (More
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International and Regional News
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Campaign
for Girl Child Birth Registration
Plan
International, a 70-year-old international development agency, launched a
campaign called Write Me Down in 2005 to increase the birth registration of
children around the world. (More
information) |
Palestinians
Join UN Agencies in Denouncing Honor Killings
Eight
United Nations agencies have joined together to combat honor killings in |
New Website
for Women Affected by Cybercrime
A
new website called GenderIT.org was launched to give women a voice in the
field of information and communication technologies and to help combat
cybercrime against women around the world. (More
information) |
A
Rights-Based Approach to Fighting Sexual Exploitation of Children
The
World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents
convened from 25-28 November 2008 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (More
information) |
UNIFEM
Announces US$19 Million in Grants for 23 Projects in 29 Countries to End
Violence Against Women
The
United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women will award nearly
US$19 million in 2008 to 23 projects and initiatives in 29 countries that are
addressing gender-based violence. (More
information) |
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New Research and Reports
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Report on
Teen Dating Violence in
In
September 2008, the United States' National Council on Crime and Delinquency
(NCCD) released a report on teen dating violence in the U.S., focusing on
physical dating violence (PDV). (More
information) |
Report
Finds that Kenyan Laws and Practices Prevent Women from Attaining Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
The
Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya and the International Women’s Human Rights
Clinic at |
New Report:
Overcoming Domestic Violence
In
December 2007, the Social Service Agency of the |
Women’s
Network Releases First Domestic Violence Study in Kosovo
The
Kosova Women’s Network released the country’s first study on domestic
violence, called Security Begins at Home. (More
information) |
New
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New
Methodology for U.S. Government Count of Gender Crimes
The
U.S. Department of Justice has revised its methodology for tracking victims
of violent crimes in order to better represent gender-based crimes. (More
information) |
Amnesty
International Releases Report on Sexual Violence against Girls in
Amnesty
International (AI) released a comprehensive report on sexual violence against
girls in |
Violence
Against Women Questionnaire to UN Member States
The
United Nations' Secretary General sent a questionnaire in September to all UN
member states regarding violence against women. The information compiled will
be used for the violence against women database, as mandated by General
Assembly Resolution 61/143 of 2006. (More
information) |
United
Nations Development Programme Report on Women in
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Human
Rights Watch Releases Report on
On
8 December 2008, Human Rights Watch released a report on the human rights
violations being committed in the ongoing conflict in |
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New Website
Addresses Overlap between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
"The
Greenbook" seeks to improve the ability of advocates and systems
personnel to respond to cases of domestic violence. Meetings on how
best to implement the Greenbook guidelines in various communities were
videotaped and are now available on a new website. (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 Minnesota Advocates for Human
Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include Beatriz Menanteau, Angela Bortel, Mary Ellingen, Mary
Ellison, Mary Hunt, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, and For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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