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STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
Technology
and Violence against Women (More
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New StopVAW page:
As
of February, 2009, a new page on a Sexual Harassment Training Module:
Improving Judicial Response to Sexual Harassment in the Courtroom has been
added. (More
information) |
New StopVAW page:
As
of February, 2009, a new page on a Sexual Harassment Training Module:
Employee Training on Addressing Sexual Harassment has been added. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of February, 2009, for the country of Albania, the Main page, the National
Plan of Action page, the Research and Reports page, the Legislative Trends
and Developments page, the Treaties page and the Women’s NGOs page have been
updated. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages:
As
of February, 2009, for the country of Kyrgyzstan, the Main page, the
Legislative Trends and New Developments page, the Reporting Schedule page,
the Treaties page, the Research and Reports page and the Ethnic Minorities
page have been updated. (More information) |
Updated StopVAW page:
As
of February, 2009, for the country of |
Updated StopVAW page:
As
of February, 2009, for the country of |
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International and Regional News
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Launch of New Website Dedicated to
Abandonment of FGM/C
On
6 February 2009, the Donors Working Group (DWG) on Female Genital
Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) launched a new website aimed at abolishing the
practice. The site provides a forum for sharing research, news, and
resources, such as community programming ideas that can be implemented
worldwide. (More
information) |
Human
Rights Groups Press Council of
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European
Parliament Reports on Female Genital Mutilation in the European Union
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new report adopted by the European Parliament’s Women’s Rights Committee
found that over 500,000 women in |
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National News
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UN
Human Rights Council Urges Saudi Arabia to Give Women Rights (More
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New Research and Reports
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UNFPA
Publishes New Report on Gender-Based Violence
The
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently released a report entitled
“Addressing Gender-based Violence: UNFPA Strategy and Framework for Action”.
This report identifies the particular areas where action is most urgently
needed and proposes general policy frameworks for combating gender-based
violence. (More
information) |
United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Publishes New Report on Human Trafficking
The
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has just completed a new
report on human trafficking. The report begins with a global overview on
legislation, the criminal justice response, trafficking patterns,
intra-and-international flows, and monitoring. The UNODC also highlights the
situation of a variety of countries from all regions of the world. (More
information) |
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Help for
Health Care Providers in Recognizing Domestic Violence
New
research indicates that women assaulted by intimate partners typically
experience different types of facial injuries than those who suffer injuries
from other causes, such as attacks by unknown assailants. (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
former Soviet Union (FSU), Current staff members of The Advocates for Human Rights
involved with the development of StopVAW include,
Mary Ellingen, For more information about StopVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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