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STOPVAW Website News
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New StopVAW Page:
As
of March, 2009, a new page on a Sexual Harassment Training Module: Causes,
Theories and Effects of Sexual Harassment has been added. (More
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Updated StopVAW Pages:
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International and Regional News
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United Nations Launches Blue Heart
Campaign to End Human Trafficking
The
United Nations News Centre reported on 5 March 2009 that the United Nations
launched a new campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking. (More
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Mexican
Femicide Case to Be Heard by Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submitted a case to the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights in November 2007 against the United
Mexican States on a series of femicides, rapes, abductions and other forms of
violence against women that have proliferated in Ciudad Juarez along the
Mexican-U.S. border since 1993. (More
information) |
New Web
Resource on Violence Against Women in
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UN Special
Rapporteur on Violence against Women's Statement on IWD Concerned Worldwide
Economic Crisis
The
United Nations Office at |
United
Nations Secretary-General Decries Violence Against Women on International
Women’s Day
According
to an 8 March 2009 article by the United Nations (UN) News Centre, UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked this year’s International Women’s Day
(IWD) by calling for an end to violence against women around the world. (More
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United
Nations Launches Database on Violence Against Women
The
United Nations Secretary General launched a database on violence against
women on 5 March 2009. The database is the product of a 2006 General Assembly
resolution 61/143 calling for more efforts to eliminate violence against
women, urging “States to ensure the systematic collection and analysis of
data on violence against women”. (More
information) |
Press
Release: [Call for Proposals] UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate
Violence Against Women
The
UN Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women has
launched its annual Call for Proposals (2009). The focus of this year’s
Call is on closing the gap on the implementation of national and local laws,
policies and action plans that address violence against women and girls.
(More
information) |
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New Research and Reports
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New Child
Trafficking for Sexual Purposes Report Published
The
organization ECPAT International (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography
and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) released a report in
November 2008 on the global problem of child sex trafficking. (More
information) |
Conference
Explored Relationship Between Gender Equality and Human Security
Following
a September 2008 working conference co-convened by the Joan B. Kroc Institute
for Peace & Justice at the |
UN Report
Emphasizes Role of Men in Eliminating Violence Against Women
In
December of 2008, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
published a report entitled The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender
Equality. (More
information) |
Rapporteur
on Violence against Women Reviews 15 Years of Work
The
United Nations Rapporteur on Violence against Women released a report in
November 2008 reviewing the status of violence against women as researched in
14 annual reports, 32 country mission reports, and 11 communication reports.
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information) |
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ICRW and
UNFPA Release Report on Costs of Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh,
Morocco and Uganda
In
early 2009, the International Center for Research on Women and the United
Nations Population Fund released a report on the costs of intimate partner
violence in Bangladesh, Morocco and Uganda. (More
information) |
UN Special
Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons Submits Report to Human Rights Council
The
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially in
Women and Children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, submitted a report to the Human Rights
Council in March 2009, outlining
findings and drawing conclusions from the work she has completed since she
began in August 2008. (More
information) |
Amnesty
International Issues Alternative Report to U.N. for Mexico’s Universal
Periodic Review
Amnesty
International submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council
in February 2009 as part of |
New
Resource: “Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook
for Civil Society”
The
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published a new,
user-friendly handbook entitled “Working with the United Nations Human Rights
Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society.” (More
information) |
New Report
on Needs of Victims of Sexual Violence
The
organization Medecins Sans Frontieres recently released a report depicting
the experiences of victims of sexual violence, as well as those who provide
immediate care to victims. (More information) |
UNFPA
Publishes Report on Programming to Address Violence against Women
The
United Nations Population Fund recently published a volume entitled Programming
to Address Violence against Women. This is the second volume in a series
that focuses on prevention and response tools for violence against women. (More
information) |
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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,
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