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Stop Violence Against Women Website:
National VAW Monitors
who contributed to this month’s newsletter include: Armenia and Slovakia.
STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
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Important Victory on Domestic Violence Legal Reform in |
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International and Regional News
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Global Coalition Supports a New
U.N. Gender Entity
A
proposal for a strong new women's entity at the United Nations was supported
by an international coalition of more than 300 women's organizations and
human rights groups from more than 50 countries. (More
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European
Parliament Endorses UNIFEM Fight to End Global Violence Against Women
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European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, has endorsed the UNIFEM campaign
“Say NO to Violence against Women” and has called on the European Commission
to designate a “European Year on Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women” to
highlight the issue within the next five years. (More
information) |
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New
Resources Available for “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” Campaign
New
resources are now available for the campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women
(2008-2015), which was launched on 25th February 2008 by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations. The campaign’s Framework for Action
is now available in booklet form and electronic version, and a poster is also
available. (More information) |
Violence
Against Women a Concern of the 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status
of Women
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its fifty-third session, held at the United Nations in |
Council of
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UN CEDAW
Committee and HRC Consider Rights of Older Women
In
a 27 February 2009 joint written statement with several other NGOs, HelpAge
International called upon the Human Rights Council to support the CEDAW
Committee’s General Recommendation on Older Women efforts. (More
information) |
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New Research and Reports
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Amnesty
International: Nepalese Government Failing to Protect Women Despite Promises
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Maoist government of |
U.K.-Based
Eaves Group Releases Report on Mail-Order Bride Industry
In
March 2009, Eaves, a London-based charity that conducts research on human trafficking
and prostitution, released the report Male Ordered: The Mail-Order Bride
Industry and Trafficking in Women for Sexual and Labour Exploitation. (More
information) |
2008 Status
of Egyptian Women Report Released
The
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Human
Rights Watch Report: Thousands of Rape Kits Untested in
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March 2009 report from Human Rights Watch revealed that 12,669 rape kits
containing DNA and other evidence of rapes remain untested in the city and |
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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, Mary Ellison, For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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