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STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
United
Nations Publishes "Forced and Early Marriage: A Focus on Central
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International and Regional News
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UN Commission to Conduct 15-Year
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United
Nations: Economic Crisis May Increase Human Trafficking
The
global economic crisis may augment the number of human trafficking victims
worldwide, according to U.N. special investigator Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, a
Nigerian human rights lawyer and professor. (More
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United
Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women: 15 Years Later
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15-year report has been published to review the work of the Special
Rapporteur since the creation of the post and to position it within a global
perspective of the causes and consequences of violence against women. (More
information) |
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National News
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New Research and Reports
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Report
Analyzes Domestic Violence Legislation in Ten EU Countries
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University of Ljubljana in Slovenia has published a report entitled ”Violence
in the EU Examined” on good practices and general recommendations for
domestic violence initiatives in the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. (More
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WHO:
Briefing on Gender Equality to Prevent Violence
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World Health Organization has released a briefing on the importance of
promoting gender equality as a means of violence prevention. (More
information) |
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United
Nations Releases Russian Translation of "Handbook for legislation on
violence against women"
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Russian translation of the 2009 “Handbook for 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 now been released. (More information) |
USAID
Releases Toolkit to Combat Violence Against Women in Europe and
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Handbook
Supports the Development of Peace Policies in Post-Conflict Zones
The
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UNODC: New
Anti-Human Trafficking Manual
The
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has published the Anti-Human
Trafficking Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners in an effort to
combat human trafficking globally. (More
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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,
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