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	Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights November 2009
STOPVAW Website News	International and Regional News	National News	New Research and Reports
New Look for StopVAW Website	United States Extends Funding for International Human Trafficking Database	Armenia	Australian Report Assesses Trafficking Trends in Asia-Pacific Region
Updated StopVAW pages: Mongolia Country Pages on Research and Reports and Women’s Organizations	United Nations Security Council Seeks Increased Role for Women in Peace-Building Processes	France	Australia: Report Analyzes Domestic Violence Legislation
	United Nations Security Council Passes Resolution 1888 on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones	Guinea	Report Assesses International Criminal Court’s Impact on Reducing Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations
		Serbia
		Slovakia
		United States

National VAW Monitors who contributed to this month’s newsletter include: Armenia and Slovakia .

STOPVAW Website News

New Look for StopVAW Website:

As of 16 October 2009, the StopVAW website has a new look. (More information)

Updated StopVAW Pages:

As of 13 October 2009, the Mongolia Country Pages on Research and Reports and Women’s Organizations have been updated. (More information)

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International and Regional News

United States Extends Funding for International Human Trafficking Database

The United States Government Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons has provided the International Organization for Migration with funding to maintain and expand its Global Human Trafficking Database through 2011. (More information)

United Nations Security Council Seeks Increased Role for Women in Peace-Building Processes

Nine years after passing a resolution encouraging countries to address the under-representation of women in peace-building processes, the United Nations Security Council is again asking for increased participation of women at all levels of conflict resolution decision-making. (More information)

United Nations Security Council Passes Resolution 1888 on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones

The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution condemning sexual violence in conflict zones on 30 September 2009. (More information)

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National News

Armenia

· Difficult Prevention (More information)

· "I Had Thrown Them Out of the House..." (More information)

· Armenia Registers Progress in Its Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking (More information)

France

· France Steps Up Efforts to Prevent Forced Marriage (More information)

Guinea

· Guinea: Widespread Violence Against Women Committed During Crackdown on Anti-government Protest (More information)

Serbia

· Serbia: Anti-trafficking Legislation Passed (More information)

Slovakia

· Fenestra Starts Project for Helping Women and Children Overcome Social Isolation (More information)

United States

· Georgia, U.S.A.: New Program to Rehabilitate Formerly Prostituted Girls (More information)

· U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Hearing on Violence Against Women (More information)

· Juvenile Prostitution Increasing in Georgia, USA (More information)

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New Research and Reports

Australian Report Assesses Trafficking Trends in Asia-Pacific Region

The Australian Institute of Criminology released a report assessing human trafficking trends in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region between 2007 and 2008. (More information)

Australia: Report Analyzes Domestic Violence Legislation

A new report released by the Australian government analyzes domestic violence legislation in all Australian States and Territories and in New Zealand in order to assist the Australian Government’s National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children. (More information)

Report Assesses International Criminal Court's Impact on Reducing Sexual Violence in Conflict Situations

A new report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute assesses the effectiveness of the International Criminal Court in reducing acts of sexual violence in armed conflict. (More information)

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Subscribe to The VAW Monitor

The VAW Monitor is a free, monthly newsletter sent out on the first of each month. Printable versions of The VAW Monitor are also available on the website at http://www.stopvaw.org/The_VAW_Monitor.html.

To subscribe to The VAW Monitor, please fill out the form provided at http://www.stopvaw.org/The_VAW_Monitor.html.

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About STOPVAW

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), Mongolia, and the U.N. Protectorate of Kosovo. STOPVAW was developed with support from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. This site addresses violence against women as one of the most pervasive human rights abuses worldwide. STOPVAW provides women's rights advocates with information and advocacy tools focused on ending the most endemic forms of violence against women in the region, including domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and trafficking in persons.

Current staff members of The Advocates for Human Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include, Mary Ellingen, Mary Ellison, Mary Hunt, Beatriz Menanteau, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, and Cheryl Thomas. Current interns and volunteers include Katie Devlaminck, Nicole Kligerman, and Christina Quick.

For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org.

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