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National VAW Monitors
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STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
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Updated StopVAW Pages:
As
of October, 2009, the Poland Country Pages have been updated. (More information) |
Updated StopVAW Page:
As
of November, 2009, the page on Mongolian Women’s Organizations has been
updated. (More
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International and Regional News
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European Parliament Committees
Call for Strategies to Combat VAW
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10 November 2009 the European Parliament’s Committee for Women’s Rights and
Gender Equality adopted a resolution for the elimination of violence against
women. The resolution advocates for the European Union Council and Commission
to create a legal framework and basis for eliminating violence against women.
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Trafficking
Victims Speak at UN Panel Discussion
As
part of its victim-centered approach to trafficking, the UN Office of the
High Commissioner for Human Rights invited several trafficking victims to
speak at a panel discussion attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on
22 October 2009. (More
information) |
Country
Evaluations 15 Years after the
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New Research and Reports
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Report
Analyzes Violence in 10 European Union Countries
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new document, “Violence in the EU Examined: Policies on Violence against
Women, Children and Youth in 2004 EU Accession Countries,” assesses violence
in the ten countries that joined the European Union in 2004. (More
information) |
Report
Outlines Gaps in ASEAN Laws Regarding Child-Sex Tourism
A
new report highlights the achievements and failures in the laws of member
states of the Association of South East Asian Nations regarding child-sex
tourism. (More
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Report
Links Wife Inheritance to Gender-Based Violence
“Wife
Inheritance: A Death Sentence Behind the Mask of Culture,” a new report
produced by the Centre for Rights, Education, and Awareness, based in
Nairobi, Kenya, outlines the practice of wife inheritance particularly in
relationship to the spread of HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence. (More
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New Report
Outlines Risks for Women Migrant Workers and Potential Solutions
A
new report released by the International Organization for Migration outlines
the specific challenges faced by women migrant workers, who routinely and
disproportionately face human rights abuses, including harassment, sexual
assault, exploitation, and discrimination, both during the migration process
and while working in the destination location. (More
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WHO Report
Offers Intervention Strategies for Combating Gender-Based Violence
The
World Health Organization published “Promoting Gender Equality to Prevent
Violence Against Women” as part of” Violence Prevention: The Evidence,” a
series of briefings discussing effective intervention mechanisms for reducing
interpersonal and self-directed acts of violence. (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, Mary Ellison, Mary Hunt, Beatriz Menanteau, Rosalyn Park,
Robin Phillips, and For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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