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STOPVAW Website News
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New Look for StopVAW Website
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of 16 November 2009, the StopVAW website has a new look. (More information) |
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International and Regional News
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Inter-American Court of Justice Rebukes
Government of
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UN Special
Rapporteur: Domestic Servitude Can Be Contemporary Slavery
The
UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Gulnara Shahinian,
released a statement arguing that many domestic workers around the world “are
effectively being treated as slaves” on 2 December 2009, the International
Day for the Abolition of Slavery. (More
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UN Commits
$10.5 Million to Combat Violence Against Women
The
United Nations commemorated its International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women on 25 November 2009 by pledging $10.5 million in
grants for efforts to fight violence against women around the world. (More
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UN
Peacekeeping Troops Involved in Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
In
2009, dozens of United Nations peacekeeping troops have been implicated in
charges of sexual abuse and exploitation, a UN spokesperson said on 5
November 2009. (More
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New Research and Reports
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DR Congo:
HRW Report Calls for UN Action to End Violence Against Civilians
Human
Rights Watch (HRW) has released a 183-page report entitled “’You Will Be
Punished’: Attacks on Civilians in |
New Report
on Sex Trafficking in
A
report entitled "Trafficking and Forced Prostitution of Palestinian
Women and Girls: Forms of Modern Day Slavery," was recently released by
SAWA, a Palestinian NGO. The report found that trafficking in
Palestinian territories is widespread. (More
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Report:
Women Survivors of Torture Find Difficulty in Seeking Redress
“Justice
Denied,” a new report released by the Medical Foundation for the Care of
Victims of Torture (MF), found that female survivors of torture are
overwhelmingly unable to access support and rehabilitation services; some
survivors seeking aid are rejected by their communities and dismissed by
authorities. (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,
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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