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	Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights March 2010
STOPVAW Website News	International and Regional News	National News	New Research and Reports
Expert’s Corner: Understanding the Relationship Between Prevention and Intervention Strategies to Stop Sexual Violence	UN Secretary-General Appoints Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict	Albania	ECPAT Publishes Guide on Combating Sexual Exploitation of Children in Emergency Situations
	Amnesty International Issues Strategic Recommendations for Europe for END FGM Campaign	Armenia
		Democratic Republic of Congo
		Iraq
		Montenegro
		Philippines
		Rwanda
		Saudi Arabia
		Serbia
		Turkey
		United States

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

STOPVAW Website News

Expert’s Corner

Understanding the Relationship Between Prevention and Intervention Strategies to Stop Sexual Violence (More information)

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International and Regional News

UN Secretary-General Appoints Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Margot Wallstrom to be a Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1888. (More information)

Amnesty International Issues Strategic Recommendations for Europe for END FGM Campaign

Amnesty International has called on European leaders to support the strategies and recommendations proposed by its END FGM European Campaign in order to protect young girls and women affected by female genital mutilation. (More information)

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National News

Albania

· Albania: Petition in Support of Victims of Violence against Women and Women's Rights Defenders (More information)

Armenia

· 2010 — Year of Armenian women: Aram I (More information)

· Human Rights Watch: World Report 2010 – Armenia (More information)

· Perspectives of Reaching Gender Equality in Armenia Discussed (More information)

· Gender Policy Provision Approved (More information)

Democratic Republic of Congo

· Democratic Republic of Congo: Sexual Violence Contributes to Growing Prevalence of HIV/AIDS (More information)

· UNICEF Calls for an End to Forced Recruitment of Child Soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo (More information)

Iraq

· Iraqi Kurdistan: New Survey Reveals That the Majority of Women Have Undergone FGM (More information)

Montenegro

· Guideline Drafted on the Treatment of Police Interventions in Domestic Violence (More information)

· Meeting of Non-Formal REA Women Network (More information)

· Agreement Reached on Implementation of Project “Promotion of Roma Women and Monitoring the Implementation of Obligatory Documents” (More information)

· Declaration on Announcement of 2010 as the Year of the Fight against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Montenegro (More information)

Philippines

· Philippines: Early and Arranged Marriages Put Muslim Women at Risk (More information)

Rwanda

· Rwanda: NGO Empowers Genocide Widows and Victims of Sexual Violence (More information)

Saudi Arabia

· Saudi Arabia: Saudi Human Rights Commission to Review Child Bride Case (More information)

Serbia

· Autonomous Women’s Center Publishes Monitoring Report on Implementation of CEDAW Recommendations (More information)

Turkey

· Turkey: Girl Victim of So-Called "Honor" Killing (More information)

United States

· Reintroduction of I-VAWA in US Congress: Passage Would Make Ending Violence Against Women a Top Priority for U.S. Foreign Policy (More information)

· USA: Connecticut Police Patrols Equipped with Special Kits to Capture Evidence of Domestic Violence (More information)

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New Research and Reports

ECPAT Publishes Guide on Combating Sexual Exploitation of Children in Emergency Situations

ECPAT International recently published an online version of Protecting Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Violence in Disaster and Emergency Situations which provides local and community-based organizations with strategies for preventing the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children during natural disasters and other emergencies. (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, Munazza Humayun, Iryna Postolovska, and Christina Quick.

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

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