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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 |
ECPAT Publishes Guide on
Combating Sexual Exploitation of Children in Emergency Situations |
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Amnesty International
Issues Strategic Recommendations for Europe for END FGM Campaign |
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National VAW Monitors
who contributed to this month’s newsletter include:
STOPVAW Website News
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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
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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
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National News
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2010
— Year of Armenian women: ·
Human
Rights Watch: World Report 2010 – ·
Perspectives
of Reaching Gender Equality in Armenia Discussed (More
information) ·
Gender
Policy Provision Approved (More
information) |
Democratic
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Democratic
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UNICEF
Calls for an End to Forced Recruitment of Child Soldiers in Democratic
Republic of Congo (More
information) |
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Iraqi
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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
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Autonomous
Women’s Center Publishes Monitoring Report on Implementation of CEDAW
Recommendations (More
information) |
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Reintroduction
of I-VAWA in US Congress: Passage Would Make Ending Violence Against Women a
Top Priority for U.S. Foreign Policy (More
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New Research and Reports
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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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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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