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STOPVAW Website News
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Expert’s Corner
Countries
Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls Part 2
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Updated StopVAW page:
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of April, 2010, in the Domestic Violence section, the page on Effects of
Domestic Violence on Children has been updated. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW page:
As
of April, 2010, for the country of Kosovo, the main page has been updated. (More information) |
Updated StopVAW page:
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of April, 2010, for the country of |
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International and Regional News
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The European Parliament Seeks Strategy to Combat Violence
against Women
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European Parliament held a public hearing with national parliaments and civil
society representatives in honor of International Women’s Day and the
participants pinpointed the importance of unity across the European Union in
tackling the issue of gender-based violence. (More
information) |
OHCHR Calls for Input on Discrimination against Women in
Law and in Practice
The
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling upon civil
society to submit information for a thematic study on discrimination against
women in law and in practice and on how the issue is addressed throughout the
United Nations human rights system. (More
information) |
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National News
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New Research and Reports
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UNICEF Paper Highlights Children’s
and Adolescents’ Participation in Protection from Sexual Abuse and
Exploitation
The
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre has published a paper reviewing government
commitments to strengthen participation by children and adolescents to
protect them from sexual abuse and exploitation. (More
information) |
New Report Highlights Joint
Seminar between CEDAW Committee and UNHCR
A
new report published in the spring of 2010 provides an overview and reflections
on a two-day seminar that brought together the Committee from the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (More
information) |
Amnesty International Report
Documents Obstacles to Justice in Cases of Rape and Sexual Violence against
Women in
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by roadblocks to justice, female victims of rape and sexual violence in |
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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 For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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