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International and Regional News |
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Expert’s Corner: Countries Work to
Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part 3 |
Report Finds Connection
Between Domestic Violence and Reproductive Coercion and Control |
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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
Countries
Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part
3 (More
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International and Regional News
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African MPs
Meet to Discuss International Law Against FGM
Members
of Parliament (MPs) representing nations across Africa met on May 3 and 4 in |
UNIFEM Welcomes UN Security
Council Support for Comprehensive Set of Indicators on the Implementation of
Resolution 1325
The
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is very encouraged by the
UN Security Council’s intention to take action on a comprehensive set of
indicators on the implementation of its resolution 1325 on women, peace and
security, by October 2010, the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Security
Council resolution 1325. (More
information) |
Declaration Adopted by UN
Commission on the Status of Women
The
Commission on the Status of Women met March 1-12 in order to review the
implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, fifteen
years after it was drafted. (More
information) |
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National News
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Reaching
Out to Change (More
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UNDP
Office in ·
Two
Projects Implemented by SOS Hotline Podgorica in 2010 (More
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Philippines
Adopts National Plan of Action on Protection of Women During Armed Conflict (More
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Timor-Leste
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Timor-Leste
Passes Law Against Domestic Violence (More
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New Research and Reports
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Report Finds Connection Between
Domestic Violence and Reproductive Coercion and Control
A
2010 study released by the Guttmacher Institute has found that reproductive
coercion is often experienced by those who encounter violence from their
intimate partners. (More
information) |
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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.
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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, 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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