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Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights July 2010 |
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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 4 |
UN Special Rapporteur on
Violence Against Women Releases First Thematic Report |
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New StopVAW pages: Animal Abuse and
Domestic Violence |
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New StopVAW pages: Violence
against the Girl Child |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting Laws
on Crimes Committed in the Name of “Honor” |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting Laws
on Domestic Violence |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting
Legislation on Forced and Child Marriage |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting Laws
on Sexual Harassment |
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Updated StopVAW pages: Croatia
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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
4 (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, in the Domestic Violence section, new pages on Animal Abuse and
Domestic Violence have been created. (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, in the Global Gender Issues section, new pages on Violence
against the Girl Child have been created. (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, in the Global Gender Issues section, new pages on Drafting Laws
on Crimes Committed in the Name of “Honor” have been created. (More information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, in the Domestic Violence section, new pages on Drafting Laws on
Domestic Violence have been created. (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, in the Global Gender Issues section, new pages on Drafting
Legislation on Forced and Child Marriage have been created. (More information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, in the Sexual Harassment section, new pages on Drafting Laws on
Sexual Harassment have been created. (More information) |
Updated StopVAW pages
As
of June 2010, the pages for the country of |
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International and Regional News
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WHO Releases Strategy Condemning Medicalization of FGM
The
World Health Organization has released an inter-agency global strategy that
aims to eliminate the performance of female genital mutilation by health-care
providers. (More
information) |
EU: Proposed Protection Order in
the European Parliament
Several
Member States of the European Union have proposed new collaborative
legislation entitled The European Protection Order. (More
information) |
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National News
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New Research and Reports
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UN Special Rapporteur on Violence
Against Women Releases First Thematic Report
In April 2010, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence
against Women, Its Causes and Consequences Rashida Manjoo released her first
thematic report summarizing her activities and noting that though progress
had been made in providing adequate reparations for female victims of
gendered violence, there remain many causes for concern. (More
information)
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to The VAW Monitor
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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 For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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