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Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights August 2010 |
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International and Regional News |
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Expert’s Corner: International and
Governmental Organizations Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence
against Women and Girls |
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New StopVAW pages: Domestic Violence
in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Communities: |
United Nations
Creates New Structure for Empowerment of Women |
Latin America: Report Reveals
Insufficient Housing Forces Many Women to Remain in Abusive Homes |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting Laws on
Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting Laws
on Female Genital Mutilation |
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New StopVAW pages: Advocating for
New Laws or the Reform of Existing Laws on Violence Against Women and Girls |
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Updated StopVAW pages: Slovenia
Country pages |
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Montenegro
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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
International
and Governmental Organizations Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence
against Women and Girls (More
information) |
New StopVAW page
As
of July 2010, in the Domestic Violence section, a new page on Domestic
Violence in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ)
Communities has been created. (More information) |
New StopVAW pages
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of July 2010, in the Trafficking in Women section, new pages on Drafting Laws
on Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls have been created. (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
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of July 2010, in the Global Gender Issues section, new pages on Drafting Laws
on Female Genital Mutilation have been created. (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
As
of July 2010, in the Advocacy Tools section, new pages on Advocating for New
Laws or the Reform of Existing Laws on Violence Against Women and Girls have
been created. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages
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of July 2010, the pages for the country of |
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International and Regional News
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United Nations: Working Paper on Preventing and Responding
to Sexual Violence Against Women Displaced by Conflict is Released
As
the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace
and Security nears, a newly established UN Civil Society Advisory Group on
Women, Peace, and Security has released several working papers on topics
related to Resolution 1325. (More
information) |
United
Nations Creates New Structure for Empowerment of Women In an historic move, the United
Nations General Assembly voted unanimously today to create a new entity to
accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide. (More
information) |
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National News
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Forum for Dialogue with Civil Society in the Field of Gender
Equality (More
information) ·
The
First Semester of Women’s Studies Program 2010 Finished
(More information) ·
Cycle
of Trainings for Women from Political Parties (More
information) ·
Community
Café Events on Domestic Violence (More
information) ·
Cetinje’s Forum on "Women, Peace and Security" (More
information) ·
Consultations between European Commission Enlargement DG and
Representatives from International and Non-governmental Organizations (More
information) ·
Strategic Planning for the Roma Women's Network “FIRST” (More
information) |
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New Research and Reports
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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
Anna Donnelly, Mary For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@mnadvocates.org. |
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