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Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights September 2010 |
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International and Regional News |
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Expert’s Corner: Orders for
Protection: Are They Effective and Cost-Effective? |
United Nations: UN Requests
Accountability for Peacekeepers Accused of Sexual Abuse |
Haiti: Report Reveals Increased
Sexual Violence in Post-Earthquake Camps |
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New StopVAW pages: Drafting Laws on
Sexual Assault |
United Nations: Rape is One of
the World's Greatest Security Challenges |
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Updated StopVAW pages: Kazakhstan
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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
Orders
for Protection: Are They Effective and Cost-Effective? (More
information) |
New StopVAW pages
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of August 2010, in the Sexual Assault section, new pages on Drafting Laws on
Sexual Assault have been created. (More
information) |
Updated StopVAW pages
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of August 2010, the pages for the country of |
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International and Regional News
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United
Nations: UN Requests Accountability for Peacekeepers Accused of Sexual Abuse
The
United Nations is requesting that peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation
and abuse be held accountable in their home countries. While peacekeepers do
work for the United Nations, they remain under the jurisdiction of the
contributing country. (More
information) |
United Nations: Rape is One of the
World's Greatest Security Challenges
According
the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in
Conflict, Margot Wallstrom, the use of rape as a weapon of war is often
overlooked and minimized. (More
information) |
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National News
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New Research and Reports
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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
Anna Donnelly, Mary Ellingen, Beatriz Menanteau, Rosalyn Park, Robin
Phillips, Kathy Seipp, and For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@advrights.org. |
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