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Expert’s Corner
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International and Regional News
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Latin
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United
Nations: Michelle Bachelet to Head UN Women
The
United Nations announced recently that Michelle Bachelet, the former
president of Chile, will lead a new UN agency, the United Nations Entity for
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). (More
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United
Nations: UN Rapporteur Releases Statement on Acid Attacks as a Form of
Torture
The
Special Rapporteur on Torture to the United Nations (UN), Manfred Nowak, has
recently released a statement in which he identifies acid burning attacks as
part of the broader category of violence against women, and also as a form of
torture. (More
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National News
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New Research and Reports
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Population
Reference Bureau Releases Update on Trends in Female Genital Mutilation
A
new report by the Population Reference Bureau, incorporating current data,
outlines the prevalence of various types of female genital mutilation (FGM)
in 27 different countries. (More
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Open
Society Institute Issues Report on Effective HIV/AIDS Interventions for Women
and Children
Today
half of all individuals coping with HIV infection are women, and in some
locales the proportion of women infected is even higher, emphasizing the need
for gender-specific programming. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the region of the
world most impacted by the AIDS epidemic, 60% of the individuals infected are
women. (More
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Red Cross
Issues Report on Consequences of Sexual Violence for Women in Armed Conflicts
A
new report has been issued in the International Review of the Red Cross that
details the consequences of sexual violence for women in armed conflicts,
both on an individual and societal level, with a focus on resultant mental
health issues. (More
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World
Health Organization Releases Report on Joint Prevention of Violence Against
Women and HIV/AIDS
The
World Health Organization, with support and funding from the Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, has issued a new report detailing the link
between violence against women and HIV/AIDS. (More
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World
Health Organization Issues Report on Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence
Prevention Strategies
The
World Health Organization recently released a report, building on early
research collected by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and
the United Kingdom Department of Health, which aims to provide information to
policy-makers regarding the most effective actions in preventing intimate
partner and sexual violence against women. (More
information) |
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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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