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Updated StopVAW page: Orders for Protection |
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Report Issued by
Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security Highlights Gaps in Implementation |
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Inter-American Court of Human
Rights Awards Damages to Indigenous Rape Victims |
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Is
your country in the process of drafting or amending a domestic violence law?
The
Advocates for Human Rights provides commentary to laws and amendments on
domestic violence upon request.
See
examples of our Commentary on National Laws here.
To
request commentary or to inquire further, please contact Cheryl Thomas at cthomas@advrights.org.
STOPVAW Website News
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Updated
StopVAW page: As
of December 2010, in the Domestic Violence section, the page on Orders for
Protection has been updated. (More information) |
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International and Regional News
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United Nations Elects Executive Board of UN Women
UN Member States today took the next
step in enabling the newly-created United Nations agency on gender equality
and women’s empowerment to begin its work by electing countries to serve on
its Executive Board. (More
information)
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Awards Damages to
Indigenous Rape Victims
The Inter-American Court of Human
Rights issued separate rulings in favor of two indigenous Tlapanec women who
were raped by military soldiers in 2002, after an eight year legal struggle
by the victims. (More
information)
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European Women’s Lobby Provides Lobbying Kit for Upcoming
Council of
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National News
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· The Human
Trafficking National Coordination Centre, established by the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, released a report that provides a national overview of human
trafficking in |
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· The United Nations
has reported that over 600 women and girls were raped along the Congo-Angola
border. The victims reported being held in dungeon-like conditions for weeks
while being repeatedly gang-raped by security forces, after which they were
stripped of their clothes and forced to find their way home. (More
information) |
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· Since last January's
earthquake, more than 7,300 minors have been smuggled out of |
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· In the wake of the
post-election demonstrations, the Iranian authorities took severe action to
suppress anyone viewed as criticizing the state. (More information) |
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· As part of a broader
initiative to assist Iraqi female-headed families and victims of trafficking
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· The United Nations
Population Fund reports that sex ratios are becoming increasingly imbalanced
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New Research and Reports
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Report
Issued by Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security Highlights Gaps in
Implementation
In
November 2009, the new initiative Monthly Action Points was undertaken by the
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, with the goal of providing
expert guidance to the Security Council and policy makers within the |
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Subscribe
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.
To
subscribe to The VAW Monitor, please fill out the form provided 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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