Violence Against Women Monitor - April 2011

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Stop Violence Against Women Website

 

The Violence Against Women Monitor

A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights

 

April 2011

 

STOPVAW Website News

 

 

International and Regional News

 

National News

 

New Research

and Reports

 

New StopVAW page: Domestic Violence in Latvia

 

New Report Examines International Courts' Decisions on Important Cases of Violence Against Women

 Czech Republic

New Website "Hot Peach Pages" Provides Domestic Violence Information to Women Around the World

 

 

 

Resource Update: UN Women's Global Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence Against Women and Girls

 Egypt

Report “Silent No More” Released on the Potential of the Church to Prevent Sexual Violence

 

 

 

 

UNIFEM Releases Publication “Formulating National Action Plans to End Violence Against Women & Girls”

 El Salvador

Report Examining "Re-Trafficking" Released by the International Organization for Migration

 

 

 

 

 

 Haiti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 South Africa

 

 

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

New StopVAW page:

For the country of Latvia, a new page on Domestic Violence in Latvia has been created in the Legislative Trends section.  (More information)

 

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International and Regional News

New Report Examines International Courts' Decisions on Important Cases of Violence Against Women

A new report, “Summaries of Jurisprudence: Gender-based Violence,” has been released by the Center for Justice and International Law. The report provides jurisprudential research on the judgments, reports, and decisions of selected paradigmatic cases which generated a significant response from international human rights organs. (More information)

Resource Update: UN Women's Global Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence Against Women and Girls

A new design and several updates are now part of UN Women's Global Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence Against Women and Girls. (More information)

UNIFEM Releases Publication “Formulating National Action Plans to End Violence Against Women & Girls”

UNIFEM, part of UN Women, has released an introductory brief on formulating National Action Plans from its Ending Violence Against Women Section. (More information)

 

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National News

 Czech Republic

·          Czech Republic: Identification of Trafficked Persons Integral to Fighting Labor Exploitation (More information)

 Egypt

·          Egypt: Women Protesters Forced to Take “Virginity Tests” (More information)

 El Salvador

·          El Salvador: New Law on Violence Against Women (More information)

 Haiti

·          Haiti: Women Reveal Patterns of Rape and Gender-Based Violence in Displaced Persons Camps (More information)

 South Africa

·          South Africa: Government Agrees to Address Hate Crime of "Corrective Rape" (More information)

 

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New Research and Reports

New Website "Hot Peach Pages" Provides Domestic Violence Information to Women Around the World

Hot Peach Pages is a comprehensive online resource with the goal of listing domestic violence agencies in every country of the world and providing domestic violence information in as many languages as possible. (More information)

Report “Silent No More” Released on the Potential of the Church to Prevent Sexual Violence

Tearfund has released a report called “Silent No More” that addresses the untapped power of the church to stop sexual violence. (More information)

 

Report Examining "Re-Trafficking" Released by the International Organization for Migration

 

A report examining the incidence, causes, and consequences of re-trafficking was released by the International Organization for Migration on February 18, 2011. (More information)