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Updated StopVAW pages:
Domestic Violence Section of the US Country Page |
UN Office of High Commissioner for Human
Rights Issues First Report on LGBT Human Rights |
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United Nations
Organizations Issue Commentary on EU Directive on Human Trafficking |
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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.
Additionally,
The Advocates for human rights works on domestic violence legal reform,
including trainings for legal professionals and extensive research and reports
that monitor domestic violence laws and implementation in partner countries. Learn more
about this work.
To
request commentary or to inquire further, please contact Cheryl Thomas at cthomas@advrights.org.
STOPVAW Website News
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StopVAW
Country Page updated
As of February, 2012, the Domestic Violence section of the United States Country page has been updated. (More information) |
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International and Regional News
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In
Memoriam of Ellen Pence
Ellen
Pence (1948-2012) was a scholar and a social activist. She co-founded the
Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, an inter-agency collaboration
model used in all 50 states in the |
Aid Agencies Not Focused on Needs of Displaced
Women
Elisabeth
Rasmusson, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, has asserted
that aid agencies are not adequately meeting the economic and personal needs
of women displaced by natural disasters and armed conflict. (More
information) |
United Nations
Organizations Issue Commentary on EU Directive on Human Trafficking
Six United Nations agencies have issued a commentary to support a recent European Union Directive adopted in 2011 to combat human trafficking and to focus on prevention and protection of trafficking victims. (More information) |
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National News
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New Research and Reports
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UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights
Issues First Report on LGBT Human Rights
The
United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued its
first report on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) people in December. It addresses violence, detention, criminalization,
and discrimination based on sexual orientation or sexual identity worldwide. (More
information) |
Study in Iraq finds FGM Linked to Mental
Disorders
Jan
Ilhan Kizilhan, an expert in psychotraumatology (psychotherapy for people who
have suffered trauma) at the University of Freiburg, found that rates of
mental disorders were seven times higher among girls who have undergone
female genital mutilation (FGM) than those who have not. (More
information) |
UN Women’s Virtual
Knowledge Centre Launches New Modules
The UN Women’s Virtual Knowledge Centre has launched three new learning modules. The modules, available in English (coming soon in French and Spanish), include programming guidance and case studies for practitioners, policy-makers, and global advocates on working with the Justice sector, the Security sector, and Campaigns. (More information) |
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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:
Mary Ellingen, Beatriz Menanteau, Mary O’Brien, For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@advrights.org. |
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