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UNFPA-UNICEF Program Report Finds 2,000 African
Communities Have Ended FGM |
New Report by UN
Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence |
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National
VAW Monitors who contributed to this month’s newsletter include: Kosovo and
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
Page Updated
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of March, 2012, the Date and Acquaintance Sexual Assault page has been
updated. (More
information) |
StopVAW Country Page
Updated
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of March, 2012, all of the |
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International and Regional News
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UNFPA-UNICEF
Program Report Finds 2,000 African Communities Have Ended FGM According
to the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Program to End FGM/C, approximately 2,000 African
communities joined the effort to end female genital mutilation in 2011,
bringing the total number of communities renouncing the practice to over
8,000. These numbers are only one of the highlights published in the Joint
Program’s Annual Report. (More
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· Kosovo: Agency for
Gender Equality, President, & Prime Minister Launch Action Plan on
Domestic Violence (More
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New Research
and Reports
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New Report by UN Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual
Violence
The
UN Secretary-General has issued a new report
on conflict-related sexual violence, covering the analysis and reporting
arrangements, monitoring, and placement of women’s protection advisors. It
also supplies information on those parties that are justifiably suspected of
committing or being responsible for acts of rape or other forms of violence. (More information) |
New
Resource on Sexual Violence against Women in Wartime
The
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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), and 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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