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	Stop Violence Against Women Website The Violence Against Women Monitor A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights April 2012
STOPVAW Website News	International and Regional News	National News	New Research and Reports
Updated StopVAW Page: Mongolia Country Page	Turkey First to Ratify European Convention to Combat Violence Against Women	Afghanistan	New Resource on CEDAW Optional Protocol
		India
		Morocco
		Pakistan
		Papua New Guinea
		Solomon Islands
		Somalia
		Tajikistan
		United Kingdom

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

Updated StopVAW Page: Mongolia Country Page

As of April, 2012, the Mongolia Country Page has been updated. (More information)

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International and Regional News

Turkey First to Ratify European Convention to Combat Violence Against Women

On 14 March 2012, Turkey officially ratified the Council of Europe’s Convention to Combat Violence against Women. Turkey is the first state to sign and ratify the Convention. (More information)

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National News

Afghanistan

· Press Release: Hundreds of Women, Girls Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’ in Afghanistan (More information)

India

· India: Culture of Silence Around Domestic Violence Changing Slowly (More information)

Morocco

· Morocco: Girl Forced to Marry Rapist Commits Suicide (More information)

· Morocco: New Project Underway to Track Court Decisions Related to Women’s Rights (More information)

Pakistan

· Pakistan: Hindu Girls and Young Women Abducted, Forced to Marry and Convert (More information)

· Pakistan: Over 900 Victims of “Honor” Killings in 2011 (More information)

Papua New Guinea

· Papua New Guinea: Services for Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors Lacking (More information)

· Papua New Guinea: Special Rapporteur Appeals for Accountability for Gender Violence (More information)

Solomon Islands

· Solomon Islands: Excessive Violence against Women Must End, Says UN Special Rapporteur (More information)

Somalia

· Somalia: Human Rights Watch Reports Forced Marriage and Rape of Girls and Young Women (More information)

Tajikistan

· Tajikistan: Poverty a Factor in Early Marriages (More information)

United Kingdom

· United Kingdom: Girls Forced into Underage Marriages (More information)

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New Research and Reports

New Resource on CEDAW Optional Protocol

A recently-launched website entitled Optional Protocol to CEDAW was designed to provide a central hub of information regarding the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). (More information)

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Subscribe to The VAW Monitor

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

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 Mongolia. STOPVAW was developed with support from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Open Society Institute's Network Women's Program. This site addresses violence against women as one of the most pervasive human rights abuses worldwide. STOPVAW provides women's rights advocates with information and advocacy tools focused on ending the most endemic forms of violence against women in the region, including domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and trafficking in persons.

Current staff members of The Advocates for Human Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include: Mary Ellingen, Beatriz Menanteau, Mary O’Brien, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, Helen Rubenstein and Cheryl Thomas. Current interns and volunteers include Britt Johnson, Alison Schmidt and Lauren Woodbury.

For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at stopvaw@advrights.org.

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