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International and Regional News |
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Expert’s Corner: Amina Filali and
Violence Against Women in Morocco |
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Updated StopVAW Pages:
Subsections of the Mongolia Country Page |
Input Invited for Annual Report of
the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women |
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Updated StopVAW Page: Sexual
Harassment section of the United States Country Page |
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National
VAW Monitors who contributed to this month’s newsletter include:
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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Expert’s Corner
Amina
Filali and Violence Against Women in |
StopVAW Pages Updated
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of May, 2012, the following sub-sections of the |
StopVAW
Pages Updated
As
of May, 2012, the United States Country Page has a new section on Sexual
Harassment in Education. (More
information) |
International and Regional News
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Women
Unite for Rights at AWID Forum
Women from all over the world participated in the 12th
International AWID Forum on Women’s Rights and Development in |
Input Invited for Annual Report of the Special
Rapporteur on Violence against Women
The
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences,
Rashida Manjoo, will focus her 2013 report on the “Due Diligence
Obligation to address Violence against Women.” (More
information) |
Human Trafficking on
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General Protocol on the Procedures and Cooperation of Institutions, Agencies
and Organizations in Cases of Domestic Violence against Women (More
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New Research and Reports
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New Web Resource on Building a Health System
Response to Gender Violence in Eastern Europe and
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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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