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The Stop Violence Against Women website
(StopVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy, and change. The
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, including domestic
violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and trafficking in
persons.
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 StopVAW
Website News
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StopVAW
Update: The Lithuania main country page and National Polices sub-page
were updated. Learn more
FINAL
Call for Submissions: The Advocates for Human Rights is accepting
information on new laws, rules, or regulations, programmes, or
promising practices that address domestic violence, sexual assault, sex
trafficking, sexual harassment, FGM, harmful practices, maltreatment of
widows, dowry-related violence, "honour" crimes, advocating
for new laws or the reforming of existing laws, implementing laws, or
monitoring of laws in your country for its work in updating the
Legislation Module of UN Women's Global Knowledge Centre to End
Violence Against Women and Girls.
Learn More
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National
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 Armenia
 Ecuador
 Haiti
 Ireland
 Tajikistan
 Tanzania
 Tunisia
 United Kingdom
- United Kingdom: Strong
Commitment Made to End Female Genital Mutilation (More information)
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New
Research and Reports
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New
Report on Child Marriage in South Asia
(More information)
New Resource: A Report on Female
Genital Mutilation in the European Union and Croatia (More information)
New Resource: New Data on Gender-Based Violence in the European
Union
(More information)
New
Report: Informal Justice Systems and Human Rights (More information)
New
Resource: A Guide to Gender-Sensitive Monitoring (More information)
New Resource: UNHCR Issues New
Report on FGM and Asylum in the European Union
(More information)
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International
and Regional News
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European
Court of Human Rights: Lithuanian Authorities Failed to Effectively
Investigate Domestic Violence Case (More information)
United
Nations Predicts High Rates of Child Marriage (More information)
United
Nations: Promising Data Shows Decrease in Female Genital Mutilation
(More information)
57th
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (More information)
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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.
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 fellows, interns, and volunteers include Eleanor Frisch,
Calleigh McRaith, Karianne Jones, Jill Jensen, and Aurelija Olendraite.
www.stopvaw.org
/ www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org
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