/ Stop Violence Against Women Website
The Violence Against Women Monitor
A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights
June 2010
STOPVAW Website News / International and Regional News / National News / New Research
and Reports
Expert’s Corner: Countries Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part 3 / African MPs Meet to Discuss International Law Against FGM / Angola / Report Finds Connection Between Domestic Violence and Reproductive Coercion and Control
UNIFEM Welcomes UN Security Council Support for Comprehensive Set of Indicators on the Implementation of Resolution 1325 / Bangladesh
Declaration Adopted by UN Commission on the Status of Women / Bulgaria
Montenegro
Pakistan
Philippines
Timor-Leste
United Kingdom
United States

National VAW Monitors who contributed to this month’s newsletter include: Montenegro.

STOPVAW Website News

Expert’s Corner

Countries Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part 3 (More information)
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International and Regional News

African MPs Meet to Discuss International Law Against FGM

Members of Parliament (MPs) representing nations across Africa met on May 3 and 4 in Dakar, Senegal to advocate for a continent-wide ban on female genital mutilation. (More information)

UNIFEM Welcomes UN Security Council Support for Comprehensive Set of Indicators on the Implementation of Resolution 1325

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is very encouraged by the UN Security Council’s intention to take action on a comprehensive set of indicators on the implementation of its resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, by October 2010, the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325. (More information)

Declaration Adopted by UN Commission on the Status of Women

The Commission on the Status of Women met March 1-12 in order to review the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, fifteen years after it was drafted. (More information)
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National News

Angola

  • Angola: Journalist Uses Media to Advocate Against Domestic Violence (More information)

Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh Sends Women on UN Peacekeeping Mission (More information)

Bulgaria

  • Bulgaria: Submission to the UN Human Rights Council for Bulgaria’s Universal Periodic Review (Moreinformation)

Montenegro

  • Reaching Out to Change (More information)
  • UNDP Office in Montenegro and Women’s Safe House Hold Press Conference (Moreinformation)
  • Two Projects Implemented by SOS Hotline Podgorica in 2010 (More information)

Pakistan

  • Pakistan: Sex Traffickers, Brothel Owners and Pimps Exploit Families Living in Poverty (More information)

Philippines

  • Philippines Adopts National Plan of Action on Protection of Women During Armed Conflict (More information)

Timor-Leste

  • Timor-Leste Passes Law Against Domestic Violence (Moreinformation)

United Kingdom

  • UK: Report Examines Implementation of Forced Marriage Law (More information)

United States

  • Clinton: USA Will Not Abandon Women of Afghanistan (More information)

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New Research and Reports

Report Finds Connection Between Domestic Violence and Reproductive Coercion and Control

A 2010 study released by the Guttmacher Institute has found that reproductive coercion is often experienced by those who encounter violence from their intimate partners. (More information)
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About STOPVAW

The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) isa forum for information, advocacy and change. The Advocates for Human Rightsdeveloped thiswebsiteasa tool for the promotion of women's human rights in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) andthe former Soviet Union (FSU), Mongolia, and the U.N. Protectorate of Kosovo.STOPVAW was developed with supportfrom 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 andadvocacy 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, Mary Ellison, Beatriz Menanteau, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, and Cheryl Thomas. Current interns and volunteers include Emily Buehler, Greger Calhan, Laura Danielson, Munazza Humayun, and Jenny Singleton.
For more information about STOPVAW, please contact the Website Administrator at .
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