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The Violence Against Women Monitor

A publication of The Advocates for Human Rights

June 2010 | |

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|STOPVAW Website News |International and Regional News | |New Research |

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|Expert’s Corner: Countries Work to |African MPs Meet to Discuss International|[pic] Angola |Report Finds Connection Between Domestic |

|Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence |Law Against FGM | |Violence and Reproductive Coercion and |

|against Women and Girls, Part 3 | | |Control |

| |UNIFEM Welcomes UN Security Council |[pic] Bangladesh | |

| |Support for Comprehensive Set of | | |

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| |Resolution 1325 | | |

| |Declaration Adopted by UN Commission on |[pic] Bulgaria | |

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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 |

|[pic] Angola |

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

|[pic] Bangladesh |

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

|[pic] Bulgaria |

|Bulgaria: Submission to the UN Human Rights Council for Bulgaria’s Universal Periodic Review (More information) |

|[pic] Montenegro |

|Reaching Out to Change (More information) |

|UNDP Office in Montenegro and Women’s Safe House Hold Press Conference (More information) |

|Two Projects Implemented by SOS Hotline Podgorica in 2010 (More information) |

|[pic] Pakistan |

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

|[pic] Philippines |

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

|[pic] Timor-Leste |

|Timor-Leste Passes Law Against Domestic Violence (More information) |

|[pic] United Kingdom |

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

|[pic] 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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|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 . |

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|To subscribe to The VAW Monitor, please fill out the form provided at . |

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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), Mongolia, and the U.N. Protectorate of Kosovo.  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. |

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|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. |

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

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