From May 26 through 28, international experts on legislation on violence against women will be meeting to study different legislative and legal approaches, use lessons learned from previous approaches, and recommend best practices based upon experience. Cheryl Thomas, the Director of the Women’s Human Rights Program of The Advocates for Human Rights, is one of fifteen experts who will be in attendance.

Compiled from: “Violence against Women: Expert Group Meeting,” The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDAW/DESA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), website accessed 7 May 2008.