September and October 2013
In This Issue:
StopVAW Website News
News
New Research and Reports
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.
StopVAW Update: A section on Sexual Assault in the Military section added
This section was created to look at sexual assault specifically within military systems.
The following sub-sections were also created:
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StopVAW Update: Domestic Violence: General Information
This section provides information on domestic violence, including theories of domestic violence, prevalence of domestic violence and information on the effects of domestic violence.
StopVAW Update: Domestic Violence: Law and Policy
The following sub-sections of the Domestic Violence: Law and Policy section have been updated:
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Afghanistan
Egypt
(More information)
Indonesia
Japan
Saudi Arabia
United States
European Union
United Nations
New Resource: European Court of Human Rights Updated Fact Sheet on Violence Against Women (More information)
New Resource: NNEDV and Facebook Release Safety Guide for Victims of Stalking and Domestic Violence(More information) New Report: The United Nations Releases Report on Violence Against Women in Asia Pacific (More information)
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.
Staff members of The Advocates for Human Rights involved with the development of StopVAW include: Theresa Dykoschak, Mary Ellingen, Beatriz Menanteau, Mary O'Brien, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, Helen Rubenstein, and Cheryl Thomas. Fellows, interns, and volunteers include Aurelija Olendraite, Claire Kelly, Thea Reilkoff, Linnea VanPilsum-Bloom, Kate Vohs, Eva Najarro Smith and Tania Tisheva.
www.stopvaw.org / www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org