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  • Violence Against Women - Stakeholders Call for Support 1 Dec 2009 09:39 GMT
    ... In every country, women and girls are in most cases vulnerable ... topics like domestic violence, women trafficking, rape, female genital mutilation, wife battering, sexual harassment, girl-child ... data collection, and systematic efforts to address sexual violence in conflict situations. The new entity will ...

  • Drink rape danger for young women 1 Dec 2009 11:15 GMT
    ... PLYMOUTH-based specialist advisor who helps victims of rape overcome their trauma has spoken out about ... has spoken out about the risks young women take by heavy drinking. Debra Gibbons, the independent sexual violence advisor (ISVA) at Twelve's Company, has backed ...

  • Editorial: Widening the circle to fight sex violence 1 Dec 2009 02:41 GMT
    ... contemporary culture encourages exploitation and violence toward women. The evidence is widespread. Some video games ... him involved in the effort to combat sexual violence is the worthy purpose of the Minnesota ... could reduce incidents of verbal sexual harassment, rape, battering and other forms of sexual violence. ...

  • Widening the circle to fight sex violence 1 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... contemporary culture encourages exploitation and violence toward women. The evidence is widespread. Some video games ... him involved in the effort to combat sexual violence is the worthy purpose of the Minnesota ... could reduce incidents of verbal sexual harassment, rape, battering and other forms of sexual violence. ...

  • UN Report: Data Shows Progress Needed On HIV Testing And Treatment For Children And Mothers 1 Dec 2009 09:14 GMT
    ... (WHO), features data on interventions that protect women and children from HIV and AIDS and a ... to HIV, including poverty, gender inequality and sexual violence, are addressed. "We cannot afford to be ... services for maternal and newborn healthcare and family planning and HIV testing, counseling and treatment, ...

  • Data Shows Progress Needed on HIV Testing and Treatment for Children and Mothers [press release] 1 Dec 2009 08:15 GMT
    ... (WHO), features data on interventions that protect women and children from HIV and AIDS and a ... to HIV, including poverty, gender inequality and sexual violence, are addressed. "We cannot afford to be ... services for maternal and newborn healthcare and family planning and HIV testing, counseling and treatment, ...

  • Burmese lawyers test the water at the ICC 1 Dec 2009 07:07 GMT
    ... the targets of “widespread torture, forced displacement, sexual violence, extra-judicial killings and forced labour” by the military ... of Serbian leader Slobadan Milosevic, said that human rights violations in Burma were comparable to Dafur, ...

  • RPT-Rape in Afghanistan a profound problem, UN says 30 Nov 2009 14:30 GMT
    ... Afghanistan, across all communities and social groups. "Women and girls are at risk of rape in ... rather than perpetrator. Rape occurs within the family and beyond and victims are often prosecuted ... war of the early 1990s, rape and sexual violence towards women was widespread and Islamist Taliban ...

  • Rape in Afghanistan is a 'problem of profound proportions', says UN 30 Nov 2009 18:44 GMT
    ... Afghanistan, across all communities and social groups. 'Women and girls are at risk of rape in ... rather than perpetrators. Rape occurs within the family and beyond and victims are often prosecuted ... war of the early 1990s, rape and sexual violence towards women was widespread. The Islamist Taliban ...

  • Rape in Afghanistan a profound problem, U.N. says 30 Nov 2009 12:13 GMT
    ... Afghanistan, across all communities and social groups. "Women and girls are at risk of rape in ... rather than perpetrator. Rape occurs within the family and beyond and victims are often prosecuted ... war of the early 1990s, rape and sexual violence towards women was widespread and Islamist militants ...

  • Rape in Afghanistan a profound problem: UN 30 Nov 2009 13:37 GMT
    ... Afghanistan, across all communities and social groups. "Women and girls are at risk of rape in ... than the perpetrator. Rape occurs within the family and beyond, and victims are often prosecuted ... war of the early 1990s, rape and sexual violence towards women was widespread, and Islamist Taliban ...

  • USAID Hosts UNFPA Exhibit Congo/Women Portraits of War: The Democratic Republic of Congo 30 Nov 2009 22:21 GMT
    ... Dec. 10. To highlight the plight of women and girls affected by violence, USAID will host ... campaign that raises awareness of the widespread sexual violence facing women and girls in the Democratic ... including access to medical care, counseling and family mediation, social and economic reintegration support, as ...

  • Ending violence against women should be a priority for us all 30 Nov 2009 22:47 GMT
    ... Ending violence against women should be a priority for us all ... at every point in their lives, from female feticide, to inadequate healthcare and nutrition given ... and almost 40 per cent have experienced sexual violence. One in four Ugandan women report that ...

  • Rape Investigations and Prosecutions Should be Given Higher Priority 30 Nov 2009 20:00 GMT
    ... arrested after the decomposed bodies of six women were found at his home. That number has ... raises important questions about Ohio's approach to sexual violence prevention and whether the state's sex-offender registration ... victims. There also is less money for rape investigation units, evidence testing and other tools ...

  • When Does Sex Mean Rape? 30 Nov 2009 09:18 GMT
    ... lead on the launch of a national Rape Awareness Campaign, which aims to reduce incidents ... tell her story and warn other young women and men about the dangers of drinking large ... officers and the support of the Independent Sexual Violence Advisor services, to help and support them ...


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