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width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_International_Conference_on">International Conference on  Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers: Strategies for Employment and Civic Participation</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image002.gif" o:href="cid:015101c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="020408_violence_files/image002.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1037"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Amnesty_International_Releases">Amnesty International Releases  Campaign to End Stoning in Iran Report</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Call_for_Participation:">Call for Participation:  ALTRA: In-Prison Support and Therapy for Victims and Perpetrators of Gender Violence Project</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:18pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image003.gif" o:href="cid:015201c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=24 src="020408_violence_files/image003.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1038"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Czech_Republic">Czech Republic</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_LGBT_Communities_and">LGBT Communities and Domestic Violence</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Domestic_Violence_Fellowship">Domestic Violence Fellowship At The University At Buffalo, Fall 2008</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:18.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image004.gif" o:href="cid:015301c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=25 height=17 src="020408_violence_files/image004.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1039"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Women_and_Children:">Women and Children: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_United_Nations_Population">United Nations Population Fund Reports on Strategic Plan for the Next Three Years</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><img border=0 width=33 height=23 id="_x0000_i1026" src="">&nbsp;<a href="#_Iraq">Iraq</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Violence_in_the">Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_United_Nations_General">United Nations General Assembly Emphasizes Violence against Girls</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><img border=0 width=33 height=23 id="_x0000_i1027" src="">&nbsp;<a href="#_Kenya">Kenya</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Traffickers_and_Victim">Traffickers and Victim Often Share Family Ties, Nationality, and Gender</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image005.gif" o:href="cid:015601c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="020408_violence_files/image005.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1040"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Kyrgzystan">Kyrgyzstan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_Police_from_Azerbaijan">Police from Azerbaijan and Georgia Trained on Domestic Violence</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1041" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image006.gif" o:href="cid:015701c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="020408_violence_files/image006.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1041"><![endif]>&nbsp;<a href="#_Liberia">Liberia</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_CoE_Human_Rights">CoE Human Rights Commissioner Calls For Treaty on Violence against Women</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><img border=0 width=33 height=17 id="_x0000_i1028" src="">&nbsp;<a href="#_Sudan">Sudan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_How_Did_Women">How Did Women Fare in 2007?</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><img border=0 width=33 height=17 id="_x0000_i1029" src="">&nbsp;<a href="#_United_Arab_Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_New_York_Update">New York Update on Outcomes in the Third Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><img border=0 width=33 height=17 id="_x0000_i1030" src="">&nbsp;<a href="#_USA">USA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_2010_to_Be">2010 to Be the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:42.0pt'> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border:solid white 1.0pt; border-top:none;background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:42.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'><a href="#_UN_Human_Rights">UN Human Rights Council Releases Draft Resolution on Right to Adequate Standard of Living</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=189 valign=top style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid white 1.0pt;border-right:solid white 1.0pt; background:#CCFF99;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 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style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_STOPVAW_Website_News"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'>STOPVAW Website News<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_New_Section:_Afghanistan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>New Section: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> Country Page<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A new country page on <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> has been added. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Afghanistan.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_National_VAW_Monitor_Program"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_International_and_Regional_News"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'>International and Regional News<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_High_Commissioner_for"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>High Commissioner for Human Rights Welcomes Ratification Bringing into Force Arab Charter on Human Rights<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In this celebratory year of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomes the 7th ratification required to bring the Arab Charter on Human Rights into force (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights_Welcomes_Ratification_Bringing_into_Force_Arab_Charter_on_Human_Rights.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_International_Conference_on"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>International Conference on  Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers: Strategies for Employment and Civic Participation <o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) in collaboration with the University of Nicosia will be hosting an international conference within the framework of the transnational project entitled  Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers: Strategies for Employment and Civic Participation , funded under the INTI Preparatory Actions 2005 Programme, European Commission. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/International_Conference_on_Integration_of_Female_Migrant_Domestic_Workers_Strategies_for_Employment_and_Civic_Participation.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Call_for_Participation:"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Call for Participation:  ALTRA: In-Prison Support and Therapy for Victims and Perpetrators of Gender Violence Project<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the Final Conference of the  ALTRA: In-Prison Support and Therapy for Victims and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence project will take place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Budapest</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Hungary</st1:country-region></st1:place> on 5 February 2007. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Call_for_Participation_ALTRA_In-Prison_Support_and_Therapy_for_Victims_and_Perpetrators_of_Gender_Violence_Project.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Domestic_Violence_Fellowship"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Domestic Violence Fellowship At The University At <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Buffalo</st1:City></st1:place>, Fall 2008<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call for Applications: An exciting educational and practice-oriented opportunity for a young practicing lawyer from Central Eastern Europe, the CIS, the Balkans, the Caucasus or the Central Asian Republics with a deep interest in domestic violence (primarily against women and children) legal issues who works with or in a Non-Governmental Organization concerned with domestic violence in her country. <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Domestic_Violence_Fellowship_At_The_University_At_Buffalo_Fall_2008.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_United_Nations_Population"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>United Nations Population Fund Reports on Strategic Plan for the Next Three Years<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At the center of reducing poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is improving women s empowerment. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its strategic plan for 2008-2011. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/United_Nations_Population_Fund_Reports_on_Strategic_Plan_for_the_Next_Three_Years.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_United_Nations_General"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>United Nations General Assembly Emphasizes Violence against Girls<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The sixty-second session of the General Assembly of the United Nations highlighted violence against girls in its Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children: the Girl-Child resolution. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Emphasizes_Violence_against_Girls.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Traffickers_and_Victim"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Traffickers and Victim Often Share Family Ties, Nationality, and Gender<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>According to  Preventing Human Trafficking, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) states that many traffickers are relatives who use trust in order to manipulate trafficking victims; women will recruit other women. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Traffickers_and_Victim_Often_Share_Family_Ties_Nationality_and_Gender.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Police_from_Azerbaijan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Police from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Azerbaijan</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region> Trained on Domestic Violence<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) trained law enforcement about domestic violence during its annual human rights conference in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Warsaw</st1:place></st1:City> in September and October. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Police_from_Azerbaijan_and_Georgia_Trained_on_Domestic_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_CoE_Human_Rights"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>CoE Human Rights Commissioner Calls For Treaty on Violence against Women<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Swedish diplomat and current Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, is calling upon the international community to create a comprehensive international treaty on violence against women. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/A_Treaty_is_needed_for_the_Protection_of_Women_against_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_How_Did_Women"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>How Did Women Fare in 2007?<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Association for Women s Rights in Development offers a glimpse at a few of last year's gains and setbacks for women all over the world. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/How_Did_Women_Fare_in_2007.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_New_York_Update"></a><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>New York</span></st1:place></st1:State><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Update on Outcomes in the Third Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On 25 October 2007, the Third Committee of the 62nd session of the General Assembly began consideration of six reports and four resolutions relating to economic, social and cultural rights under agenda item 70: 'Promotion and protection of human rights (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.' (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/New_York_Update_on_Outcomes_in_the_Third_Committee_on_Economic_Social_and_Cultural_rights.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_2010_to_Be"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>2010 to Be the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The European Commission has today designated 2010 as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The ¬ 17 million campaign aims to reaffirm the EU's commitment to making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/2010_to_Be_the_European_Year_for_Combating_Poverty_and_Social_Exclusion.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_UN_Human_Rights"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>UN Human Rights Council Releases Draft Resolution on Right to Adequate Standard of Living<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The United Nations Human Rights Council recently released a draft resolution on  adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Female_Victims_of_Violence_Special_Need_for_Shelter_Acknowledged_by_Human_Rights_Council.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_National_News"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>National News<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Afghanistan"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1042" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:15pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image001.gif" o:href="cid:015001c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=20 src="020408_violence_files/image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1042"><![endif]>&nbsp;</span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Afghanistan</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Women's Rights Campaigns Launched In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Women_s_Rights_Campaigns_Launched_In_Afghanistan.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Azerbaijan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1043" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image002.gif" o:href="cid:015101c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="020408_violence_files/image002.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1043"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Azerbaijan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Azerbaijani NGO Honors 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Azerbaijani_NGO_Honors_16_Days_of_Activism_Against_Gender_Violence_Campaign.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Czech_Republic"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1044" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:18pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image003.gif" o:href="cid:015201c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=24 src="020408_violence_files/image003.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1044"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Czech</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Czech Domestic Violence Perpetrators May Receive Therapy or Special Aid (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Czech_Domestic_Violence_Perpetrators_may_Receive_Therapy_or_Special_Aid.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Czech Cabinet Approves New Penal Code (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Czech_Cabinet_Approves_New_Penal_Code.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Congo"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:18.75pt;height:12.75pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image004.gif" o:href="cid:015301c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=25 height=17 src="020408_violence_files/image004.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1045"><![endif]>&nbsp;Democratic <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Republic</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Congo</st1:country-region></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The War Against Women in DR Congo (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/The_War_Against_Women_in_DR_Congo.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Iraq"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><img border=0 width=33 height=23 id="_x0000_i1031" src="">&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New Law Criminalizing Female Genital Mutilation in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/New_Law_Criminalizing_Female_Genital_Mutilation_in_Iraq.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Kenya"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><img border=0 width=33 height=23 id="_x0000_i1032" src="">&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rape Cases Double During Political Unrest in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region></st1:place> (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Rape_Cases_Double_During_Political_Unrest_in_Kenya.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Post-Election Violence in Kenya Affects Women (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Post-Election_Violence_in_Kenya_Affects_Women.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Kyrgzystan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1046" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:17.25pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image005.gif" o:href="cid:015601c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=23 src="020408_violence_files/image005.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1046"><![endif]>&nbsp;Kyrgzystan<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Torture of a Woman in Police Custody in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Kyrgyzstan</st1:country-region></st1:place>, Including Rape Threat (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Torture_of_a_Woman_in_Police_Custody_Including_Rape_Threat.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Liberia"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1047" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='width:26.25pt;height:13.5pt'> <v:imagedata src="020408_violence_files/image006.gif" o:href="cid:015701c8698a$dfec7c80$8231a8c0@D15860BF233240A"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=35 height=18 src="020408_violence_files/image006.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1047"><![endif]>&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Liberia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Liberia Launches Nationwide Anti-Rape Campaign (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Liberia_Launches_Nationwide_Anti-Rape_Campaign.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Sudan"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><img border=0 width=33 height=17 id="_x0000_i1033" src="">&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sexual Violence Continues in Darfur (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Sexual_Violence_Continues_in_Darfur.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_United_Arab_Emirates"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><img border=0 width=33 height=17 id="_x0000_i1034" src="">&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United Arab Emirates</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>United Arab Emirates Will Soon Have Women Judges (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/United_Arab_Emirates_Will_Soon_Have_Women_Judges.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_USA"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><img border=0 width=33 height=17 id="_x0000_i1035" src="">&nbsp;<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 2008 Is the Fifth Annual National Stalking Awareness Month (More information)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><a name="_New_Research_and_Reports"></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:white'>New Research and Reports<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_More_Women_in"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>More Women in Work, but 'Better' Jobs Needed<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Women are continuing to drive employment growth in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>, but remain disadvantaged on the labor market in relation to men, says a report adopted by the European Commission. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/More_Women_in_Work_but_Better_Jobs_Needed_Too.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Amnesty_International_Releases"></a><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Amnesty International Releases  Campaign to End Stoning in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></st1:place> Report<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The punishment for adultery in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> is execution by stoning. Amnesty International s report calls for end to stoning and an end to the punishment of execution in any form for the crime of adultery. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Amnesty_International_Releases_Campaign_to_End_Stoning_in_Iran_Report.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_LGBT_Communities_and"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>LGBT Communities and Domestic Violence<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Despite the fact that domestic violence is as prevalent and lethal in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans (&quot;LGBT&quot;) relationships, fewer statistics, studies, protections and services are available to LGBT victims of domestic violence than are available to heterosexual victims of domestic violence. In a report addressing this issue, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Resource</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on Domestic Violence has detailed information and resources about this issue. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/LGBT_Communities_and_Domestic_Violence.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Women_and_Children:"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Women and Children: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In a newly published report entitled  The State of the World s Children 2007: Women and Children, The Double Dividend of Gender Equality, UNICEF highlights the importance of improving gender equality to advance the quality of life for both women and children. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Women_and_Children_The_Double_Dividend_of_Gender_Equality.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h1><a name="_Violence_in_the"></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> on Family Homelessness has published a report documenting the results of a six-year study on violence against homeless women in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State>. (<a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/Violence_in_the_Lives_of_Homeless_Women.html">More information</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>Subscribe to The VAW Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h2><span style='font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>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 <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/The_VAW_Monitor.html">http://www.stopvaw.org/The_VAW_Monitor.html</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To subscribe to The VAW Monitor, please fill out the form provided at <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/The_VAW_Monitor.html">http://www.stopvaw.org/The_VAW_Monitor.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="#_top">Top</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;background:#9999FF;padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <h3><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>About STOPVAW<o:p></o:p></span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=756 valign=top style='width:567.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <p class=MsoBodyText2><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2>The <a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/">Stop Violence Against Women</a> website (STOPVAW) is&nbsp;a forum for information, advocacy and change.&nbsp; Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights&nbsp;developed this&nbsp;website&nbsp;as&nbsp;a tool for the promotion of women's human rights in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and&nbsp;the former Soviet Union (FSU), Mongolia, and the U.N. Protectorate of Kosovo.&nbsp;&nbsp;STOPVAW was developed with support&nbsp;from and in consultation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women&nbsp;(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.&nbsp;STOPVAW provides women's rights advocates with information and&nbsp;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.</p> <p class=MsoBodyText2><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p class=MsoBodyText2>Current staff members of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights involved with the development of STOPVAW include<span style='color:black'> Angela Bortel, Mary Ellingen, Mary Ellison, Mary Hunt, Rosalyn Park, Robin Phillips, and <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Cheryl Thomas</st1:PersonName>. 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