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    Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015, Nigeria

    Women's Aid Collective, 2015
    In one of his final acts in office, President Goodluck Jonathan recorded a milestone by signing into law the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, 2015 (VAPP). In doing so, he capped 14 years of social and legislative advocacy aimed toward passage of the law.
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    WLUML-WELDD Impact Stories: The Butterfly Effect | www.weldd.org

    Women Living Under Muslim Law, 2015
    The Women's Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation (WELDD) programme involved hundreds of participants from 27 countries over eight regions over 3 years from 2012 to 2015.
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    The 2015 Nigeria elections and violence against women in politics

    Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, 2015
    Violence against women in politics is a global issue, one that marginalises women in both public and private life and severely limits women’s representation at all levels of government.
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    Report on the Women's Situation Room in Nigeria

    Social Science Research Network, 2015
    Since the return of party politics to much of Africa in the early 1990’s, many elections have engendered violence which deters women’s active participation and engagement in politics.
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    Global report on trafficking in persons 2014

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2014
    Human trafficking, the forced movement and exploitation of persons, is the basest of crimes and yet remains prevalent in every region of the globe, while offenders too often escape prosecution. That is the perspective of this report produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and mandated by the UN General Assembly in 2010.
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    From impunity to justice: Domestic legal remedies for cases of technology-related violence against women

    Association for progressive communication, 2015
    This research seeks to examine the availability and effectiveness of existing domestic legal remedies for survivors of technology-related violence against women (VAW) to access justice and to prevent such violence from occurring.
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    Sexual and gender-based violence at CSW59

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Throughout the course of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), Eldis Interactions were compiling a live blog examining the topic of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). This commentary brings together tweets, pictures and reflections on many of the talks and side-events by participants, spanning the entire event.
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    Statement on the Political Declaration of the Commission on the Status of Women

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2015
    In protest over what was seen as a weak and bland affirmation of existing commitments in the drafted Political Declaration of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), over 950 civil society organisations from all over the world put their names to demands for a stronger final declaration.
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    Young Feminists’ Statement for the 59th Commission on the Status of Women

    2015
    Young feminists from around the world joined together at the 59th sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), forming the Young Women’s Caucus and releasing a collective statement to round off two weeks of activities and intense discussions. The statement makes clear that as young feminists, it is their job to hold governments accountable for their commitments.
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    CSW59 – Beijing Betrayed

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2015
    At a time of celebrating the achievements seen in Beijing twenty years ago, and of commitment to the accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, what women don’t need is an outcome to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) weakened by its lack of engagement with women on the ground, and lacking in vision and commitment.

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