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  Violence Against and Trafficking in Women as Symptoms of Discrimination: the Potential of CEDAW as an Antidote

  2005

  How can measures to tackle trafficking in women be strengthened? This paper reviews the main debates, conventions and laws relating to trafficking in women in the Asia-Pacific region and suggests that the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) be used to unify the different approaches.
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  Women's Bodies as a Battleground: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls during the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo: South Kivu (1996-2003)

  International Alert, 2005

  History has shown that there is a link between war and the exploitation of women through rape, sexual harassment and prostitution. This is particularly true of the war in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has raged since 1996. Here sexual violence against women and girls has been and continues to be committed on a large scale.
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  Working with Men on Gender, Sexuality, Violence and Health: Trainer's Manual

  Sahaj, Sahayog India and Tathapi, 2005

  This manual is a resource for trainers working with men and boys around issues of citizenship, rights, gender, sexuality, violence and health in India. The content is guided by a social justice and equity perspective and is 'male-centred' in its approach. There are six distinct modules: Equity and Equality, Gender, Sexuality, Health, Violence, and Facilitation Skills.
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  Female genital mutilation / cutting: a statistical exploration

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2006

  Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional practice with severe health consequences for girls and women. It occurs mainly in countries along a belt stretching from Senegal in West Africa to Somalia in East Africa and to Yemen in the Middle East, but it is also practised in some parts of South-East Asia.
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  Combating gender-based violence: a key to achieving the MDGS

  United Nations Population Fund, 2005

  The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are global objectives established by developing and rich countries to measure development progress. Combating gender-based violence (GBV) is key to the achievement of the MDG goals because violence and fear of violence affects women's well-being. Men are to some extent affected as well.
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  Your justice is too slow: will the ICTR fail Rwanda’s rape victims?

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  Throughout the Rwandan genocide, widespread sexual violence, directed predominantly against Tutsi women, occurred in every prefecture. Thousands of women were raped and many died as a result of the brutality. Yet on the tenth anniversary of the genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has handed down only 21 sentences.
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  Defending Women, Defending Rights. Proceedings of the International Consultation on Women's Human Rights Defenders

  2006

  Every day women human rights defenders around the world are subjected to abuses as they seek to protect their own rights, and those of the communities in which they live and work. This report is based on the International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs), held in 2005.
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  Analysis of Section III-4 of Trafficking Victims in the Government's Action Plan against Human Trafficking

  Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons, 2005

  The Japanese Government needs to focus more on the protection and rehabilitation of trafficking victims is the key message from the Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons (JNATIP) in response to the Japanese Government's 2004 Action Plan to combat trafficking in persons.
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  The Historical Significance of the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000: Overcoming the Culture of Impunity for Wartime Sexual Violence

  Kanagawa University, 2001

  In December 2000, a Women's International War Crimes Tribunal was held in Japan to hear testimonies from survivors of Japan's military sexual slavery system. The tribunal consisted of three days of hearings in front of an international panel of judges and 5,000 participants.
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  Fifth Periodic Report on Implementation of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Japan)

  Government of Japan, 2002

  Japan's 5th periodic report on the implementation of the ?Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? (CEDAW) covers the period May 1998 to April 2002. It was put together in consultation with a wide range of civil society groups.

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