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News and highlights
January 2011
October 2010Issue No. 9 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here. August 2010On 2 August 2010, two new reports of the Secretary-General on violence against women were issued:
July 2010Issue No. 8 of Words to action, the Division’s quarterly newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here. April 2010Issue No. 7 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here. January 2010Issue No. 6 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here. December 2009On 18 December 2009 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted two new resolutions related to violence against women by consensus: Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (A/RES/64/137, of 18 December 2009) Violence against women migrant workers (A/RES/64/139, of 18 December 2009) October 2009Issue No. 5 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here. July 2009On 17 July 2009, two new reports of the Secretary-General on violence against women were issued:
Issue No. 4 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here (daw@un.org). UN Women's Handbook for legislation on violence against women has been made available online, along with an accompanying powerpoint presentation, and a video dialogue between P. Imrana Jalal and Cheryl Thomas (respectively the Chairperson and Rapporteur of the on good practices in legislation to address violence against women held in May 2008) highlighting key points from the model framework for legislation on violence against women. May 200925 to 28 May 2009: Expert group meeting on , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia April 2009 Issue No. 3 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly e-newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here (daw@un.org). March 2009 5 March 2009: the Secretary-General's database on violence against women was launched at United Nations Headquarters New York by Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro. 4 March 2009: the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention convened a joint dialogue on addressing violence against women through legal reform. Introductory remarks were made by Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro January 2009 Issue No. 2 of Words to action, UN Women’s quarterly e-newsletter on violence against women is now available online. To subscribe click here (daw@un.org). The deadline for Member State responses to the seeking information for the coordinated was 4 January 2009. Members States that have not yet submitted their replies are invited to do so at their earliest convenience to vawdatabase@un.org. December 2008 On 18 December 2008 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted two new resolutions related to violence against women by consensus: - Resolution 63/155 on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women - Resolution 63/156 on trafficking in women and girls November 2008 The on good practices in legislation on violence against women is now available.
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