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Girls face violent threats every day – simply because they are girls. A new bill would empower the United States to prevent violence against women and girls.

One in three girls will be assaulted in their lifetimes. Girls are at increased risk for abuse, trafficking, and violence at school. Today, we have a chance to stop the violence: Right now, Congress...

FAWCO Ending Violence Against Women and Children Bulletin #1

prepared by Karen Lewis and Diana Smith Walsh
Ending Violence Against Women and Children Team Co-Chairs

June, 2009
 
The Ending Violence Against Women and Children "committee," now called a "team", is one year old! In the spring of 2008, Karen Lewis and My-Linh Kunst founded FAWCO's Ending Violence Against Women and Children Committee with the goals of raising awareness of domestic...

11th Session of the Human Rights Council, June 5, 2009 Side Event on VAW

11th Session of the Human Rights Council, June 5, 2009        

Violence against Women Side Event: “15 Years of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women:  gains, challenges and the way forward”

Keynote speakers:                                                                                                                              

Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences

11th Session of the Human Rights Council, June 3, 2009

2009 FAWCO Conference - Dr. Audra Sipaviciene - Human Trafficking

Dr. Audra Sipaviciene - Head, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Presentation:  Trafficking in Human Beings - Problems, Mechanisms, Search for Solutions

Please click on to the following link and wait for the download:

Sex Trafficking Short Fact Sheet

Some numbers:

27 million - # of modern day slaves around the world

800,000 - # persons trafficked across international borders each year (UNIFEM estimate 500,000 - 2 million, other...