Let’s Talk About It and Then Step It Up: UN CSW59 Review

by Ann Marie Morrow, AWC Finland

I remember when I was about 8 years old being asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I answered, “A boy!”. Why did I give this answer? I remember thinking that if I could just be a boy, then...

Elizabeth Abbot describes what she learned:

Notes from CSW59

Finishing the “unfinished business of the 21^st century” (Hillary Clinton)

Accountability – we need to hold all levels of government accountable to creating laws and allocating resources to the gender equality and GBV agenda. Example: the Istanbul Convention signed in 2012 for European countries that requires countries to monitor progress and the...

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Protecting Yourself from Domestic Violence (a guide)

Blijf Grope

The Girls Prevention Program specifically targets middle and high school girls who demonstrate at risk behavior. The idea is to educate them on the seriousness of sexual exploitation that can lead to victimization. The 10-session curriculum is aimed at keeping the most vulnerable adolescent girls from sexual exploitation and prostitution. UAHT has also found it important to add the component...

Human Trafficking is the buying and selling of people. It does not necessarily imply movement or transportation. It is Slavery.
Human trafficking is the second largest illegal business in the world with estimates of 30 billion dollars plus per year worldwide.

In the collective imagination, the term human trafficking most often conjures visions of exotic people from foreign countries being forced into...

Introduction by Karen Lewis, Ending Violence Against Women Committee Co-Chair and AODVC Liaison

Following my article in the February 2015 Human Rights Team Bulletin regarding sexual abuse/harassment in the military, I happened to make friends with a survivor of sexual harassment in the military and hear her story. Since then, we've had a few conversations about this culture of acceptance...