Expert's Corner
Domestic Violence
- Coercive Control: A New Model for Understanding Domestic Violence
- Global Partnerships on Domestic Violence Legal Reform
- Predominant Aggressor Legislation: Protecting Victims in Domestic Violence Cases
- Orders for Protection: Are They Effective and Cost-Effective?
- Addressing the Tension between the Battered Women’s and Restorative Justice Movements
- "And Then He Choked Me: Understanding and Investigating Strangulation" by Allison Turkel
- Barriers to Justice for Battered Mothers and Their Children
- Domestic Violence and the Right to Property in U.S. Caselaw
- Immigration Help for Individuals Surviving Domestic Violence
- The Importance of Confidentiality Between Domestic Violence Advocates and Domestic Violence Victims
- Technology and Violence against Women
- Protecting Victims of Violence through the Domestic Abuse No Contact Order
- Minnesota's New Domestic Abuse Strangulation Statute
- Two Minnesota Prosecutors Explain the Need for Increased Criminal Penalties for Strangulation in Domestic Violence Cases
- Advocates in Minnesota Challenge Myths regarding Domestic Violence Orders for Protection
Sexual Assault
Violence Against Women Around the World
General Articles
Reports and Comments by Country or State
- Amina Filali and Violence Against Women in Morocco
- Adopting a New Domestic Violence Law in Lithuania
- Brazil's New Law Criminalizing "Parental Alienation Syndrome" is Harmful to Battered Women
- American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative’s CEDAW Assessment Tool Report for Moldova
- An Important Victory for Bulgaria?
- Former Lobbyist Discusses Azerbaijan's New Law on Trafficking
- Hungarian Domestic Violence Case before CEDAW: Victory or Another Pile of Papers for the Archives
- Research on Violence Against Georgian Women and Their Right to Adequate Housing
- The Law on Protection against Domestic Violence in Bulgaria: Insights and History
- Ukraine Amends Legislation on Domestic Violence
- Sex Trafficking in Minnesota: Is the Paradigm Shifting?
- Can a Petitioner Violate Her Own Order for Protection in Minnesota?
Drafting, Monitoring, and Implementing Laws
Legislative Drafting Tips
Monitoring and Implementation
- International and Governmental Organizations Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls
- Countries Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part 4
- Countries Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part 3
- Countries Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls, Part 2
- Countries Work to Monitor and Implement Laws on Violence against Women and Girls
Training, Advocacy, and Teaching
- A University Professor Tells How She Uses STOPVAW in the Classroom
- Expanding the Reach of StopVAW
- New Tactics in Human Rights
- The Advocates and Network Women's Program Conclude National Violence Against Women Monitor Two-Day Meeting
- United States Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Victims of Domestic Violence
- VAW Activism Sets the Stage for Legal Change in Conformance with Women's Human Rights