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UNPFA Newsletter on Gender Based Violence in Azerb

Monday, December 29, 2008

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s Combating Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the South Caucuses Project has started a three-year program specifically on

Azerbaijan

. The GBV Project in Azerbaijan’s first newsletter was released earlier this month. It includes news about a UNFPA conference on Combating Violence Against Women, GBV Project outreach to the academic community, surveys and public service announcements on domestic violence, GBV victim support groups, a documentary on domestic violence and human trafficking, and the Project’s plans for the international 16 days of activism. Finally, the newsletter announces that a UNFPA documentary series released throughout 2008, titled “Women on the Frontline,” will be translated and dubbed into Azerbaijani, to be aired on Azerbaijani television stations in December 2008.

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Compiled from: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Combating Gender Based Violence Project, UNFPA Azerbaijan (Issue 1, October-November 2008). Click the file below to open (Microsoft Office Publisher Document, 4 pages, 3.85 MB).

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Please see the Domestic Violence, Trafficking in Women and United Nations Human Rights System sections of this site, as well as the Azerbaijan country page.

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