Stop Violence Against Women
A project of The Advocates for Human Rights

The Advocates Presents on Gender Diversity in Extractive Industries

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Rosalyn Park presented before the UN Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane at its annual meeting in Geneva on September 25, 2018.

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The Advocates Participates in Expert Group Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on VAW

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Women's Program Director, Rosalyn Park, participated in an Expert Group Meeting convened by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and hosted by the London School of Economics.

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The Advocates for Human Rights and Autonomous Women's House Zagreb Publish New Report on Domestic Violence in Croatia

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The Advocates for Human Rights and Autonomous Women's House Zagreb have published a report documenting the Croatian government's response to domestic violence. 

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Georgia: Fundraising and Resource Strategy Workshop

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The Advocates and its partner, the Anti-Violence Network of Georgia, conducted a fundraising and resourcing strategy training in Tbilisi, Georgia for 11 organizations.

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The Advocates for Human Rights Produces 30-Country Assessment of Domestic Violence Laws, Policies and Practice

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The Advocates for Human Rights has completed an assessment of domestic violence laws, policies and practices in thirty countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. 

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Moldova: UPR Advocacy

The Advocates, together with The Women's Law Center, International Center "La Strada", Promoto-LEX Association, and endorsed by the National Coalition "Life without violence!", submitted a UPR stakeholder report regarding domestic violence and sexual assault in Moldova.

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The Advocates to Present at NGO CSW Forum in NY

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The Advocates will be attending the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and presenting...

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The Advocates for Human Rights and National Center against Violence Submit Parallel Report to CEDAW

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The Advocates for Human Rights and National Center against Violence submitted a joint report to CEDAW for Mongolia's upcoming review at the 63rd session. 

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Bulgaria: Black Sea Academy and Fundraising and Resource Strategy Workshop

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At the request of its partners, the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation and Demetra, The Advocates’ Rose Park and Theresa Dykoschak trained a group of police officers, judges, prosecutors, and others at the Black Sea Academy in Burgas, Bulgaria.

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The Advocates presents at the WAVE Conference

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The Advocates' staff attorney Beatriz Menanteau presented at the 18th annual WAVE Conference in Berlin, Germany.

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Bulgaria: Women's Human Rights Training Institute

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The Advocates’ Rose Park and Theresa Dykoschak presented on violence against women and UN advocacy at the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI) in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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