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On March 18, 2013, to honor National Women's History Month, the US Embassy in Vienna Public Affairs Department, AWA Vienna and FAWCO drew attention to the issue of female oppression by sex trafficking and forced prostitution.

After the screening of a segment on prostitution in India from the PBS documentary “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,”

On the last day of CSW57, four female United States judges presented their perspectives on domestic violence, which they defined as; violence directed against women by their intimate partners is an epidemic of global proportions that has devastating physical, emotional, financial and social effects.

Efforts to combat domestic violence are now moving toward recognition of it as a violation of...

The Ambassador from Iraq, Dr Hamid Al-Byati, addressed asession on the influence of faith in the elimination of violence against women today at the CSW. The following are some excerpts from his presentation:

“We, of the Abrahamic religions (Jews, Christians and Muslims), are all one family in our faith. As brothers and sisters in this family, we must treat each...

Now well into the second week of CSW57, some overarching messages are becoming loud and clear.

The loudest and clearest of all is that violence against women and girls is preventable, but the approach needs to be right and appropriately adapted to the local circumstances.

What’s working:

• Community initiated change with strong support for local activists
• Focusing on the benefits...

Today in a session organized by the Doha International Institute, “Arab Spring: a chance for women’s rights”, four Arab women discussed their perception of violence since the uprisings in 2011. There was general agreement that the violence that is going on now, against men and women, is a systemic form of violence; largely perpetrated by the police or military. Female...