The Advocates for Human Rights is a non-governmental, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights. With the help of the more than 600 active volunteers who contribute an estimated $3.4 million annually of in-kind services, The Advocates documents human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, educates on human rights issues, and provides training and technical assistance to address and prevent human rights violations.
Participants in the National Violence Against Women Monitor Program for Central and Eastern Europe, South Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia.
The Women’s Program created and maintains a website on all aspects of violence against women in a worldwide context. The Stop Violence Against Women website consists of several thousand pages and receives over one million hits per year.It is used a resource by women’s advocates, lawyers, policy makers and academics.The website provides in-depth information on VAW law and policy in numerous countries, most in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and also addresses current developments in VAW issues in a “What’s New” section that is updated daily.The website also features information on developing issues of VAW such as Forced and Early Marriage and Femicide.
