UNIFEM has launched a Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls. The site brings together lessons learned and recommended practices gleaned from initiatives on ending violence against women and girls around the world. The Advocates developed the site's module on legislation to end violence against women and girls.

The Advocates for Human Rights, Moroccan NGOs from across the country, and host Global Rights met in Errachidia, Morocco from March 8-12, 2010 to draft a national law on violence against women. If passed, the law would be the first comprehensive violence against women act in the Arab world that criminalizes domestic violence and sexual assault and provides for an order for protection remedy for victims.
 

In March 2010, Women's Program Director Cheryl Thomas will travel to Errechidia, Morocco at the invitation of the Washington D.C.-based group Global Rights.

In February, Women's Program Director Cheryl Thomas attended a meeting hosted by the University of Virginia Law School with Rashida Manjoo, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. 

Ten Thousand Villages in St. Paul to hold benefit event for the Women's Human Rights Program at The Advocates

The Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) has announced that Mary C. Ellison, Women's Program Staff Attorney, and Cheryl Thomas, Women's Program Director, will receive an AWARE Award at its 2010 AWARE Event on April 7th.

The Advocates and the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library have announced four films for screening in early 2010 as part of the Women's Human Rights Film Series.

The President of Kazakhstan signs into law new measures on domestic violence.

Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee will be the keynote speaker for the 15th Annual International Women's Day Celebration on March 6, 2010.

The Advocates for Human Rights invites you to join us during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, taking place between November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women, and December 10, International Human Rights Day.

November 25 marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The Advocates recently responded to a request from an NGO partner in Montenegro to submit comments on Montenegro's Draft Domestic Violence Law.

On November 19, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission held a public hearing on a proposal to move sex trafficking to the sex offender grid in Minnesota.

The Advocates' Cheryl Thomas, Director of the Women's Human Rights Program, gave the Keynote Address at the recent Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Gender Equality, a conference organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

The Women’s Human Rights Program recently returned from travels to Bulgaria and Georgia where we worked with our partners as they develop strategies to effectively implement their new laws on domestic violence.

The Advocates' Cheryl Thomas submitted testimony for a hearing on October 21, 2009, on "International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions." The hearing is for the U.S. House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.

On October 15th, Staff Attorney Mary C. Ellison will receive the 2009 Journey of Hope Award from the Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project (BWLAP).

The Advocates' Cheryl Thomas, Robin Phillips and Beatríz Menanteau are currently in the Republic of Georgia to present training on “Representing and Assisting Domestic Violence Victims in Court and in Service Programs.”

Staff Attorney Beatriz Menanteau in The Advocates' Women’s Human Rights Program was named one of “25 on the Rise 2009” by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Minnesota (HCCM).