SVAW: Progress Update No. 4 Underlag till styrelsemöte 1-2 januari 2004

Stop violence against women campaign: progress update No. 4
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STOP VAW CAMPAIGN

PROGRESS UPDATE 4

AI Index: ACT 77/019/2003, December 2003


THANK YOU


A big thank you to the Sections/Structures and regional programs who have contributed to this edition. Please send us your plans and feedback, comments and queries. They are invaluable for us all in showing how the Campaign planning is progressing.
NAME CHANGE!

We have changed the STOP VAW Team’s e-mail address from [email protected] to [email protected] . From now on, please send all your queries and comments to the new address, as the old one will stop working soon . Please inform all those in your S/S working on the campaign

INTRANET AND BULLETINS

Our intranet site is growing into an invaluable resource for the Campaign. It includes information on activities, materials, plans, articles and texts from within AI, other NGOs and IGOs. There are links (in all four core languages, if available) to the most recent, most exciting documents that have been added to the Intranet. Here you can browse information and join discussions. Each issue of the Progress Update can also be found on the STOP VAW Campaign Intranet in all core languages under "Campaigning/Materials". (We apologise that the English version arrives ahead of the Spanish, French and Arabic versions).


To access the STOP VAW Campaign Intranet, simply go to https://intranet.amnesty.org/stopvaw

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Subscribers get sent the STOP VAW Campaign Intranet Bulletin ! Many of you are already subscribed to this weekly/bi-weekly digest, which contains:

l Latest updates on the Campaign.
l Interesting initiatives of the movement
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You can find numbers 1 and 2 of the Bulletin on the STOP VAW Campaign Intranet under "Archive of Bulletins".

In the last edition of the Bulletin we reported on:

l "STOP VAW Campaign Updated Strategy and Action Plan" (AI Index ACT77/014/2003)
l AI Ireland's Activities on 25 November
l AI Chile's Activities on 25 November
l AI South Africa's activities for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
l "Internal Strategy: Implementing the Gender Action Plan" (AI Index: POL 38/001/2003)
l Thank you letter to AI from Yakin Ertürk, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.

Send us your plans, projects or ideas, activities or consultations. Also send us information that would be valuable to others on the subject of VAW in your country (or others) a web link to a women's movement page, initiatives to fight VAW that you have heard of, outrageous and good news, etc. Please send them to the Intranet ( [email protected] ), so everybody can benefit from them.


SECTION CAMPAIGN ACTIVITES

AI GERMANY
l Set up a steering group, consisting of relevant Section staff and one member of the local AI women’s group, to coordinate the preparations for the STOP VAW Campaign.
l In September the Section held a workshop to inform and prepare group members for the Campaign. For this purpose they translated a workshop on domestic violence which was created by the UK Section. It aims at generating discussion on what constitutes domestic violence, its global nature and what AI can do to fight it. It was a very constructive session, which created a lot of interest for the Campaign and will be followed by a second workshop of this kind in February.
l For the Campaign AI Germany is going to focus on:
· Domestic violence and VAW in conflict and post-conflict situations
· Women human rights defenders ; one idea is to send a women human rights defender on a speaking tour in Europe.
· The issue of women and security is also considered to be very important for the whole Campaign and the Section is planning to work on this subject.
l For the launch, AI Germany will host an outdoor event in Berlin and is encouraging its local groups to follow suit and organize events in their own cities for the same day.
l The Section is developing their own "face" for the STOP VAW Campaign; for this purpose several advertising agencies are submitting their proposals.
l The gender audit that was done in the Section two years ago is to form the basis of their internal strategy being drafted soon.
International Day for the Elimination of VAW,

25 November


S/S in the Americas held coordinated events with national and local women's NGOs.

AI Ireland organized a public action during which they dressed in black in solidarity with the families of the dead and "disappeared" in Ciudad Juarez. They handed over a wreath of white lilies to Augustin Basavé, the Mexican Ambassador, to symbolize the murders of the young women in Ciudad Juarez, along with a letter of protest at the insufficient action by the Mexican government.

AI UK
l Conducting an extensive program of consultation with organisations and individuals from within the women’s and domestic violence sectors in the UK to identify where AI’s involvement will be key. This has helped the Section understand the existing political, economic, and social environments surrounding the issue of VAW. It has also helped identify the specific projects and areas of work that will augment the international aspects of AI UK’s STOP VAW Campaign.

In addition to the global campaigning actions, AIUK is planning the following projects:

· Lobbying for appropriate and comprehensive Domestic Violence legislation in the UK.
· Holding the UK Government to account by using the concept of due diligence to measure the extent to which it prevents, protects and punishes violence against women who are also subject to immigration control.
· Assisting women’s NGOs in the UK to access the CEDAW reporting process by providing training and other forms of logistical support.
· A public awareness project aimed at assisting young adult men aged 18 to 35 to understand and accept that they have a role and responsibility in the effort to eradicate VAW.
· Profiling within the UK the work of women human rights defenders from around the world to engage public support and to challenge the stereotype that women are passive victims.


Please contact Jennifer Campbell ( [email protected] ) or Liz McKean ( [email protected] ) for more information about their campaign strategy.

AI USA

l The AI USA Women's Human Rights and Campaigns Programs and the regional offices have consulted with a number of national coalitions against domestic violence and grassroots anti-violence organizations in several parts of the country to introduce the STOP VAW Campaign and gather input from these organizations on domestic violence in the USA.

l In the past year, the Women's Human Rights Program Director has done two speaking tours about why domestic violence is a human rights violation together with a Russian anti-domestic violence activist. They targeted Women's Studies Departments and Centers in universities and where AI USA has regional offices.

l The organizations are enthusiastic about applying the human rights perspective to domestic violence and are very open to working with AI USA. They have made it clear that public education should be a major component of the STOP VAW Campaign. In addition, they stressed that it could be very helpful if AI could pull male allies and organizations into the Campaign both from a public awareness point of view and an action point of view. AI USA still needs to develop the international component of the Campaign. The Section has formulated their overall campaign strategy at their national STOP VAW Campaign strategy meeting from 21-22 November.
l The US Section has also been focusing on the issue of the killings and disappearances of young women in Ciudad Juarez. They co-sponsored a major conference in the USA on this issue along with the Department of Chocano/Chicana Studies at University of California in Los Angeles, which included participation from "Juarez mothers'" NGOs, academics, US NGOs and some US film celebrities. They are planning to bring a mother from "Justicia Para Nuestras Hijas", an NGO of mothers of the disappeared in Ciudad Juarez, to the East Coast for a speaking tour, including meetings with Congressional staff and NGOs. The US Section will continue this focus on Ciudad Juarez in the first part of the STOP VAW Campaign.

AI KENYA

l The Medico-Legal Network of AI Kenya is taking action in support of the survivors of rape at the hands of British soldiers who were on training in the Laikipia, Isiolo and Samburu districts (see AI’s report: United Kingdom: Decades of Impunity: Serious Allegations of Rape of Kenyan Women by UK Army Personnel ( AI Index EUR 45/014/2003) .

l Together with human rights activists they conducted a medical camp for rape victims in the three rural districts mentioned above, from 25-28 November 2003. This helped to determine the extent of the harm done to the women and thus bolster the quantification for claims of damages. It was also an opportunity to raise the level of awareness and activism around the issue in the country.

l They will develop ongoing work focuses on rape in the family.

l Above all, AI Kenya is hoping to influence the formulation, adoption and implementation of a rape policy in Kenya within the next three years. Such a policy will bring much needed change to the support provided to rape victims by the police and the legal system. Since there is very little information on rape, this study seeks to come up with information that will begin to inform serious work on rape.


Mexico’s Day of the Dead
International solidarity on Ciudad Juarez by Sections has continued. Sections in Spain, Ireland, Japan and USA all held successful public events on 1 November to mark Mexico’s Day of the Dead, including marches and vigils, distribution of petitions and visits to Mexican Consulates.


IS ACTIVITIES

AFRICA PROGRAM

The Program will launch a number of reports and Actions over the next year:

l Senegal: Casamance women speak out (AI Index AFR49/002/2003) , published on 4 December 2003, highlights the impact male disappearances have on the family and particularly their wives or partners, including sexual violence.
l Burundi (January 2004 ): "Stop arming the population" will emphasize the long-term human rights and humanitarian consequences of the civil and political strife caused by ten years of war in Burundi and the international response to the needs of the population. In particular, the report will focus on systematic rape of women and access to health care
l Swaziland (February 2004 ): "Human rights in Swaziland" will include the issues of VAW and HIV/AIDS.
l Rwanda (March 2004) : "HIV/AIDS, violence against women in Rwanda" will examine the plight of women who were raped during the 1994 genocide and continue to die as a result of sexually transmitted diseases, with little help from the government of Rwanda or external actors.
l Work on VAW in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo is also underway. The exact focus will be determined by the findings of the country missions the respective teams are conducting.

The Africa Program is encouraging African Sections to focus on the STOP VAW Campaign and is assisting them with developing their plans.


For further information on the Africa Program’s plans for the Campaign, please contact Jeremy Smith, Regional Campaign Coordinator ( [email protected] )

AMERICAS PROGRAM

In the Americas two key projects are underway:

l Colombia - VAW in armed conflict. In November the Colombia team and Giulia Tamayo, project consultant, spent 3 weeks in Colombia during which time they traveled around the country and met with Colombian women’s NGOs and other contacts. A second research mission is planned for March 2004 and the launch of a report and action is scheduled for September/October 2004.
l English-Speaking Caribbean : Project consultant, Verna St. Rose Greaves, in collaboration with the country team in the IS, is preparing a report and action on VAW in the Caribbean, focusing primarily on Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and the Bahamas. She has had consultations with local women’s groups and government officials. Issues to be covered in the report include sexual violence, family violence, violence in the community and their impact on women in the Caribbean. The report and action will be launched in March 2004.
l Mexico: Ciudad Juárez - Update
· On 20 October, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) held a general hearing in Washington DC on "The Situation of the Rights of Women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: The Rights to be Free from Violence and Discrimination". The Americas Program and ILOP participated together with several NGOs and AI presented the report Intolerable Killings : 10 years of abductions and murder of women in Ciudad Juárez (AMR 41/026/2003) to the IACHR. AI continues to call for a prompt intervention by the authorities in order to guarantee impartial investigations and the creation of an independent judicial mechanism for the revision of the claims of acts of torture and unfair trials. AI also insisted on the necessity of establishing a search and investigation mechanism in cases where the "missing"/kidnapped have not appeared dead or alive.
· Shortly before the IACHR hearing the Mexican Government announced that Guadalupe Morfin had been named Special Commissioner on the Ciudad Juarez cases. Relatives and human rights organizations welcomed her appointment and expressed the hope that the Commissioner would be given sufficient powers to enable her to have a significant impact.
· The organization "Justicia para Nuestras Hijas" from Chihuahua denounced new cases of women who have disappeared or been assassinated. They also condemned lack of access to DNA identification tests for families to help identify victims. They asked the IACHR to intercede with the Mexican government in order to cease intimidation of those denouncing the "disappearances".


    For further information on the Americas Program’s plans for the Campaign, please contact Virginia Segal, Regional Campaign Coordinator ( [email protected] )

    ASIA PROGRAM

    l As part of the Program’s long-term work on the criminal justice system in Afghanistan the team launched a report "Afghanistan: No-one listens to us and no-one treats us as human beings: Justice denied to women" (ASA 11/023/2003) on 6 October 2003. It was the latest in a series of reports on Afghanistan’s criminal justice system, which were all researched from AI’s former field presence in Kabul and represents the beginning of AI’s work on VAW in Afghanistan.
      The report documents Afghan women's concerns about widespread domestic violence, forced marriage and rape by armed groups and also highlights the fact that women in Afghanistan have no recourse to justice. It received wide coverage in newspapers and radio programs in Europe and beyond. In Kabul, at least six local newspapers and magazines wrote about it and a one hour and a half long program of debate and interviews was broadcast on Afghan TV. Women’s and Human rights NGOs in Afghanistan also appreciated the report as a solid piece of research into the situation of Afghan women.

    l The team also produced an Action Circular (ASA 11/024/2003) asking participating S/S for action. So far, S/S have had great ideas for campaigning on women’s rights in post-conflict Afghanistan;
    · AI USA have been working with women’s groups in the US on an open statement to President Karzai calling for his support of women’s rights and human rights standards in the new constitution.
    · AI Switzerland is exploring the idea of a symbol representing concern and at the same time respect for Afghanistan. This could be used on postcards and other materials and sent to the Afghan embassy as an expression of AI’s concern regarding the situation of women in Afghanistan.

      For further information on the Asia Program’s plans for the Campaign, please contact Effi Stergiopoulou, Campaigns and Development Team ( [email protected] )

      EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA PROGRAM

      l Turkey: In March 2004 the team is planning to launch a six-month campaigning action on violence in the family, addressing the issues of reform of the Criminal Code as regards women’s rights and the government’s obligation to take effective steps to measure, prevent and provide redress for victims of VAW, including the punishment of perpetrators. The campaigning action will rely on the substantial body of work undertaken by women’s organizations in Turkey; the objectives have been driven by the concerns they identified. Any action cases will have two foci: women’s groups and the work they do, and, possibly, an individual woman they have supported.
      l A second report on trafficking in women and girls in Kosovo will be published to coincide with the launch of the STOP VAW Campaign. A year long campaigning action on this topic will be launched. Given that the authorities in Kosovo are about to construct a National Plan of Action on the issue of trafficking in women and girls, this is an ideal opportunity for AI to influence this process and, through this action, to ensure the protection of the rights of trafficked women and girls in the context of post-conflict Kosovo. Timely action will also enable AI to make sure that measures aimed at preventing Kosovo to develop into a source country for trafficked women and girls, are implemented.

      For further information on the Europe Program’s plans for the Campaign, please contact Aldijana Sisic, Regional Campaign Coordinator ( [email protected] )

      MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) PROGRAM

      l In February 2002 a VAW core group was formed in MENA Program to lead the preparatory work for the STOP VAW Campaign. The group coordinated a consultation process with women’s NGOs, human rights organizations, AI’s membership and individuals in the region for the STOP VAW Campaign. As part of the consultation, a regional workshop was organized in Morocco in February-March 2003. The overall goals of this consultation were:
      · To explore women's NGOs’ ideas and work on VAW in the region.
      · To inform them of the STOP VAW Campaign.
      · To gather ideas on how the Campaign’s strategy could be designed and implemented in the region.

        The outcome of this consultation forms part of the regional strategy, which is in the final stages of approval. As soon as it is finalised it will be translated into Arabic and sent out to the membership and regional NGOs.

        The MENA Program will be carrying out several projects on VAW in a number of countries, including:

      l Discriminatory laws that impede women’s rights and access to justice and allow for gender-based VAW in selected countries, focusing on the West Gulf ( Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates ). We also hope to do similar work on Jordan and Egypt and possibly other countries during the Campaign . Analysis of laws will also be part of VAW work on Algeria , Iraq and Iran.
      l VAW in armed conflict and post-conflict situations (such as abduction, rape and killings) will feature in Algeria, Iraq and Israel/OT . In addition we will highlight the economic impact of conflict on women, for example through house demolitions, transfer of family responsibilities to women as a result of killing, detention, disappearance or disability of their husbands.
      l Development of growth and activism in the Gulf in the context of the STOP VAW Campaign will be discussed at the Regional Forum in December 2003.
      l The MENA Program is going to launch the STOP VAW Campaign in the region in order to mobilise local support and participation and raise awareness of VAW. It will be accompanied by region-wide events to create a momentum upon which to build during the Campaign.

      For further information on the MENA Program’s plans for the Campaign, please contact Albaqir Mukhtar, Regional Campaign
      Coordinator ( [email protected] )


      DID YOU KNOW THAT?

      Research has shown links between availability of guns and violence against women....

      Several studies suggest that the risk of being murdered by an intimate partner increases with the availability of firearms. Where they are readily available, firearms are the weapons of choice when men kill their partners. Guns become an extension of male physical power, facilitating and exacerbating domestic and sexual violence, and coercion.

      * In the USA, 51 per cent of female murder victims are shot, according to the Violence Policy Center in 1999.

      * While boys interviewed in South Africa felt that girls prefer men who have guns, girls in the same community said that boys used guns to coerce them into sexual relations. Suzanne Williams, quoted in Francine Pickup with Suzanne Williams and Caroline Sweetman, Ending Violence Against Women: A Challenge for Development and Humanitarian Work , op. cit., p.146.

      * A 10-month study in Northern Ireland showed that the increased availability of guns meant that more dangerous forms of violence were used against women in the home.


      RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

      Logo
      A significant number of S/S who responded to requests for feedback on the logo were very positive about the "hands" logo and advised that they would use it in their campaigning. Some S/S expressed concern about the logo, including about the wording and the image of the hands and some about translation issues.

      On balance, it seems clear, however, that the "hands logo" works well for most S/S, however to take into account language concerns we are offering its use in two forms:
      l As it as it is with the current text and hand
      l With the hand only to which S/S can add their own wording.
      Kate Gilmore has written to Section Directors confirming this.

      Executive Summary
      As mentioned in Progress Update 3, the Executive Summary will be a shorter, more concise publication summarizing the key issues and recommendations contained in the report. The format has been set at twelve illustrated pages (6 000 words and approximately 12 images). We are expecting to make it available to s/s in February 2004, together with the Launch Report.

      Cases for Actions
      The following eight countries have been selected to feature in the cases for local, group and individual actions: the USA, Spain, Belgium, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Swaziland, Iraq and the Philippines. Each leaflet will contain a common text highlighting the pervasiveness of VAW, an illustrative case on a particular area within the STOP VAW Campaign, recommendations for action, an information/donation form and two photographs. The text on each leaflet will be approximately 450 words. We are expecting that the English versions of the eight case leaflets will be sent to S/S at the beginning of February 2004 and the translated versions to follow soon after.

      Poster Display
      Nine images and captions have been agreed on for the Poster Display. During the selection process the STOP VAW Campaign materials working group took great care to reflect regional balance in the photographs, as well as different activities, ranging from images representing activism to physical disability as a result of VAW. S/s can expect the English version of the Poster Display in February 2004.

      Photo CD
      The CD Rom for Launch Report and other Images has been dispatched to those who placed an order for it within the week of 15 December 2004 .

      Activist Toolkit
      The materials for the first stage, the HRE component, of the Stop VAW Activist Toolkit have now been completed and sent out to a small number of S/S for piloting. There are eight three hour sessions which have been structured to form two free standing complimentary modules.

      l Module One concentrates on self reflections on gender and questions commonly held assumptions on the construction of gender roles, stereotyping and prejudice. It also highlights how these lead to discrimination based on gender and how this can translate into VAW.

      l Module Two looks in more detail at the link between discrimination and VAW, women's rights as human rights, the public/ private dichotomy and invites participants to explore ways of setting and developing action methods and plans for use in their work.

      The sessions can be run as eight three-hour sessions or as two two-day workshops (Module One covering days 1 & 2, and Module Two over days 3 & 4). Each session uses a wide range of participatory education techniques including group work, role plays, case studies, brainstorms and discussions.

      The final pack will go for publishing and translation in January and be ready for S/S by the end of March 2004.

      Any materials and input from HRE-Coordinators wanting to contribute to the development of the Toolkit would be warmly welcomed. Please contact Penelope Lee ( [email protected] )Thematic Human Rights Education Officer (VAW)

      Updated Strategy and Action Plan
      The Updated Strategy and Action Plan (AI Index ACT77/014/2003) has been finalized. This has been sent to S/S and is available on the STOP VAW Intranet under Campaigning/Materials. The document provides an update of the strategy outlined in the Global Stategy, 2004-2006 (AI Index ACT 77/003/2003) issued last May and the Action Plan for the Campaign. This document will guide the interventions we will make through the Campaign over the next two years. The principal foci of the Campaign are on VAW in the family and in conflict and post-conflict situations. Activists and staff involved in the planning and implementation of the Campaign are encouraged to use this document to guide their action planning at the national and local levels.


      Proposed Campaigning Projects
      Further details of the Proposed Campaigning Project have been made available in the paper: Stop VAW Campaign Proposed Campaigning Projects (ACT 77/015/2003). This has been sent to S/S and can be found on the STOP VAW Campaign Intranet under ‘Campaigning/Materials’.


      The STOP VAW Campaign is a transition campaign in which we are moving from our "old" style campaigning towards new ways of working. At the centre of this new way of working are campaigning projects that form the action component of the Campaign. The projects are made up of a body of work on one or more countries covering common issues to campaign effectively to achieve the objectives of the STOP VAW Campaign. The choice of countries included in each project will be informed by regional, sub regional and country strategies and external opportunities, and take into account regional balance across the campaigning projects. Research for these campaigning projects will include both IS research and Section Work on Own Country (WOOC) projects.

      Each campaigning project will:

      · Directly relate to one or more of the principal foci of the campaign: VAW (VAW) in the family and in conflict and post conflict situations , or the internal strategy.
      · Be expected to continue for 12 months to two years.
      · Combine actions at the international, regional and country level.
      · Include specific country based research by the IS and/or Sections.
      · Have a mid term evaluation and a final evaluation.
      This document includes seven possible campaigning projects for s/s to review and comment on. They include projects on the external and internal strategy. S/s can also propose additional campaigning projects. However, to be effective, we will need to restrict the number of projects undertaken to take into account available resources. Once agreed a project team will be set up for each campaigning project with members from the IS and Sections. Each project team will then develop the scope of the project further, identifying critical paths, targets, audiences, key messages, timelines etc. The CP STOP VAW team will assist with the coordination of the campaigning projects.

      S/S are asked to read this document and send their comments on the proposed campaigning projects to [email protected] by 5 January 2004.


      Internal Strategy
      A Resource Kit for S/S to support their strategizing and planning for the internal strategy (Gender Action Plan) is underway. We hope to make the English version available to S/S in January (and February for non-English core languages).

      The Resource Kit is drawn from existing literature on organizational change processes, involving gender mainstreaming. It will include a compilation of useful guides and tools.

      The text will be written in accessible language and we will take particular care to ensure that S/S are able to adapt it to their own internal and external environments. The Resource Kit will include case studies and will require creative use of visuals, graphics and lay-outs.

      Other materials on the internal strategy will include:

      l Guidelines on gender -sensitive images and language.
      l Advice on working with women's NGOs and women's movements.
      l A "model" text for developing your sexual harassment policy.
      l Guidelines on gender sensitivity and gender mainstreaming in AI’s field missions.
      l A public version of AI's gender policy.

      We welcome more ideas and suggestions from S/S on what type of material and on what topic related to the internal strategy you would require to support your work around the internal strategy.

      We would like to remind all S/S to submit the name of their focal point(s) for the internal strategy /Gender Action Plan to Edna Aquino ( [email protected] ) as mentioned in the October 2003 internal circular on the Gender Action Plan (GAP).

      Gender-Sensitive Research and Campaigning
      Three initial training workshops on "gender-sensitive research and campaigning" were held at the IS in October. Participants mainly included researchers and campaigners from the regional programs. Trainings will be made available in the longer term to all staff at the IS.

      As the topic of VAW, particularly domestic violence, is a relatively new area of work for AI, the training was designed to further IS staff’s understanding of VAW and to demonstrate how research and campaigning on the issue can be supported by very effective tools in the existing legal human rights framework.

      AI staff voiced a number of concerns and challenges posed by working on VAW. Among these were the contrast between AI’s traditional work on civil and political rights and the new values that work on VAW involves and how they relate to each other, the right to abortion, HIV and the right to health and concerns about maintaining AI’s reputation while taking on new areas of work.

      After receiving very constructive feedback which assisted very much in the evaluation of the workshop, further sessions are already in planning. Identified areas for training are:
      l How to identify gender-based violations.
      l How to work effectively in post-conflict situations.
      l Women's complicity in VAW - for example, FGM, "bride-burning", "honor killings".
      l Women "failing to assert their rights", choosing to stay with violent men.

      On the more practical side the workshops will seek to advice on:
      l Gender-sensitive research methodology.
      l Legal standards, particularly in armed conflict.
      l Security issues, particularly when working with parallel authorities.


      If you have any more comments, suggestions or queries, please contact Lisa Gormley, Legal Adviser, STOP VAW Campaign ( [email protected] )
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      THE IS SVAW TEAM

      Thank you to everyone for all your efforts and input into the STOP VAW Campaign so far. We are finding your comments and updates extremely useful. The more we know, the more we can share across Sections, Structures and the IS.

      Contact us at our NEW EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected]

      l The Stop VAW Campaign is led by Kate Gilmore, EDSG ([email protected])
      l Hilary Fisher is the (interim) Project Leader ([email protected]).
      l Edna Aquino is the Gender Advocacy Manager ( [email protected] )
      l Ana Urrutia – Enciso is the Campaign Organizer ( [email protected] )
      l Kathy Daniel is the Research and Campaign Coordinator ( [email protected] )
      l Effi Stergiopoulou is the Communications Officer ( [email protected] )
      l Vusile Dlamini, Campaign Project Manager ([email protected])
      l Tracey Ullveit Moe, Researcher ([email protected])
      Other staff who play important roles in shaping the campaign at the IS:
      · Gita Sahgal, Head of the Gender Unit ([email protected])
      · Lisa Gormley, VAW Campaign Legal Adviser([email protected])
      · Kate Sheill, Campaign Coordinator for Identity-based Discrimination ([email protected]);
      All the very best, from the IS SVAW Campaign Team ********


      Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street, WC1X 0DW, London, United Kingdom