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Problematic "traditional values" text adopted by vote

Problematic "traditional values" text adopted by vote
Source :DCP - Twelfth HRC Session Roundup

UN Human Rights Council: Beginning of the End for Defamation of Religions?

ARTICLE 19

STATEMENT

23 September 2009

UN Human Rights Council: Beginning of the End for Defamation of Religions?

United Nations Secretary-General Decries Violence Against Women on International Women’s Day

United Nations Secretary-General Decries Violence Against Women on International Women’s Day
3/10/2009 5:00 PM

WEST AFRICA: Female Genital Mutilation Knows No Borders

PRETORIA, Feb 6 (IPS) - Laws against female genital mutilation are driving the practice underground and across borders, says UNIFEM.

Palestinians join UN agencies in denouncing honour killings and gender abuse

5 December 2008 – Eight United Nations agencies have co-sponsored the first Palestinian ‘festival’ to combat violence against women, driving home the message that so-called “honour killings”

WEST AFRICA: Cross-border FGM on the rise

OUAGADOUGOU, 17 October 2008 (IRIN) - Cross-border female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C) is on the rise in West Africa according to the UN, spurring the need to impose a region-wide law banning

Yakin addresses the UN General Assembly : Violence against women remains endemic

24 October 2008 – Women around the world continue to endure violence, abuse and discrimination and often have no recourse to justice, an independent United Nations human rights expert told the Gener