Transcription of 10 CASE STUDIES - UNFPA
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10 CASE STUDIESPROGRAMMING TO ADDRESSVIOLENCEAGAINSTWOMEN10 CASE STUDIES iCONTENTSA cknowledgementsiiForewordiiiIntroduction ivMAURITANIA:Midwives Call Attention to the Problem of Rape, and Imams Encourage Justice for its Victims1 ROMANIA: Tackling Domestic violence From Many Angles11 SIERRA LEONE: Getting at the Roots of Survival Sex21 MOROCCO: Pulling Together to Protect Women s Rights31 COLOMBIA: Claiming the Right to Life and Health in a Region of Death39 KENYA: Creating a Safe Haven, and a Better Future, for Maasai Girls Escaping Violence49 TURKEY: Celebrities Kick Into Action to Curb violence Against Women57 MEXICO: Addressing Family and Sexual violence Through Public Policy65 BANGLADESH: Community Pressure Groups Challenge Age-old Views on violence Against Women75 GHANA: Liberating Slaves and Changing Minds, Starting at the Grass Roots8512345678910 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis review was produced by a team led by Ms. Maysoon Melek, Culture and GenderAdviser (until 2005) in UNFPA s Technical Support Division.
Dec 20, 1993 · • Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrat-ed or condoned by the State wherever it occurs. CEDAW became an important international tool that helped civil society groups working at the national and regional levels to increase their pressure on govern-ments to ‘denaturalize’ violence against women. They
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