Newsletter N° 6, April and May 2012 Informative Newsletter

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Experts discuss new forms of crime

against women

UN Women welcomes the adoption of

legal reforms to criminalize feminicide

in Mexico

The Argentinean UN System joined the local

chapter of the campaign “Show a Red Card

to the abuser”

The Men Leaders Network of the UNiTE

Campaign supports the “Stop Rape and

Gender Violence in Conflict” Campaign

Indigenous women met in Costa Rica

to find responses to gender-based

violence

PAHO held a workshop in Costa

Rica about primary prevention of

violence against women

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http://endviolence.un.org

The Gender Prosecutors Net-

work for Central America and

the Caribbean was establis-

hed

UNiTED in Paraguay to eradi-

cate violence against adoles-

cents and young people

First World Youth UNiTE Fo-

rum

Art denounces: 3 artists UNi-

TED to end violence against

women

Goodbye to Masud Sadiki Dono-

van, a colleague in the fight to

eradicate violence against wo-

men

Experts discuss new forms of crime against wo-

men

With the objective of

analyzing new forms of

crime against women in

Latin America and the

Caribbean (LAC), and

the responses to these

crimes from the judici-

ary system, a training

titled “New forms of

Crime Against Women”

was held in Panama City from Apirl 24th to the 26

th. This train-

ing was developed, with the support of UN Women, as part of

Secretary-General`s (SG) campaign, “Unite to End Violence

Against Women.”

According to Nadine Gasman, Senior Manager for the SG

Campaign in LAC, “In Latin America and The Caribbean laws

against violence against women exist, but the issue is in their

implementation.”

“Ending impunity requires implementing the laws we have in

place. To ensure these laws are working to protect our women

we must demand results from the judicial system and justice

workers”, says Mrs. Gasman.

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The Men Leaders Network of the UNiTE Campaign supports the “Stop Rape and Gender Violence in

Conflict” Campaign

The Men Leaders Network of the UNiTE Campaign supports the “Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict” campaign. This

international campaign works to stop gender rapes in conflict situations. These two campaigns joined forces to work with men

and children in order to eliminate violence against women and girls.

The Men Leaders Network consists of political figures, civil society members, youth activists, community leaders, and other

prominent figures. The group, “Men Engaged Africa”, has also added its support to the cause.

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UN Women welcomes the adoption of legal re-

forms to criminalize feminicide in Mexico

In Mexico the Congress of the Union of the Decree approved

an amendment and supplemented various provisions of the

Federal Criminal Code including the General Law of Access for

Women to a Life Free of Violence, the Organic Law of Federal

Public Administration and the Organic Law of the Republic’s

General Procuratory. These amendments were in response to

Mexico`s ratification of international commitments to human

rights issues. These reforms represent a step forward in

strengthening the Mexico`s Judicial System and women`s ac-

cess to a life free of violence.

The Mexican UN Women representative, Ana Güezmes,

stated that “The federal classification of Feminicide was in re-

sponse to the Observations made to Mexico in 2010 by the

UN’s Human Rights Committee.”

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The Argentinean UN System joined the local chapter of the campaign “Show a Red Card to the

abuser”

On May 5th and 6

th, the Argentinean United Nations System had a stand at the International Book Fair

held in Buenos Aires, where visitors could show a red card to an abuser as a symbolic way to reject

and condemn this type of violence.

During the weekend more than 300 people, including some cultural and journalism personalities

joined the initiative by showing the Red Card.

The campaign, “Show a Red Card to the Abuser”, is part of the project “Join Together for a Life Free

of Violence” which seeks to encourage participation and awareness of the issue of violence against

women. Public figures from the arts, sports, culture, and journalism have declared their support of the

campaign by participating in several media advertisements.

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Ricardo Forrester shows his

red card to the abuser

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Publications of interest:

“Task force on pre-

vention sexual vio-

lence against women

by their couple: What

to do? and How to get

evidences?

ECLAC: “If nobody

tells, doesn’t matter”:

Information about the

Violence against

Women (April, 2012)

To share:

The most comprehensive

compilation of information

on the status of women in

the world.

Kilimanjaro Climb - Africa

UNiTE to End Violence

Against Women

Voices from CSW 56

PAHO held a workshop in Costa Rica about pri-

mary prevention of violence against women

From May 15th through the 18

th in San José, Costa Rica, a

subregional workshop for capacity building for the primary

prevention of violence against women in Central America was

held. The workshop was organized in the framework of the

SG Campaign UNiTE to end violence against women by the

Pan American Health Organization, with the support of the

Open Society Foundation. From a public health approach, the

aim of the workshop was to develop a better understanding of

the magnitude, risk factors, protection, and consequences of

violence against women and girls in this region, as well as

develop strategies for the primary prevention of this type of

violence. Participants included government and civil society,

universities, and World Bank and UN Agencies (UN Women,

PAHO/WHO, UNDP, UNFPA, and the Secretary for Latin

America and the Caribbean of the SG Campaign).

Indigenous women met in Costa Rica to find

responses to gender-based violence

Indigenous women met on May 9th, 10

th and 11

th in Costa

Rica for two events. One to celebrate, “Thinking about Vio-

lence Against Indigenous Women and Girls from their World-

views and the Estate and own Repair” and the other to hold

the VII Women Indigenous National Forum in Costa Rica.

Both meetings were used to discuss and find local and na-

tional solutions to the issues that affect indigenous women,

girls, and teenagers.

The meetings were supported by UNICE, the Insituto In-

teramericano de Derechos Humanos (IIDH), UN Women

under the umbrella of the UN Secretary-General Campaign

UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, and by the Instituto

Nacional de las Mujeres (INAMU). The events were also

supported by the Agencia de Cooperación Española

(AECID).

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Established the Gender Prosecutors Network

for Central America and the Caribbean

On May 17th

and 18th, The Council of the Central American

and Caribbean Public Ministries met in the Dominican Re-

public for an event organized by the United Nations Office on

Drugs and Crime (UNODC). During these two days a series

of decisions were made including the development of a joint

plan aimed to combat transnational organized crime, as well

as domestic violence through a network of prosecutors.

The attorney general of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Rad-

hames Jimenez Pena, represented the host country during

the event by recognizing the decisions adopted against

criminal actions and the establishment of the network of gen-

der prosecutors of Central America and the Caribbean after

evaluating the plan. At the event, the SG Campaign “Unite to

End Violence Against Women” was presented.

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UNiTED in Paraguay to eradicate violence

against adolescents and young people

May 22nd

, the SG Campaign UNiTE participated in the Re-

gional Symposium on Violence Against Adolescents and

Youth held in Paraguay. Participants discussed situations of

risk and violence being experience by young people and ado-

lescents in Latin American and the Caribbean region.

The event was organized by the World Health Organization-

Special Program for Research, Development and Research

Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), the Paraguayan Cen-

ter for Population Studies, the Paraguayan Association for

Population Studies and the International Union for the Scien-

tific Study of Population. The presentations exposed the prob-

lems being experienced by adolescents and youth and shared

findings of the latest research that examines the specific as-

pects of the interrelationship between violence and adoles-

cents and youth.

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NEXT EVENTS:

From June 13th to the 15th in Panama City, "Meeting of experts on access to justice for women: effective investigation of the Femicides in Latin America",

organized by: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Women in connection with the SG campaign "Unite to end violence against

women".

Communication and incidence of the Secretariat of the Secretary-Generals

Campaign UNiTE

United Nations House. Edif. 128. 3th floor

City of Knowledge, Clayton, Panama

caterina.detena@unwomen.org

Art denounces: 3 artists UNiTED to end violence against women

The SG Campaign, “Unite to End Violence Against Women,” UN Women, and the College of Art GAN-

EXA, on May 29th, organized the seminar “Art Denounce: 3 United Artists to End Violence Against

Women.” The three artists recognized at the seminar were Malena Muyala, a Uruguayan songwriter,

Ines Ponzo, a plastic artist and scenic, and Lack Badona, a writer.

The seminar was moderated by the Director of the SG Campaign UNiTE, Nadine Gasman, the event

allowed the participants to discover how the art the artists created is related to the rights and empow-

erment of women.

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First World Youth UNiTE Forum

The first World Youth Forum (UNETE), which brought together more than 50 young activists from

around the world committed to the prevention and response to the VCM/N, was held in Bangkok

from May 22nd

to the 24th. The objective of the meeting was for young people to share their experi-

ences and lessons learned, to enhance their skills, and to develop a Global Plan of Action for Youth

to put an end to the VCM/N.

Christaneisha Soleyn, one of the most prominent youth leaders of Barbados, Daniella Jacques, an

activist in Haiti who works with parents and schools in the prevention of violence, and Keshan latch-

man, a native of Trinidad and Tabago and a gender activist, participated in the Forum as representa-

tives of Latin American and the Caribbean.

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Goodbye to Masud Sadiki Donovan, a colleague in the fight to eradicate violence against women

Since 2010, UN Women has had the honor and pleasure of being associated with the artist, Masud Sadiki Donovan, when he readily agreed to join the Car-

ibbean movement “Artists UNiTE” in support of the UN Secretary-General`s Campaign “UNiTE to End Violence

Against Women”. In this role, Masud generously contributed a song to the Campaign, “Stitch in Time”, the first

artist globally to do so. He performed this song at a peace concert in Palestine.

In our association with Masud, we were all struck by his generous spirit, his sincere interest in people and his

commitment to making a positive contribution to his country and region through his music. The Caribbean artists

with whom he worked and developed friendships with thought of Masud as a positive force for good. He was also

an extremely likeable and decent people, ready and happy to contribute, his experiences, thoughts, time, and

sweet musicality to the goal of equality, peace, and harmony between women and men.

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