New Report on Women's Rights in CEE/NIS Region

crossposted from AWID list

New Publication: "Women 2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women's
Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent
States".

* Nueva Publicación sobre el estatus de los derechos de la mujer en Europa
Central y del Sur-Este y en los Nuevos Estados Independientes. El informe se
encuentra en: http://www.ihf-hr.org/appeals/001109b.htm.

* Nouvelle publication sur la situation des droits de la femme en Europe
Centrale et du Sud-est dans les Nouveaux Pays Indépendants. Le rapport est
disponible au: http://www.ihf-hr.org/appeals/001109b.htm.


The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) published
"Women
2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and
South-
Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States" in 2000. The report details
the status of women's rights in twenty-nine countries, examining aspects
such
as the legal framework and national machinery addressing discrimination
against women; educational opportunities; women's participation in public
life, politics, media, the business sector, academia and civil society;
violence against women, including sexual violence; women's de facto
exploitation by way of prostitution and trafficking in women; the situation
of women within distinctive and vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities,
sexual minorities and prisoners or the situation of women and armed conflict
and as refugees.

To view the report, please visit:
http://www.ihf-hr.org/appeals/001109b.htm