Web resource:	http://www.ausaid.gov.au/Publications/Documents/women.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	Australian aid: eliminating violence against women
Authors:	AusAID
Keywords:	Policy;Human rights;Community development;Cross-cultural
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Commonwealth of Australia : Canberra
Notes:	General Overview: This report outlines the Australian Government’s commitment to implementing the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women through its aid program. Discussion: The report sets out some of the international figures on violence against women; for example: 90% of this violence is committed by men, in 48 countries 69% of women reported partner violence at some time, and The report acknowledges that rape and violence against women are used as weapons of war and that there are many violent cultural practices that harm women in various countries, which must be addressed. Some examples of harmful practices are: genital mutilation, trafficking of women, and forced labour. Violence against women affects their long-term health and educational attainment, in addition to the obvious short-term effects. The report provides examples of AusAid activities in developing countries that address the issues raised in the UN declaration. For example, AusAid supported the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre since 1990, funded the Consultative, Implementation and Monitoring Council's Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and also supported its National HIV/AIDS Support Project Australia, assisted PNG to implement sexual assault law reform through Australia's program of assistance for the law and justice sector, and provided a sexual assault adviser to work on this project. In order to prevent people trafficking, Australia ratified the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children during the United Nations 2005 World Summit. Australia also supported development activities to combat trafficking and create effective strategies through cross-border approaches. Countries in which Australia is involved include Laos, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and China. Australia’s contribution includes work on projects that both strengthen regional cooperation and policy frameworks, as well as those that focus on the return and reintegration of trafficking victims. The report specifically mentions the Lao Youth Union and the Lao Women's Union. Australia also co-chairs the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime with Indonesia. The work of this group includes activities that criminalise people trafficking and work that develops national plans to combat trafficking activities.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19731
Physical description:	6p
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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