News Item: : Campaign against Gender-based Violence
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Posted by TI Az
Sunday 13 December 2009 - 13:25:03
To support “16-day Campaign against Gender-based Violence” within joint partnership between the “Legal Assistance to Human Trafficking Victims” project implemented by the Women Lawyers Association and funded by European Commission, and Ganja-based “Rule of Law Legal Resource Center” co-implemented by Transparency Azerbaijan and OSCE Rule of Law Unit, and funded by the OSCE office in Baku there were held series of events on the topic of “Human trafficking as one of the severe forms of violence against women” at the Azerbaijan Technology University in Ganja and State Agricultural University that brought together the students and faculties of these institutions. Exchange of ideas on human trafficking, its origins, and forms and methods on combating has been discussed in the round-table discussion organized in the premises of “Rule of Law Legal Resource Center” with the participation of members of Ganja city youth organizations, media representatives and local NGOs. Awareness raising campaign was held in the central street of Ganja by young people wearing T-shirts with sign “Let’s Bring Human Trafficking to and End” and informing different categories of people on the human trafficking and disseminating informative brochures and leaflets containing information of free of charge legal and psychological assistance for those affected by this issue.
This news item is from .:Transparency International - Azerbaijan:.
( http://www.transparency.az/news.php?extend.20 )