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Advocates Say Ending Violence Against Women Must Be Top Priority For U.N. Women
Nearly three quarters (72 percent) of women's rights advocates say ending violence against women must be a top priority for U.N. Women, according to a report released Wednesday at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, Inter Press Service reports. Released a day ahead of the official launch of the new agency, the "Blueprint for U.N. Women" survey, commissioned by the groups Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and Oxfam, outlines "the views and efforts, documented in the report, of some 100 civil society organisations working in over 75 countries on human rights, gender equality and social justice," according to the news service (D'Almeida, 2/24).
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