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About Carolina Gottardo

Carolina Gottardo is head of Policy and Advocacy at OneWorldAction

Articles by Carolina Gottardo

Tuesday 26th January

Violence and democracy in Bolivia

Carolina Gottardo and Maria Eugenia Rojas, 26 January 2010
Dr Ana Maria Encina’s election earlier this month as mayor of Santa Cruz is a sign that Bolivian women are not going to be deterred by the increasing levels of violence directed at them as they run for public office.
Wednesday 9th December

Domestic violence is not a private family matter

Carolina Gottardo, 9 December 2009
In the pioneering ruling Opuz v Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights recognized for the first time that domestic violence is a form of discrimination against women, and that states are required to eliminate and remedy it. The case also recognized that domestic violence is not a “private family matter” but that it is in the public interest to ensure state protection from it.
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