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Economic and Social Council Fills Vacancies in 20 Subsidiary Bodies, Adopts Decisions on Themes, For 2012 Substantive Season, ECOSOC/6508
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Tajikistan has been elected to the UN's top women's rights body, the Commission on the Status of Women. Here's what the latest US state department report has to say about women in Tajikstan, the newest UN role model and decision-maker on the rights of women. "Violence against women, including spousal abuse, remained a widespread problem. The Swiss Development Corporation reported in 2011 domestic violence occurred in 62 percent of homes...[T]he corporation estimated the domestic violence rate against women might be as high as 76 percent factoring in all regions. Women underreported violence against them due to fear of reprisals or inadequate response by the police and judiciary, resulting in virtual impunity for the perpetrators. Authorities wishing to promote traditional gender roles widely dismissed domestic violence as a "family matter." Women and girls were even more vulnerable to domestic violence because of early and unregistered marriages." And here's more: "10 percent of men practiced polygamy. Many of these polygamous marriages involved underage brides."