Peace and Gender
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Practical suggestions for gender considerations in peace agreements
From HD Centre Dated 20 April 2011
Practical suggestions for gender considerations in peace agreements
From HD Centre Dated 20 April 2011
G is for Gendered: taking the mystery out of gendering peace agreements
From HD Centre Dated 19 April 2011 By Antonia Potter - Progressing from why women should be included in peace processes to how is the theme of this opinion piece. This article looks at historical peace agreementsnfor Bougainvillenand Aceh to show what textual changes could have been...
G is for Gendered: taking the mystery out of gendering peace agreements
From HD Centre Dated 19 April 2011 By Antonia Potter - Progressing from why women should be included in peace processes to how is the theme of this opinion piece. This article looks at historical peace agreementsnfor Bougainvillenand Aceh to show what textual changes could have been...
Peacemaking in Asia and the Pacific:Womena#039;s participation, perspectives, priorities
From HD Centre Dated 5 April 2011 By HD Centre - This brief and concise publication explores the reasons for womena#039;s under-representation in peace processes, both in terms of participation in peace processes and in terms of gender content in agreements. With a focus on the Asia...
Peacemaking in Asia and the Pacific: Womena#039;s participation, perspectives and priorities
From HD Centre Dated 5 April 2011 By HD Centre - This concise publication explores the reasons for womena#039;s under-representation in peace processes, both in terms of participation in peace processes and gender content in agreements. With a focus on the Asia and the Pacific region, the...
Beyond Numbers - Womena#039;s participation in the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation
From HD Centre Dated 1 March 2011 By Meredith Preston McGhie aamp; E. Njoki Wamai - The 2008 Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation has been hailed as an example of good practice in terms ofnthe representation of women inna mediation process. A distinction must however be drawn...
UN Security Council 1325 and Peace Negotiations and Agreements
From HD Centre Dated 28 February 2011 By Christine Bell aamp; Catherine Oa#039;Rourke - Ten years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution which called for women to be better represented in peacemaking, slow progress is being made on including substantive gender-specific content and language in...
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Tina Charles Builds School in Africa
From NBC30 Hartford Dated 1 May 2012 Charles is working with OmniPeace and Stamford-based buildOn to build a new school in Mali, a land-locked country in Western Africa where gender discrimination is a serious issue.
New book on gender and peace movements
From IANSA Dated 25 April 2012 Do not include in Special Focus block Renowned academic Cynthia Cockburn has released her new book ‘antiMILITARISM: Political and gender...
Speakers for promotion of peace, tolerance
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 19 April 2012 RAWALPINDI - A two-day conference on “Understanding Laws for Minorities, Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in Pakistan” was held at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) here on Thursday. The conference was organized by FJWU’s Department of Gender Studies in...
Uzbekistan: Another Journalist Fined for “Defaming the Nation”
From EurasiaNet Dated 19 April 2012 Yelena Bondar, one of the few independent journalists operating inside Uzbekistan, is defiant after a Tashkent court ruled earlier this month that she must pay $3,700 in fines for researching the closure of a Russian university campus there. The court decided...
Dynamics of Gender and Conflict in Mindanao
From The Asia Foundation Dated 17 April 2012 Event: April 26, 2012, Washington, D.C. 3:00 – 4:30 pm The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Choate Room, First Floor 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20036 To RSVP, please contact Kate Bollinger at kbollinger@asiafound-dc.org or call 202-588-9420. The Asia...
Security Council wants Sierra Leone to consolidate peace in the country
From UN Radio Dated 11 April 2012 The Security Council is calling on the Government of Sierra Leone to continue efforts to consolidate peace in the country. In a presidential statement, council members noted the progress achieved in a number of areas including national reconciliation, the promotion...
Letters: Eritrea's efforts deserve a better press
From The Observer Dated 21 March 2012 It was good to read the analysis piece by Simon Tisdall ( 20 March ) on the apparent silence in the west about the recent military attacks and incursions into Eritrea by Ethiopia. As he points out, the Meles regime...
Singer/Entrepreneur, Ellen Kaye, Will Perform at "Peace and Equality Event" to Benefit UN Women, at United Nations March 2, 2012
From Emediawire.com Dated 23 February 2012 Singer/entrepreneur, Ellen Kaye (Moscow 57) will perform at the 11th Annual UN Women Luncheon on March 2, 2012 at The United Nations. UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Special guests include...
OP-ED: How Gender Values Point the Way for a More Effective U.N.
From Inter Press Service Dated 20 February 2012 A growing list of U.N. Security Council Resolutions acknowledges the importance of gender in processes for peace. Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889 and 1960 note that women continue to be marginalised in peace negotiations and their potential is not fully...
Zimbabwe: A gendered analysis of the GPA
From Pambazuka Dated 12 January 2012 2012-01-12 This publication seeks to provide a gender analysis of Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement from the perspective of the participation of women in peace building and conflict resolution, and how peace agreements facilitate or hinder gender equality in post-conflict situations. The...
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