UN Security Council Resolution 1325
UN Security Council Resolution 1325
The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSC Resolution 1325 or SCR1325) is the first resolution the Security Council passed specifically addressing the disproportionate and unique impact of war on women, and women's special under-valued and under-utilized contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace. It urges women's equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security. SCR1325 was initiated in 2000 by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, then Minister of Women￢ﾀﾙs Affairs in Namibia when that country took its turn chairing the... read more
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Annual report 2010 - Section IV
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section IV of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - Section III
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section III of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - Section II
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section II of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - section I
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section I of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - Section IV
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section IV of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - Section III
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section III of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - Section II
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section II of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
Annual report 2010 - section I
From HD Centre Dated 15 June 2011 By HD Centre - This report (Section I of the report) presents the activities undertaken by the HD Centre in 2010. It takes a look at the work of the organisation internationally highlighting the HD Centrea#039;s achievements, in Somaliland, Darfur...
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...
UN Security Council 1325 and Peace Negotiations and Agreements
From HD Centre Dated 28 February 2011 By Christine Belle 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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Peace Activists Demand End to NATO Violence at Obama HQ
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 17 May 2012 (676 N. Michigan, Suite 3200) Chicago, IL— On Thursday at noon, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, The World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace and other groups associated with the NATO protests will attempt to present letters expressing outrage about NATO ...
Colombia: Civil society report on UN Security Council Resolution 1325
From IANSA Dated 15 May 2012 Do not include in Special Focus block In Colombia, the Red Nacional de Mujeres, a member of the Global Network of Women...
Africa: Towards a parliamentary strategy for African women's rights and gender equality
From Pambazuka Dated 29 April 2012 2012-04-29 While it is a recognised universal fact that eliminating gender inequality and achieving women’s empowerment are paramount to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, progress with implementation of the MDGs is the slowest in those areas that depend most heavily on...
Kurdish women fight for peace
From New Zealand Herald Dated 27 April 2012 Saria has long black hair and honey-coloured eyes and she wears olive military fatigues.She is 25 and in charge of 500 fighters in a zone that stretches for 100km along the Shaho mountain range inside Iran.Born in the Iranian...
Open letter on the new Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict
From IANSA Dated 25 April 2012 Do not include in Special Focus block IANSA has signed on to an open letter by the NGO Working Group...
Need for More Women in Peace And Security Matters
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 25 April 2012 New York, Apr 24 2012 3:10PM The UN Security Council today held a meeting at which it heard of the need to strengthen the role of women in the area of peace and security, such as through increased participation in...
Security Council hears of need for more women in peace and security matters
From Big News Network Dated 24 April 2012 The UN Security Council today held a meeting at which it heard of the need to strengthen the role of women in the area of peace and security, such as through increased participation in ...
Security Council takes up women, peace and security
From UN Radio Dated 24 April 2012 While much has been done to improve the situation of women when it comes to peace and security in the context of UN missions and resolutions of conflicts, much more needs to still needs to be done. That was part...
Fiji Women, Peace and Human Security - Update, 2012
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 16 April 2012 FemLINKPACIFIC’s monthly policy initiatives continue to be one of our platforms to share findings from our Rural Community Media Network in Fiji, collected by our correspondents, convenors and focal points in Labasa, Ba, Tavua, Nadi, Nausori, as ...
Art and social justice woven together
From The Daily Advertiser Dated 9 April 2012 Lafayette artist Susan Comeaux said she wasn't really entering a competition when she submitted an artistic quilt on behalf of the Women, Peace and Security Quilt Challenge. Nevertheless, her work is attracting top honors and now hangs in the United...
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