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ASIA / PACIFIC

Within Asia/Pacific, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 24 countries. The section can be navigated by sub-region and country.

PeaceWomen focuses our updates on materials related to women, peace and security and therefore our resources should not be seen as a comprehensive source on the broader situation in these countries.

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May 19, 2013 (ABC )
AFGHANISTAN: Anger as Afghan MPs Halt Women's Bill Debate Islamic fundamentalist politicians in Afghanistan have stopped a debate on whether to give parliamentary approval to a law protecting women against violence.
May 18, 2013 (Albawaba News)
SYRIA: Fighting Sin With Sin, the Twisted Morals of Rapists in the Syrian Conflict “Wahhabist fighters have called the rape as ‘Jihad al-Nikah,' assuming women and girl as war prisoners, and raping them as permissible,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said, in the first official recognition of the phenomenon in Syria.
May 18, 2013 (The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
IRAN: Female Candidates Barred to Run for Iran Presidency A constitutional body in Iran has ruled that women cannot run in presidential elections scheduled for June 14.
May 13, 2013 (eNAC)
INDIA: India's Women Activists Seeing Red India's "Red Brigade" is a group of angry young women with a simple message for the country's sexual predators: change your ways or be ready to face the consequences.
May 11, 2013 (USA Today)
PAKISTAN: Despite Threats, Pakistani Women Cast Votes in Election Despite threats from militant groups, many women headed to the polls in Pakistan to vote in the country's historic elections Saturday.

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REPORT: Women, Gender and Gun Violence in the Middle East, The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), October 2011 | Download PDF
RESOURCE: Perspectives from WILPF Nepal, Nirmala Sitoula, WILPF Nepal, March 22, 2013 | Download PDF
Gaza in 2020: A Liveble Place?, UN, August 2012 | Download PDF
Challenges to Women's security in the MENA Region, Woodrow Wilson Center, March 8th, 2013 | Download PDF
WILPF MENA Partners CSW 57 Statement , Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, March 2013 | Download PDF

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BLOG: Elimination of the Exclusion of Women in Iraq , Online Dialogues & Blogs, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), April 8, 2013
STATEMENT: Outcome Statement - 4th Fiji Consultation On Women's Participation And Equal Representation In Parliament, Statements, Conferences & Meetings, , 8 April 2013
RESEARCH: From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA, Research, , April 4, 2013
INITIATIVE: Extraordinary Eritreans - A Support Centre for Eritreans in Israel, Other, , April 1, 2013
BURMA: YWCA of Myanmar Empowering Young Women, Training & Workshops, , 3 April 2013

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NGOWG Letter to Security Council Regarding Syria, ;WILPF Section , 14 June 2012
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace, and Security, MAP , December 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2011, MAP , May 31, 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, May 2011, MAP , May 1, 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2011, MAP , April 2011

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Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)
Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD)
The Burma Campaign
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