The proliferation of ‘portable weapons' in any society is a key source of the spread of violence, which impacts

December 2003 Security Council resolution 1509 (2003) reaffirms the importance of a gender perspectivein peacekeeping

Peace and women's organizations have asserted that effective preventive strategies must consider information and earl

Typical refugees are rendered almost invisible by the United Nations refugee instruments and domestic refugee status

This report describes discrimination against ethnic minorities in Burma by the military.

This paper offers an examination of international justice from the perspective of rape survivors from the Rwandan gen

Haitians are witnessing the collapse of their country's nascent democracy as political violence and human rights abus

The findings in this publication are the result of a three-year examination of many practical experiences of peace pr

War has traditionally been considered as a male preserve, and this remains predominantly true.

A report from the consultative meeting held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on November 13-15, 2002.

The Security Council, by paragraph 16 of its resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, invites the Secretary General

Civil society in Cyprus is still shaping itself in the newly formed political sphere where citizens need to have a vo

The following recommendations were compiled from the UN Secretary-General's Report on Women, Peace and Security; t

On September 6, 2002, 24 women from Parliament, state agencies, the NGO community, political parties and mass media,

Excerpts from "Precious resources: adolescents in the reconstruction of Sierra Leone.

This paper discusses the need, rationale and mandates for mainstreaming gender throughout Peace Support Operations (P