The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously passed Security Council resolution 2106 on 24 June 2013. This resolution was successful after much diplomatic work by the United Kingdom, as President of the UNSC in June. The ambition, as said William Hague, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, is confine rape in conflict to the pages of history.

Peace Channel in collaboration with Development Association of Nagaland (DAN) conducted one-day seminar on peace building and conflict resolution at Tenephe Village Community Hall, on July 20.

The role of women in peacebuilding has long been underestimated in Somaliland. Since the country's collapse and the emergence of Somaliland, citizens have been plagued by protracted political insecurity and militarised violence.

Langiwe Joyce Mwale Ngoma, a recent Nonviolent Peaceforce Peacekeeper who served in South Sudan, was selected by Bryn Mawr University Women in Public Service Institute: Peacebuilding and Development from 500 applicants. Fifty-one women from 38 countries are participating in the Institute in Philadelphia. According to the Institute “They are diplomats, school teachers, parliamentarians, development practitioners, and journalists.

Despite constant dangers, Afghan women's poetry continues to flourish. One outlet for women's poetry is Mirman Baheer, Afghanistan's largest literary society for women. Mirman Baheer operates in Kabul with over 100 members. Its members are generally educated and employed; they are professors, parliamentarians, journalists, and scholars.

Civil society organisations in Cyprus have been left speechless by recent incidents involving migrant women – third country nationals and EU nationals – including the illegal deportation of a recognized victim of trafficking, the deportation of a woman from Romania in violation of a Supreme Court order, and physical violence perpetrated by the Police against a Romanian woman leading to the miscarriage.

BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, July 23, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – The European Union has just endorsed an initiative worth 25 million euros to combat violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite more than a decade of joint efforts from the international community and the Congolese Government, such violence remains commonplace.

KATHMANDU: Women's rights activists today staged an hourlong sit-in at Hanumansthan, Anamnagar, from 12 pm, giving continuity to their campaign aimed at ending violence against women (VAW). Since April 29, they have been staging the sit-in every Monday calling on policymakers to take steps against VAW by establishing a fast track court and taking other measures like amending rape laws.

The women (chicas) of Tacachico are leading the charge with five Salvadoran organizations to promote public policies that will build gender equality in the municipality. San Pablo Tacachico in La Libertad, is one of the four municipalities where SHARE partner UCRES strengthens community organizing.

With less than a year to prepare, Indonesian female candidates are gearing up for their 2014 general election campaigns. But if Indonesian women want to make a mark on national politics and achieve the gender equality they have been working toward, they need to put forward competent candidates with adequate track records who understand public policy.