SEO is launching a media awareness campaign to shed light on the illegal detention of women in Syria, a little covered aspect of the crisis. Syrian women have and continue to play an integral role in Syrian Revolution for freedom, dignity and democracy. As builders of a future society, it is imperative that their rights and safety are protected.
Last year, as rebels captured the main towns in northern Mali, UN Women registered a sudden and dramatic increase in rapes, not least in Gao and Kidal, regions where most women never report such violence to anyone, not even health practitioners.
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Development of a National Action Plan in Iraq for implementation of United Nation Security Council
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Around 80 representatives from Japanese government agencies, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, civil society organizations and academe took part in a seminar on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security held at Josai International University in Tokyo on April 20, 2013.
There were more than thirty participants representing various ministries, departments, agencies and civil society organisations. As they converged on the conference room of Ajuji Hotel in Apo District of Abuja, they exchanged pleasantries and sat chatting before the event started.
As the United Nations Security Council adopts a new resolution on conflict-related sexual violence today, we detail the efforts of a UN Trust Fund-supported programme that works to ensure that sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge during the 1974-1979 genocide in Cambodia is never forgotten.
In electing a female Prime Minister (PM) for the first time in 2010, in the minds of many, Australia had joined the special ranks of vaguely progressive nations, forward thinking enough bury a millennium of sexism and misogyny, and chose a woman to represent the national interest.
In the lead up to the UN Security Council Open Debate and resolution on sexual violence in conflict June 24th, WILPF reminded states that sexual violence in conflict is a failure to implement all elements of the full Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Rather than provide Band Aid solutions, we urged them to address root causes of such violence in militarized inequality and take concrete steps to move from resolution to action.
