Niemat Ahmadi is a quiet badass. She is a native of North Darfur, founder and president of Darfur Women Action Group and the director of Global Partnerships for United to End Genocide and has been a friend and colleague for many years. She is soft-spoken but passionate when it comes to her country and the atrocities that are still being committed there.

Rampant sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was the sobering topic of a conference held Saturday morning at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa.

“We've invited you to a very serious morning—not an easy morning,” said organizer Daniel Stringer as he opened the conference, called Breaking the Silence on Sexual Violence in the Congo.

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Missing the Target - A report on the Swedish commitment for women, peace and security in Afghanistan

Hirokazu Nakaima, Govenor of Okinawa Prefecture
Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister
Koichiro Genba, Foreign Minister
Satoshi Morimoto, Defense Minister
Barack Obama, President of the United States
John V. Roos, U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Kenneth Glueck, Okinawa Area Coordinator and Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force
Alfred Magleby, U.S. Consul General of Naha, Okinawa

October 17, 2012

When it comes to sexual violence during armed conflict, there is much we still don't know, which, as the 2012 Human Security Report points out, has important implications for how we address that violence. The authors of the report state that they believe that the way we frame and perceive the problem is flawed in several ways:

A new study on violence against women conducted over four decades and in 70 countries reveals the mobilization of feminist movements is more important for change than the wealth of nations, left-wing political parties, or the number of women politicians.

“I am just as good as you are!” half of Arab society is screaming at the other half. The movement known as The Uprising of Women in the Arab World has launched a virtual campaign urging people to champion what they call “male dictatorship”. And in so doing, they would be completing the Arab Spring.

-Janet Nammur, Hilversum

"The convenors of a Pacific Regional Women's Media and Policy Network dedicated to advancing implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) is looking forward to the implementation phase of the Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security saying it is a step closer in enhancing and institutionalizing the formal recognition of the efforts of Pacific Peacewomen who have indeed paved the way in the res

To mark International Peace Day on 21 September, Womankind Worldwide and ActionAid launched a new report on the vital but overlooked roles of women peacebuilders. Lee Webster, Policy and Advocacy Manager, gives an overview of the study.