With last October's tenth anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000), the resolution's effectiveness is coming under intense scrutiny. (image credit) In our recent research on the impact of the resolution on the text of peace agreements, we make some significant findings about the impact of 1325 on peace agreement drafting.

On January 24, the World YWCA and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) met with the United Nations CEDAW Committee to discuss recommendations for a stronger link between the CEDAW reporting process, human rights and the peace and security agenda.

"I follow with my eyes men who are passing by. In case it is one of them, I want them to see that I am still alive, that they did not kill me, neither body nor soul, nor will they ever be able to do it."

Zainab Salbi recounted the story of Safeta, a Bosnian woman who was held captive and repeatedly raped by Serbian militants after her husband was taken to a concentration camp in 1990.

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WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN – TEN YEARS ON

It has been 10 years since the United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 1325, which addresses the role of women during wartime - both as victims and peacekeepers - and makes them a key part of its efforts to end conflict around the world.

On January 24, the World YWCA and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) met with the United Nations CEDAW Committee to discuss recommendations for a stronger link between the CEDAW reporting process, human rights and the peace and security agenda.

How cynical is it, that an activist who led protests against the unsolved killings of hundreds of women, gets murdered herself? Susana Chávez was recently found dead in Ciudad Juarez, a border city in the north of Mexico. She is the second women's rights activist killed in less than a month.

Launched in Arbil Thursday of the International Conference on (the role of women in peace-building, reconciliation and accountability in Iraq) with the participation of members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the Parliament of Kurdistan and representatives of the UN mission in Iraq and the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference, and representatives of civil society organizations and international experts in the fiel

On January 26, 2011 the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) will unveil an impactful new exhibition entitled, Patience to Raise the Sun: Art Quilts from Haiti & Their Power to Change Women's Lives. The exhibit, which marks the first new installation during AAMP's year-long 35th Anniversary celebration, features a collection of twenty-two original art quilts and showcases the unique collaboration that led to their creation.

The following video of an interview with Tolekan Ismailova (Kyrgyzstan), Director of the Citizens Against Corruption, has been edited for time and content. A transcript of the interview conducted by Cate Urban, assistant project manager of the World Movement, is included.