General Women, Peace and Security

PRESS RELEASE

UN Special Envoy Mary Robinson, Femmes Africa Solidarité and the International
Conference on the Great Lakes Region to organize the first Regional Conference on
Women, Peace, Security and Development in the Great Lakes region

Implementing the Framework of Hope and the UNSCR 1325

The Youth Exploring Solutions (YES), a passionate, non-profit and voluntary youth-led development organization that is primarily a self-sponsored institution since its inception in 2007 has launched its project named and styled 'Enhancing Women's Participation in Leadership and Governance' in the Borough of New Kru Town on the campus of D-Tweh Public School.

Khadiga Hussein, former minister of state at the Ministry for Peace, and founder of Sudanese Mothers for Peace and Development (SMP), led a workshop on women's empowerment in Sudan at a conference on ‘Just Governance' at the international centre for Initiatives of Change in Caux, Switzerland.

For Information Only (conference full)

EPLO Expert Workshop EU Comprehensive Approach to UNSCR1325/1820

Martins Central Park 1000 Brussels

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.

PRESS RELEASE
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.

Asha Hagi Elmi and her sister Amina spearhead efforts to bring dignity to the women of Mogadishu's refugee camps.