General Women, Peace and Security

Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace organized a roundtable in December 2000 to discuss the important role fo women in peacebuilding and reconciliation initiatives in Kashmir. A group of women and men from Jammu and Kashmir representing different ages, communities, backgrounds ans political orientations participated in the roundtable discussion.

The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), an IANSA member in Norway, has launched the 'PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update' to mark the upcoming 10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

Initiated by the Gender Team of PRIO, the newsletter provides updated information about women, peace and security related issues internationally, as well as in Norway.

Today marks the 60th anniversary of Independence Day for Burma. However, the people of Burma have not had a chance to enjoy the fruits of independence. Instead, until today, most people in Burma have been suffering from the military dictatorship's oppression, unlawful acts, brutality and militarized slavery.

Karen Women's Organization calls for increased international pressure to end SPDC military 
offensives:

An Indian delegation of peace activists, social workers and artistes will cross the border at Wagah to participate in the 10th anniversary of from September 3 to 5. PIPFPD activists from both countries will participate in the celebrations titled 'Peace and democracy now' and Pakistani PIPFPD activists have started reaching Lahore. A PIPFPD national convention is also scheduled as part of the celebrations.

WOMEN GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD CALL ON THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO PROSECUTE SENIOR GENERAL THAN SHWE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: IT'S TIME FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TO TAKE STRONG ACTION ON BURMA

June 25, 2009 - Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Members of the UN Security Council

Your Excellencies,

Women Making Peace and National Council for Peace on the Korean Peninsula (South Korea) is making an international appeal to oppose war provocation in Korea and to resolve the North Korean issue by peaceful means.

Nobel Women's Initiative: The UN Security Council must take strong action on Burma and issue an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Burmese military regime. This was the message sent by 14 Nobel Laureates—including The Dalai Lama, Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Mairead Maguire, Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim Dae-jung and Archbishop Desmond Tutu in an open letter to the Security Council.

The program is a 3 year regional initiative, implemented in partnership with Transeuropeennes, Paris and NGOs from the SE region: Albanian Human Rights Group - Tirana; Center for Cultural Decontamination- Belgrade; Center for Women War Victims – Zagreb; Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis –Ljubljana; Kosovo Action for Civic Initiatives – Pristine; Pro Femina – Belgrade; Women's Club “Princess Ksenija” - Cetinje

UNIFEM, Kvinna till Kvinna, and Zene Zenema supported a South Eastern Europe regional workshop to review SC resolution 1325 from the perspectives of gender equality advocates from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and Kosovo.