General Women, Peace and Security

It's been four years since Port-au-Prince collapsed, and Haiti's women are still working through the damage—both physical and mental—left by the catastrophic 2010 earthquake and its aftermath. The cameras and reporters have gone, but the twinned scourges of violence and exploitation continue to haunt Haiti's ruins.

The women of Port Loko District on Valentine's Day celebrated the first One Billion rising in Africa V-Day on the theme, ‘Strike, Dance and Demand Justice' from the police, education, health and the judiciary.

On 14 January 2014 the closing ceremony of the VII course on Women Leadership was held in the municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, in El Salvador.

Britain's foreign minister William Hague has urged world leaders to make tackling and rape in armed conflicts a top global priority.

Speaking in Bogota on Monday at an event to raise awareness about sexual violence in , British Hague said “global attitudes to these crimes” must change and more efforts must be focused on prosecuting those responsible.

BEIRUT — Palestinian women in Lebanon who are long-term refugees understand the problems faced by women who have fled the Syrian civil war - they share similar hardships and also contend with domestic abuse as well as sexual exploitation.

The NDP is joining forces with the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) to urge the Conservative government to finally take action to end violence against Aboriginal women.

While nearly 1 billion people have escaped extreme poverty in the past 20 years and child and maternal mortality have been cut by almost one half, much more work remains to be done to address inequalities and ensure the rights and dignity of all, especially women and children, top United Nations officials stressed today.

The Punjab Assembly passed The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Bill 2013 on Wednesday.

According to the bill, the commission aims at empowering women, expanding opportunities for their socio-economic development and eliminating all forms of discrimination against them.

The Country Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Mr. Sheldon Yett, has warned against all gender and domestic based violence in the country.

According to Mr. Yett, violence does not discriminate; noting that it cuts across communities, culture, class and religions and as such, it must be avoided at all times and at all levels.

The documentation centre No habrá paz sin las mujeres [There will be no peace without women] enables female leaders, professionals and survivors of the armed conflict in Colombia to express themselves and share their experiences so that, according to the website, “the lifework they have dedicated to peace is not forgotten.” Their testimony is offered through an online photography exhibition and video interviews.