General Women, Peace and Security

The event was organised by Individualland, a research-based consultancy and advocacy group, supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy.

The session was presided over by retired additional inspector general of police Niaz Ahmed Siddiqui.

The Fata Civil Secretariat earmarked Rs60 million in the ADP for tribal areas for current fiscal year under the head of support to gender development, marginalised community and juvenile protection.

“In the garrison they had rooms where they would rape us; sometimes there were three, four or five soldiers,” Rosa Pérez*, one of the women used by the Guatemalan army as a sex slave during this country's civil war, testified in court.

Late last year, the United Nations declared Oct. 11 the International Day of the Girl. Celebrated for the first time this month, the occasion aims to highlight the challenges girls face around the world to gain access to education and other basic rights, and empower them to advocate on their own behalf.

Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Those are the ages that for many girls, the world becomes a much more dangerous place.

For the 250 million adolescent girls in poor countries, the world often becomes smaller as they approach puberty.

One in seven girls is married by age 15. Few, if any child brides have a choice about who they marry or when.

To this end, the judges awarded the Peace Prize jointly to three women, recognizing their "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".

A Guideline for the Development and Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, was on Tuesday launched with the hope it would deepen women's contributions in peace-building efforts.

The event was organized by the Women engaged in Action (We Act) 1325, a coalition of women organizations and civil society groups working on women, peace and security issues in the country together with the local partner Katungod han Samareña Foundation (KSFI) in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP).

Tuesday's New York Times carried a fascinating article on its front page about the prospects for peace in Afghanistan:

The once ambitious American plans for ending the war are now being replaced by the far more modest goal of setting the stage for the Afghans to work out a deal among themselves in the years after most Western forces depart, and to ensure Pakistan is on board with any eventual settlement.

When he was still a senator and a member of the then opposition, President Benigno Aquino III recalled, he took part in a protest march against graft and corruption where he found himself marching beside Teresita “Ging” Deles. “I noticed that she was dragging her feet, and I asked her if she was not feeling well,” he said.