General Women, Peace and Security

After more than 10 years since it was passed, the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) is gaining more attention with the opportunity to develop and present a Regional Action Plan at the 2012 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS) held a conference entitled “Towards a National Action Plan on Women's Rights: Implementation of Women's rights in the European Neighborhood Policy's Action Plan and the Istanbul–Marrakech Process” on March 14-15, 2011 in Amman. EMHRN's Director of the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Project Mrs.

A two-day OSCE training seminar for members of the Inter-Agency Working Group established by Kyrgyzstan to develop a national action plan on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security ended today in Bishkek.

A few kilometres north of Kabul, a 22-year-old woman collapsed to the ground. The man with an AK-47 gun continued to shoot as the crowd in the background chanted, “Long live the Mujahideen.”

The world's population now stands at about seven billion, and by 2050, this figure will hit a whopping nine billion.

If you've been hanging out and wondering who will win the battle to make the "war on women" their election-year issue, you're probably still waiting. Last I checked, both sides were pointing their finger at the other for impinging on women's rights in some form.

A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that fulfilling unmet contraception demand by women in developing countries could reduce global maternal mortality by nearly a third, a potentially great improvement for one of the world's most vulnerable populations.

United States Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater is hoping that more Jamaican women will take a greater role in representational politics as the nation continues its shared drive with South Africa to provide a better life for all.

Bridgewater used her previous experience as consul general in South Africa to point out that the governments of the 'Rainbow Nation' and Jamaica had similar philosophies.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out for the rights of Afghan women during a global forum on the war-torn country in Tokyo, Sunday, July 7, where the international community pledged billions in development aid to Afghanistan.

Clinton also revealed the United States has designated Afghanistan a major non-Nato ally giving it new privileges to access U.S. military supplies and loans for equipment.

“Rape is being used as a tool of war in Syria, and, in most cases, it is allegedly being carried out by government perpetrators,” says new findings from a live crowd-maps project highlighted by Women Under Siege, a new project by the U.S. New York based feminist organization WMC – Women's Media Center.