Living in Pakistan's most remote and volatile region along the border of Afghanistan—Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)—Bushra Hyder has experienced first-hand the effects of increasing extremist violence in her homeland. In the midst of this, she has led initiatives to help victims recover from trauma, promote moderation of radical ideologies, and teach values of peace to the next generation.
Afghanistan is at an important juncture in its history. On April 5 Afghan women and men reaffirmed their commitment to democracy and the peaceful transfer of power through their widespread participation in the presidential election, in the hope of securing a better future for themselves and their children. We congratulate the two prime candidates Dr.Abdullah Abdullah and Dr.Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
On 24 September 2013, Cambodian Defenders Project in partnership with Transcultural Psychosocial Organization and the Victims Support Section at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia held the third Women's Hearing on gender-based violence during conflict. Four survivors of rape and forced marriage committed by the Khmer Rouge regime testified on their experience before a panel of Cambodian university students.
Joint Conference in Bosnia: February 10th – 14th 2014
Background
Since 2012, WILPF International has been engaged in a program that seeks to:
Strengthen support to Syrian women's rights and civil society activists in order to strengthen the full and equal participation in all processes leading to peaceful transition in Syria
The Arab Regional Network on Women, Peace, and Security, which was launched in October 2013 and is composed of women from 14 countries from the Arab region, met in Amman, Jordan, during 1-3 April 2014 to deepen understanding of causes and consequences of issues related to women, peace, and security, and establish strategies and indicators for protection, prevention, participation, and promotion of women's safety, inclusion, and security in pea
Women's rights civil society movements from the Asia Pacific region gathered at the United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok on 10-11 February 2014, call upon our region's governments to take this opportunity of the Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) and the 58th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women, to advance commitments related to gender equality and women's and girls' rights, development and
Iran's capital of Tehran on Sunday hosted the third Conference of Muslim Women Parliamentarians, with an Iranian female lawmaker elected as the chairwoman of the Muslim Women Parliamentarians Committee.
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Laleh Eftekhari, a member of the Iranian parliament, took over from a female Sudanese legislator as the new chairperson of the Women Parliamentarians Committee for a one-year period.
In the lead-up to the Geneva II negotiations, Syrian activists, local and international organizations, the UN, and various foreign governments made a clear demand: Women must be at the table. During the first round of talks in late January, both the regime and opposition delegations heeded that call, to differing extents. Below, we've documented what we know so far about women's formal roles in the Syria peace talks.
