With less than a year to prepare, Indonesian female candidates are gearing up for their 2014 general election campaigns. But if Indonesian women want to make a mark on national politics and achieve the gender equality they have been working toward, they need to put forward competent candidates with adequate track records who understand public policy.
We would like to share the following open letter to newly elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The letter, penned by WILPF Australia, Young WILPF Australia and the Women Peace and Security Academic Collective, encourages the Australian government to lead the charge in advocating for the country's Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
Cc Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs Bob Carr
Dear Hon. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,
The Open Institute NGO has launched a crowdsourced gender-based violence mapping tool in Cambodia to promote and protect women rights. Notably, gender-based violence has remained a significant issue in Cambodia. A UN report highlighted the problem of demostic violence and gender-based violence against sex workers, most-at-risk young people, and women living with HIV.
A number of women in the Indian-controlled Kashmir have launched a campaign to fight for women's rights and push Indian authorities to try those responsible for human rights violations there.
Still audible through the increasingly sectarian cacophony of Syria's ongoing civil war, a small but influential group of Syrian and foreign women are telling the stories of the country's destruction in unique and meaningful ways. Present in all aspects of the conflict, women are penning the history of Syria.
Today, as Pacific countries gather to plan the “future we want,” UN agencies and partners from across the region are calling for children, youth and women to be at the heart of sustainable development.
SEO is launching a media awareness campaign to shed light on the illegal detention of women in Syria, a little covered aspect of the crisis. Syrian women have and continue to play an integral role in Syrian Revolution for freedom, dignity and democracy. As builders of a future society, it is imperative that their rights and safety are protected.
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Development of a National Action Plan in Iraq for implementation of United Nation Security Council
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Around 80 representatives from Japanese government agencies, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, civil society organizations and academe took part in a seminar on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security held at Josai International University in Tokyo on April 20, 2013.
As the United Nations Security Council adopts a new resolution on conflict-related sexual violence today, we detail the efforts of a UN Trust Fund-supported programme that works to ensure that sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge during the 1974-1979 genocide in Cambodia is never forgotten.
