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2006

Urgent Call to Stop Spiralling Middle East Violence
August 3, 2006 - Statement by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM; Convenor, International Women's Commission for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace (IWC)

For full statement please click here

FIRE marathon broadcast "Voices of Resistance"
features women's perspectives on Middle East conflicts
August 2, 2006
Women’s voices and perspectives in reaction to the military aggression in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel will be the focus of a marathon live broadcast via Internet entitled, “Voices of Resistance” on Friday, August 4, produced in Spanish and English by FIRE – Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista in Costa Rica. The 8-hour live broadcast, which begins at 10 am (Costa Rica/RMT) will be repeated three times during a 24-hour streaming schedule. Listeners may tune in by going to the FIRE website at: www.radiofeminista.net. FIRE is also inviting audience members to write or call during the program to express solidarity with women in the Middle East conflicts. For each email, FIRE will send $5 to women’s organizations that work in those conflict zones; and $10 for each phone call.

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Arab NGO Network for Development Calls upon its friends and supporters all around the world
Today, July 30th, another massacre was committed in Lebanon: More than sixty civilians, among them 37 children, were killed by Israeli bombs while they were sleeping in shelters in the village of Qana. They died not very far away from the mass grave holding the bodies of 106 civilians burned by a previous Israeli attack in April 1996 inside a shelter provided by a UN battalion

For full statement click here

Humanitarian Emergency in Lebanon
July 24, 2006
WLP partner, Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTD-A), has received individual donations and funders’ pledges amounting to $53,000. Thank you for your generous support! Of this amount, $11,500 cash was available on Saturday. Relief kits and cleaning kits for $11,000 have been purchased and distributed as of today. We cannot begin to thank the numerous individuals who have stopped by our offices, sent checks, or donated online to support women-headed households with $62.50 per health and sanitation kit. Your support heartens and encourages CRTD-A and the coalition of NGOs to persevere in taking steps towards meeting a seemingly insurmountable challenge. We cannot begin to thank the numerous individuals who have stopped by our offices, sent checks, or donated online to support women-headed households with $62.50 per health and sanitation kit. Your support heartens and encourages CRTD-A and the coalition of NGOs to persevere in taking steps towards meeting a seemingly insurmountable challenge.

For more information and for making donations please click here

Appeal letter from Peacewomen across the globe
19 July 2006
On behalf of all the International Coordinators and Board Members of Peace Women Across the Globe
(formerly 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005), we join the International Women’s Commission
for Just and Sustainable Peace, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, other human
rights and women’s rights organizations, and the wider international community in demanding the end to all
military operations and violence in Gaza, Lebanon, and Israel

To read the full letter click here

INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU CALLS FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF
DIPLOMATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
We cannot bear to watch the continuous carnage. We cannot bear to hear the screams of children. We cannot bear to stand by as the United Nations and the G 8 abrogate their responsibilities to stop a war that should never have been started.

To read the full statement click here

2003

Women Cyclists to Cycle For Peace from Lebanon to Jordan
November, 2003
Some 200 European and Mediterranean women will jump on their bikes this November and cycle for peace from Lebanon to Jordan to draw attention to the plight of women and children in the region - particularly the West Bank And Gaza. The group, aged 18 and above, will pedal for one week, beginning Nov. 28, from Baalbak, Lebanon, to Damascus and then finally Amman under the banner: "Follow the Women - Women for Peace." The project took off a year ago with steering committees in Spain, Turkey, Sweden, Cyprus, the UK and Jordan organizing the unique event. Upon the ride's completion, a three-day conference will take place where an estimated 300 participants will discuss issues openly with fellow cycling companions and make plans for the future. For more information visit Unison.

Workshop on Violence Against Women
June, 2001
The Lebanese Council to Resist Violence against Women, in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Institute, organised a workshop for lawyers and legal trainees on Violence against Women. The workshop is part of a series of awareness campaigns aimed at three professional sectors: the national security forces; the legal profession, and doctors. The aim of the workshop was to underline the need to find legal constraints for violence through the amendment of existing laws or adoption of new legislation. To read the press release click here. For more information visit the Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women.

National Conference on “Honor Killings”
May, 2001
The Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women, in collaboration with the Institute Surgere, held a National Conference concerning the increasing number of honor killings during the last years. During the conference police sources handed out a shocking statistical report of the crimes against women committed during the last few years: in 1997, 32 murder cases, 109 attempted murders, 499 cases of assault and battery, 177 of threat with the intention of physical harm, 2 cases of incest, and 18 cases of rape. In 1998, 44 cases of murder, 53 cases of attempted murder, 518 cases of rape. In 1999, 63 cases of murder, 239 attempted murders, 1769 battery cases, 763 reported threats and 33 attempted rapes. A session was also held during the conference to discuss the religious factors underlying Honor Killings. To read the press release click here. For more information visit the Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women.

Legal Empowerment of Lebanese Women
2000
In celebration of the International Women’s Day, the National Commission for Lebanese Women, jointly with UNICEF, launched the Legal Empowerment of Lebanese Women initiative. The purpose is to legally empower women by increasing their legal literacy and giving them free access to legal counseling services. In the spring of 2003, a series of televised spots about women working rights were featured on all local TV stations aiming to increase awareness of women’s legal rights. For more information visit the National Commission for Lebanese Women.

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