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Cote d'Ivoire
The population of Cote d'Ivoire is estimated at 21.1 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 322,462 sq km (124,503 sq miles). Although Yamoussoukro is the capital, Abidjan remains the largest city. French is the main language followed by indigenous languages.
Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience some internal unrest. Acts of sexual violence against women and girls occurred in both the area held by government forces and in the northern area controlled by the New Forces.
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Cote D'Ivoire has ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on December 18, 1995
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Cote D'Ivoire adopted a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) in January 2007. Please click here for further information
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Cote D'Ivoire has a UN peacekeeping mandate: United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM
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News
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January 11, 2012 (Human Rights Watch)
COTE D'IVOIRE: Justice in Côte d'Ivoire Late in the afternoon on November 29, former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo was removed from his prison cell in the dusty northern town of Korhogo and served with an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC). He was then put aboard a plane to The Hague, where he now faces four counts of crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, and persecution. -
October 7, 2011 (Open Democracy)
INTERNATIONAL: Leymah Gbowee: Child Soldiers, Child Wives: Wounded for Life Working with ex-child soldiers of Charles Taylor's army, and the girls they have taken as wives, has convinced Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee that the abuse women suffer during conflict is a reflection of the interaction between men and women, boys and girls, during peace time -
June 23, 2011 (Amnesty International)
COTE D'IVOIRE: ICC investigation must not exclude serious crimes A proposed International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into Côte d'Ivoire must be expanded to cover serious human rights violations committed since 2002, Amnesty International said today. -
June 22, 2011 (Huffington Post)
COTE D'IVOIRE: Toward A New Côte d'Ivoire -- or the Selective Justice of the Past? After six months of violence, almost everyone in Côte d'Ivoire has a horrific story to tell: a loved one killed gruesomely, the memory of being raped, a house burned or pillaged of everything. I have listened to hundreds of these stories, amazed at people's strength to recount the unthinkable to a stranger as armed conflict continued. -
June 16, 2011 (TrustLaw)
INTERNATIONAL/IRAQ: The Word on Women - The Other Tahrir Square Last Week's Violence Against Women in Baghdad, and What It Means for the World.
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Resources
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, December 2011, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG), December 2011 | Download PDF
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2011, NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (NGOWG), May 31, 2011 | Download PDF
- 'They Looked at his Identity Card and Shot Him Dead' Six Months of Post-Electoral violence In Côte D'Ivoire, May 26, 2011
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, May 2011, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG), May 1, 2011 | Download PDF
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2011, NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, April 1, 2011 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- STATEMENT: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos Statement to the Press on Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia mission, Statements, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), April 7, 2011
- APPEAL: The Word on Women - Women of West Africa call for peace in Ivory Coast, Appeals & Demonstrations, Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WISPEN AFRICA), March 18, 2011
- STATEMENT: Solidarity Statement To The Women Of Côte D'Ivoire, Statements, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), March 10, 2011
- DEMONSTATION: , Appeals & Demonstrations, Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WISPEN AFRICA), March, 2011
- ANALYSIS: Political Crisis Impact on Women and Women's Rights Organizations , Online Dialogues & Blogs, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), February 2011
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PeaceWomen Publications
- Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace, and Security, MAP , December 2011
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2011, MAP , May 31, 2011
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, May 2011, MAP , May 1, 2011
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2011, MAP , April 2011
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, March 2011, MAP , March 1, 2011
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