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PeaceWomen currently covers 5 countries in South Asia: Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, and Pakistan.

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May 20, 2012 (Christian Science Monitor)
AFGHANISTAN: At NATO Summit on Afghanistan, Few Women's Voices Heard With the US and NATO planning the departure of their forces from Afghanistan by December 2014, some Afghan women and international rights advocates are growing increasingly concerned that a decade-long focus on expanding Afghan women's rights will go with them.
May 18, 2012 (Washington Post)
AFGHANISTAN: Opinion: Don't Abandon Afghan Women As the United States convenes the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, the fate of Afghanistan's women is on my mind. This spring marks the 10th anniversary of the return of Afghanistan's girls to the classroom. During the Taliban era, women were denied education. Women could not work, even when they were the sole providers for their families. Under the Taliban dictatorship, it was decreed that women should be neither seen nor heard.
April 30, 2012 (Huffington Post)
PAKISTAN: Pakistani Women Unite to Battle Religious Extremism Sameena Imtiaz, a soft-spoken, educated Pakistani social worker, operates in the midst of U.S. drone strikes and Taliban suicide bombings. She regularly travels to remote parts of her country in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, infamously known for the safe Al-Qadea and Taliban sanctuaries, to promote peace education among the radicalized young seminary students.
April 30, 2012 (Open Democracy)
PAKISTAN: The Gendered Cost of NATO in Pakistan Pakistan's Domestic Violence Bill has become the latest fatality in the barter between women's rights, NATO, and issues of national security, says Afiya Shehrbano Zia.
April 26, 2012 (Sun Star)
NEPAL/PHILIPPINES: Nepal Officials Visit Kalinga to Share Peace Plans Three Nepalese officials visited Kalinga to share their country's peace and security situation and its impact on women

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Workshop Report: Implementing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Afghanistan (hosted by Liechtenstein), The Government of Liechtenstein, February 7, 2012 | Download PDF
SRI LANKA: Women's Insecurity in the North and East, International Crisis Group, 20 December 2011
The Future of Women's Rights in Afghanistan: Interview with Fariba Nawa , NPR, Michael Martin , December 5, 2011
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
Afghan Women's Declaration - International Conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, Afghan Women's Network, December 5, 2011 | Download PDF

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MANIPUR, INDIA: Women in the Shadow of the Gun, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , April 4, 2012
VIDEO: Kashmiri Women Protest Pakistan's Oppressive Rule in PoK , Multi-Media, , March 27, 2012
SRI LANKA: Women in solidarity for Peace, Campaigns, , March 22, 2012
VIDEO: Protecting Afghan Women, Multi-Media, , March 14, 2012
SOUTH ASIA: Making Women Count for Peace: Gender, Empowerment and Conflict in South Asia, Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), February 2012

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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, April 2011, MAP , April 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, March 2011, MAP , March 1, 2011
Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, January 2011, MAP , January 2011

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SAKHI for South Asian Women
Fighting to end the exploitation of, and violence against, women of South Asian origin
Faculty for Women Development Division, National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD)
Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research North-South Kathmandu (NCCR North-South)
Women's Feature Service (WFS)
International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation, Henry Martyn Institute (HMI)

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