INTERNATIONAL
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May 10, 2012 (Huffington Post)
INTERNATIONAL: Worldwide, It's "More Dangerous to Be a Woman Than a Soldier in Modern Wars"
"It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern wars." These words were spoken by Major General Patrick Cammaert, the Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2008, as he described the the terrifying scorched earth rape strategy being employed in that country (and others like it).
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May 3, 2012 (Sydney Morning Herald)
INTERNATIONAL: Hatred of Women Exists in the West as Well as in the Arab World
Misogyny has reduced women to headscarves and hymens.
'WOMEN have very little idea of how much men hate them,'' wrote Germaine Greer in The Female Eunuch. So outraged were men that wives reportedly took to concealing their copies by wrapping them in plain brown paper.
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April 26, 2012 (Foreign Policy )
INTERNATIONAL: Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue
The most pressing global problems simply won't be solved without the participation of women. Seriously, guys.
On a trip to Afghanistan in the summer of 2009, not long after my appointment as the U.S. State Department's ambassador at large for global women's issues, I stopped for dinner with a group of Afghan women activists in Kabul. One woman opened our conversation with a plea: "Please don't see us as victims, but look to us as the leaders we are."
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April 23, 2012 (PublicService)
ARAB SPRING: Have Women's Rights Been Forgotten?
Female figures have taken pivotal roles during Middle East uprisings. But with women failing to be taken seriously in coming elections, human rights are under threat. Zahid Mahmood reports from the Youth Professionals Summit at the Brussels Forum.
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April 18, 2012 (OpenDemocracy)
INTERNATIONAL: A Brutal Manifestation of Patriarchy
The involvement of women in anti-war actions and in support of peace activism worldwide is a critical part of modern history, yet the vulnerability of women in conflict situations to violence of all forms is perhaps the most brutal manifestation of patriarchy in modern times.
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Resource: V-Day Annual Report 2011,
V-Day ,
2011 Annual Report
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Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality,
Men and Gender Equality Policy Project,
24 May 2012 ongoing
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NGOWG Women, Peace and Security: May MAP,
NGOWG Women, Peace and Security,
May 2012
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Women's Bodies Are Battlefields,
Beth Speake,
25 April 2012
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Open letter to the UN Secretary General About the Upcoming Appointment of a new Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict,
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security,
April 23, 2012
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Tracing Present Scars to Past Traumas,
Multi-Media,
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18 May ongoing
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The International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict,
Campaigns,
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May 6, 2012
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Optional Protocol to CEDAW,
Campaigns,
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April 4, 2012
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VIDEO: Women in the World 2012: Hillary Clinton: "Women Need to Be Able to Choose",
Multi-Media,
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March 14, 2012
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Empowering Rural Women,
Online Dialogues & Blogs,
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February 13, 2012
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WILPF at CSW56,
WILPF
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WILPF statement on the occasion of the 101th International Women's Day, 8 March 2012,
WILPF
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UNITED STATES/CONGO: Congress Urges Obama to Appoint Envoy For Congo ,
Campaign
, November 2011
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace, and Security ,
MAP
, November 2011
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace and Security Council: October 2011,
MAP
, September 2011
Security Council Resolution 1325 Translations