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August 30, 2010 (Sydney Morning Herald)
AUSTRALIA/INTERNATIONAL: UN Chief Addresses Melbourne Summit United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has called on a Melbourne conference to do more to "keep the promise" of saving the lives of women and children.
August 29, 2010 (The Guardian)
INTERNATIONAL: Of Course We Must Fight for Women around the World (Opinion) As the debate rages over the withdrawal of British and US troops in Afghanistan, there are those who argue that the appalling treatment of women under the Taliban is a peripheral issue. They claim that the fate of Afghan women such as 18-year-old Aisha, whose nose and ears were sliced off as retribution for running away from her husband's home, is horrific, but irrelevant. They are wrong. Women's equality must be at the front and centre of the discussion if there is to be a hope of restoring peace and prosperity to wartorn nations such as Afghanistan.
August 29, 2010 (Worker's World)
INTERNATIONAL: Women Activists Unite to Fight Imperialism Uniting under the theme, “Moving forward the militant global women's movement in the 21st century,” more than 350 women from 32 countries participated in the Montreal International Women's Conference, held Aug. 13-16. The conference resulted in the formation of an International Women's Alliance. The IWA will hold its first assembly in 2011 to adopt a constitution of principles of unity and an action proposal.
August 26, 2010 (Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury - GNWP)
INTERNATIONAL: Doable, Fast-Track Indicators for Turning the 1325 Promise into Reality The credibility of the United Nations rests in a major way on its ability and capacity to get the decisions of the Security Council implemented in letter and spirit. When in March 2000, the Security Council expressed for the first time in its history of 55 years its conceptual acceptance that peace is inextricably linked with equality between women and men and affirmed that the equal access and full participation of women in power structures and their full involvement in all efforts for peace and security, the international community was charged with expectation.
August 26, 2010 (The Guardian)
INTERNATIONAL: We Must Pprotect Women in Congo The mass rape of women in Congo (Report, 25 August) illustrates the difficulty the UN faces in trying to fulfil its mandate to prioritise the protection of civilians. Civilians now account for 70% of casualties in wars and most are women and children. Sexual violence against women and girls has been part of conflicts from Rwanda and Bosnia, to Sierra Leone, Haiti, Congo and Afghanistan. In Congo a few months ago, I spoke to women who had, in effect, been used as weapons of war and who had endured horrific forms of violence. While I am haunted by memories of their suffering, I remain inspired by the courage and tenacity they show. That is why the promise of UN resolution 1325 on ending violence against women in conflict has to be fulfilled and there must be concerted international action to increase awareness of the importance of engaging with women in conflict prevention and resolution.