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#67
13 September 2005
the 2005 World summit: what's at stake for women
The
Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace
and security, 31 October 2000. CLICK
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THIS ISSUE OF 1325 PEACEWOMEN E-NEWS FEATURES:
1. Women, Peace and Security News
2. 1325 Translation Update:
Using 1325 in Translation
3. Feature Initiatives: Peace
Building Cyber-Dialogues during the Summit, Input to Secretary General's
Study on Violence Against Women and Media Scan to Monitor Peace
& Conflict
4. Feature Resource: The
2005 World Summit: What's at Stake for Women
5. UNIFEM Update:
"Men, Women and Gun Violence: Options for Action"
6. Women,
Peace and Security Calendar
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WOMEN,
PEACE AND SECURITY NEWS |
SUDAN:
MORE WOMEN NEEDED AT PEACE TALKS AND IN GOVERNMENT
September
10, 2005- (IPS) A meeting in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi has highlighted
the importance of giving Sudanese women a greater voice in their
country's political affairs, if Sudan is to meet the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
WOMEN
REPRESENTATIVES ADOPT BEIJING + 10 DECLARATION
August 31, 2005 - (Xinhuanet) The closing of the four-day conference
to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference
on Women (FWCW) Wednesday afternoon was marked by the adoption of
the Beijing + 10 Declaration. The document confirms the significance
of holding this commemoration, saying that it laid a milestone in
global women's movement, and the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action which were adopted on 1995's FWCW. It vows to intensify
efforts on poverty eradication and halve, by the year 2015, the
proportion of the world's people in hunger and extreme poverty,
and to strive to free all women and men from the abject and dehumanizing
conditions of extreme poverty and free the entire human race from
want.
"Implement gender-mainstreaming strategies and provide adequate
resources and strong political support to national machineries for
gender equality; but ensure that such strategies and machineries
do not replace specific actions and programs targeting women,"
the declaration says.
INDIA:
WOMEN & GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE
September 10, 2005 - (IPS) - The picturesque Himalayan state of
Uttaranchal is leading the rest of the country in taking advantage
of legislation that reserves a third of all elected seats in local
bodies for women. No longer satisfied with playing second fiddle
in local leadership, women in this state now occupy a full 45 percent
of seats in its panchayats (rural local bodies).
UNIP
TARGETS 50 PER CENT WOMEN REPRESENTATION
September 6, 2005 – (The Times of Zambia) UNIP (United National
Independence Party) has said it is targeting a 50 per cent women
representation at all leadership levels of the party in a bid to
help reduce the gender imbalance in the country.
UGANDA:
UNEVEN PROGRESS ON GENDER EQUALITY
September 3, 2005 - (IPS) Uganda has been widely praised for having
a constitution that reflects gender concerns. The 10-year-old document
commits the country to affirmative action in the workplace, freedom
from sexual discrimination and economic rights for women
IRAQ:
WHY WOMEN MATTER
August 31, 2005 – (Salon.com) Some Iraq warriors insist women's
rights can wait until later, but democracy and development flourish
when women are treated as equals. Commenting last week on Iraq's
drafting of its constitution, President Bush hailed it as "an
amazing process" that "honor's women's rights, the rights
of minorities." But whether Iraqi women will achieve full participation
in Iraqi society in the ultimate version of their country's contentious
draft constitution remains very much in question.
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more international women, peace and security news, CLICK
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1325 TRANSLATION
UPDATE: Using 1325 in translation |
As part of our 1325 Translation Initiative, PeaceWomen
have started collecting information on how translations are being
used and the impact that having translations of the resolution available
has had on the work of advocates of Resolution 1325. For many, the
translation process itself has served as a mobilizing tool and organizational
efforts have enabled more women to become familiar with Resolution
1325 and its relevance to them. We hope to feature experiences of
advocates in future editions of the newsletter and on our website.
WIPNET USES 1325 IN TRANSLATION
An interview with Ecoma Alaga of the West African Network for Peacebuilding
(WANEP) Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET). As with many other
advocates of Resolution 1325, WANEP/WIPNET have prioritized its
translation as part of their own programs and initiatives related
to Resolution 1325.
PW: Have you (or your organization) been involved
in any efforts to translate Resolution 1325 into local languages?
If so, which ones?
EA: WIPNET has translated the resolution into 4
West African languages, Diola (Senegal), Fongbe (Benin) & Fongbe
(Burkino Faso) and Hausa (Nigeria).
PW: What were your experiences in this process?
EA: In November 2004, WIPNET launched the initiative
we call “localizing UN SCR 1325.” Our aim is to translate
the resolution into 20 languages by November 2006. There has been
great enthusiasm for this initiative. Everywhere we talk about UN
SCR 1325 and our localizing initiatives there are several requests
to have the resolution translated into their local language. Surprisingly
though, this initiative has revealed that a lot of West African
languages are oral based. Many speak but can’t write the local
languages. In a few cases, the computers have not been friendly.
Translated versions of the resolution can’t be typed out because
there are no appropriate keys.
PW: Did you rely on people in your network to carry
out the translations or did you reach out to new contacts?
EA: We rely on our WIPNET (women peacebuilder) Teams. In
this way the women become more and more familiar with the document
prior to the actual translation being complete.
PW: What local versions of Resolution 1325 have
you been using most actively in your advocacy work?
EA: So far the Diola and Fongbe translations are
the most used. This is actually because these two have been typed
out and are therefore accessible.
PW: In which types of activities or forums have
you used local versions of Resolution 1325 as tools for education
or advocacy?
EA: We have used the translated versions in our
capacity building training workshop for rural women in conflict
prevention and community peacebuilding on our rural women’s
peace initiative. It is used for our Voices of Women community radio
program. It has been used in a consultation with Gender/Women’s
Ministries on mainstreaming gender into national policies on peace
and security. It was also circulated by women during our peace check
point activity on March 8 2005.
PW: From your experiences in women, peace and security
work, why do you think translation Resolution 1325 into local languages
is important for its implementation?
EA: Translating the resolution makes it end-user
friendly, ensuring relevance, ownership and sustainability of initiatives
to advance its implementation.
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For more information about WIPNET and to access the translations,
visit:
http://www.wanep.org/programs/wipnet.htm
If you would like to contribute to the Using 1325 in Translation
effort by providing answers to these questions or submitting other
information, please contact milkah@peacewomen.org
To view the 70 Translations, including those completed by WIPNET,
CLICK
HERE.
For information about the translators of the available 70 translations,
CLICK
HERE.
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Speak for Peace! Participate
in the 2005 Peace Building Cyber-Dialogues during the Summit!
The 2005 Cyber-Dialogues are a series
of interactive discussions using Internet voice chat and visual teleconferencing
to connect women from Africa and Asia-Pacific who work for human rights
and peace building issues with gender advocates and policy makers
participating in September's Millennium +5 Summit and UN Security
Council meeting in October, 2005.
To join the 2005 Peace Building Cyber-Dialogues or for more information
contact:
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, IWTC: mavic@iwtc.org or visit: http://www.iwtc.org/
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Invitation to NGOs:
Input to Study of the UN Secretary General on Violence Against Women
The study of the Secretary-General, requested
by resolution 58/185, will be submitted to the General Assembly in
the fall of 2006. The United Nations Division for the Advancement
of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs has responsibility
for preparing the study, in close cooperation with relevant United
Nations bodies, and by soliciting information from Member States and
non-governmental organizations.
Many non-governmental organizations have immediate knowledge of the
challenges of violence against women and the experiences of survivors.
This knowledge is a critical factor in the successful preparation
of the study and follow-up to its recommendations, once completed.
NGOs thus have a key role in the preparatory process: they are invited
to use the study as a vehicle to galvanize action for policy outcomes
and work within their communities, and with Governments at national,
regional and global level, towards a more determined, committed and
effective effort to eliminate violence against women. After its completion,
NGOs should continue to use the study as a tool for advocacy and monitoring
implementation of its recommendations.
For guidelines for the preparation of NGO inputs and more on the study
visit:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/
United Nations Division for the Advancement Of Women
Department Of Economic And Social Affairs
2 UN Plaza, DC-2-1228, New York, NY 10017 USA
Facsimile: +1 212 963 3463
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
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Daily
Media Scan: Monitoring the Recurrence of Conflict
A daily media scan is assisting UNIFEM
in the Solomon Islands collate information on monitoring the recurrence
of conflict. This is all part of a global series of pilot projects
which are monitoring peace and conflict using Gendered Early Warning
Indicators, as Dr Annalise Moser explained to femLINKPACIFIC:
“The media scan is conducted through a partnership with Vois
Blong Mere Solomons. We look at the Solomon Star newspaper on a daily
basis and look just at articles pertaining to peace or conflict issues,
which are very broadly defined. What we do is analyse each of those
articles, identifying what the particular topic of the article is,
whether the subject of the article is women or men, and whether the
subject of that article is portrayed in a positive, neutral or negative
light.”
While Moser admits that this is not a very in-depth analysis, the
media scan does enable the team to identify the types of issues which
are being portrayed in the newspaper, and how they are portraying
men and women as well.
Aside from the media scan, a wide range of data collection techniques
are used to capture the different levels of information sources –
from community-based information sources to formal documentation,
such as through the newspaper: “We also do a community survey,
using another set of indicators, we also conduct community focus groups
with separate groups of women and men to gain a more in-depth understanding
of how these issues are affecting communities,” says Moser
The UNIFEM Project in the Solomon Islands has trained 20 men and women
in each of the communities that they work in to monitor their own
communities using a number of indicators that they have learnt about.
And Mosser has found that the response to informing and providing
the community teams with a set of early warning indicators has been
very positive. Not only are they more aware of how conflict can be
prevented from within their community, but they have also endorsed
that the issues that the indicators address, from governance, to economic
issues, land issues, public security, all have a human security factor.
For more on this initiative visit:
http://www.peacewomen.org/campaigns/Fiji/mediascan.html
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Overview
Document: The 2005 World Summit – What’s at Stake for
Women
The Gender Monitoring Group of the World Summit
The United Nations has been a galvanizing force for women in the
past two decades, facilitating their efforts to define a comprehensive
global agenda for peace and human rights, gender equality and women’s
empowerment, and poverty eradication and sustainable development.
More than 190 governments have made commitments to this global agenda
yet there continues to be a large gap between these promises and
implementation at the international and national level.
From September 14th-16th, heads of governments from around the world
—the overwhelming majority of whom are men - will meet at
the United Nations headquarters in New York for the 2005 World Summit.
They will be seeking consensus on a package of proposals linking
peace and security, human rights and development with UN reform.
Yet the United States threatens this process by seeking last minute,
far-reaching amendments that would gut the proposals on sustainable
development, debt relief and financial assistance to poor countries,
and the environment, and weaken support for agreements on social
and economic issues reached at past conferences.
Women have paid considerable attention to this process. What’s
at stake for women are the promises of equality, empowerment and
women’s human rights contained in the Women’s Treaty
(or CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women), in the Beijing Platform for Action, Cairo Programme
of Action and other widely-endorsed government agreements of the
1990s. The following overview details the critical issues that will
be on the table at the World Summit and their importance to women
around the world.
For the full document visit: http://www.peacewomen.org/un/September_Summit/atstake.html
For more on this resource and other Summit materials visit:
http://www.peacewomen.org/un/September_Summit/SeptSummitInfo.html
and
http://www.beijingandbeyond.org
For NGO and civil society reports, papers and statements, UN and
government reports, and books, journals and articles on women, peace
and security issues, please visit: http://www.peacewomen.org/resources/resourcesindex.html
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Representatives of States, international organizations
and civil society groups participated in “Men, Women and Gun
Violence: Options for Action” on 14 July 2005 at the United
Nations in New York. The event was convened as a side event at the
UN Second Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation
of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the
Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
on small arms (11-15 July 2005). Unlike many previous events held
on gender and disarmament issues, “Men, Women and Gun Violence”
focused on analysing constructions of masculinity and femininity
that contribute to or ameliorate the global gun violence epidemic.
Presentations were given under two thematic headings: ‘gender
analysis as a tool for understanding impacts and solutions for gun
violence’ and ‘policy change for action’. Joanne
Sandler, UNIFEM’s Deputy Director for Programmes, chaired
the meeting. Speakers included Ambassador Carmen Moreno, Director
of UN-INSTRAW, Cate Buchanan of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue,
Michael Kimmel of the State University of New York, Jessica Galeria
of Viva Rio Brazil, Vanessa Farr from the UN Institute for Disarmament
Research and Rebecca Peters, Director of the International Action
Network on Small Arms.
A full version of this groundbreaking report is available at: http://www.womenwarpeace.org/issues/smallarms/docs/bmspanelreport.pdf
Highlights include Ms. Galeria’s discussion of the ways in
which women in Brazilian favelas encourage their men to take up
arms as a status symbol and Professor Kimmel’s analysis of
men’s feelings of “entitlement thwarted,” which
often drives them to use violence to re-balance their power when
they perceive it to be threatened.
Professor Kimmel’s full statement is available here: http://www.womenwarpeace.org/issues/smallarms/docs/kimmelspeech.pdf
The level of debate and engagement of Member States and UN agencies
on gender, masculinity and women’s issues and dramatically
increased in 2005 as compared to 2003. This can be attributed in
part to ongoing engagement and awareness-raising in the small arms
and DDR arenas by gender advocates, including UNIFEM.
For more information on the gendered impacts of small arms and light
weapons and UNIFEM’s response, go to UNIFEM’s Small
Arms and Light Weapons Issue Brief at http://www.womenwarpeace.org/issues/smallarms/smallarms.htm
For UNIFEM’s Web Portal on Women, Peace and
Security: CLICK
HERE
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6.
WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY CALENDAR |
High-level Plenary Meeting
of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly on the Millennium
Declaration and UN Reform
14–16 September 2005, UN Headquarters, New York
For information on the advocacy and monitoring campaign to ensure
that the voices of women are heard at the summit visit http://www.beijingandbeyond.org
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“What’s
At Stake for Women at the Summit”: Panel and discussion
15 September 2005, UN Headquarters, New York
1-3pm at the UN Church Center (8th Floor), 777 UN Plaza (at 44th
Street)
Sponsored by the Gender Monitoring Group of the World Summit (GMG)
and the United Methodist Office for the UN.
Speakers will include US and international experts on the four issues
of critical importance to the Summit, including development, human
rights, peace and security, and UN reform. They will address how
each of these areas impacts women around the world, and how women
are contributing to shaping the dialogue for each issue.
The Gender Monitoring Group is:
Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
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Security on Whose Terms? If Men and Women
were Equal...
20 October 2005, 9.00-17.00, Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation,
Stockholm, Sweden
What is the security concept prevailing today? Whose interests and
needs does it protect? What would be the definition of security
if women would be the ones to define it? Is there a gender perspective
in the forthcoming Swedish security policy? In September 2004, the
Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation releases the report Security on whose
terms? If men and women were equal. This report focuses on threats
and obstacles to women’s security in war and conflict affected
areas. The report will be the base for this seminar. Themes in the
report such as lack of information, limited freedom of movement
and the need for women to have ownership of their own bodies, will
be discussed. Together with experts from conflict affected areas
we will explore what the international community can do and what
responsibility international actors have to see, interact with and
support women and women’s activists. The aim is to inspire
thoughts on how the security situation, and women’s ability
to participate in society and peace processes, can be improved.
The seminar will contain both panel discussions and workshops. Speakers
will include practitioners from the conflict affected areas and
theoretic security experts.
Please RSVP to Agneta Jacobson agneta.jacobson@iktk.se
at your earliest convenience, but no later than 15 September
2005.
For more information about The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation please
visit: http://www.iktk.se
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International Day Of Peace
21 September, 2005
In 1981 the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 36/67
declaring an International Day of Peace. In 2001, the United Nations
General Assembly adopted a new resolution 55/282 declaring 21 September
of each year as the International Day of Peace. The intention of
the resolution is to have the entire world observe a day of peace
and non-violence. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked all United
Nations departments and agencies to expand their observance this
year, extending a special invitation to civil society as well.
For more information on the International Day of Peace, please see:
http://www.un.org/geninfo/faq/factsheets/FS13.htm
For the United Nation's International Day of Peace website, please
visit: http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2005/
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Third Annual Symposium on Women, Peace and
Security/Troisième symposium annuel sur les femmes, la paix
et la sécurité
17-18 October, 2005, Ottawa Canada
The Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security (CCWPS) will
be organizing the Third Annual Symposium on Women, Peace and Security
in advance of the 5th Anniversary of United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1325. The event will be hosted by Foreign Affairs Canada
and will be held in the Robertson Room, Lester B. Pearson Building,
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.
For more information visit: http://www.ccwps-ccfps.org/
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International Symposium: "Due Diligence
and Violence Against Women"
21-23 September 2005, University of Berne, Switzerland
This symposium is open to academics, students, representatives from
governmental and non-governmental organizations and politicians.
The symposium will serve as an information forum for the international
legal concept of due diligence and launch an interdisciplinary debate
focusing on four main topics: violence in the family, trafficking
in women, violence in armed combat, and violence legitimized with
arguments of "culture."
For more information visit: http://ww.izfg.unibe.ch/duediligence/
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