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May 20, 2010
Theme:
General Women, Peace and Security - General
Region:
INTERNATIONAL
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom held its first public ceremony to welcome our new Secretary General, Madeleine Rees at a luncheon hosted by the Swiss Mission to the United Nations on Thursday 20th May 2010.
May 20, 2010
PeaceWomen is pleased to announce the launch of our new upgraded website PeaceWomen.org on May 20, 2010.
October 2010
Theme:
Conflict Prevention - General, Participation - General
Region:
INTERNATIONAL
PeaceWomen/WILPF hosted a panel on women and conflict prevention – why participation and disarmament matter. The panel -- Annie Matundi Mbambi (Chair of WILPF-DRC), Theresa deLangis (previously of UNIFEM in Afghanistan and now US WILPF) and Madeleine Rees – WILPF Secretary-General, discussed realities on the ground
October 21, 2010
Marking the tenth anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), three organizations (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/PeaceWomen, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security and Global Action to Prevent War) collaborated on launching their publications: Women, Peace and Security Handbook, Promoting Women's Participation in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies, and Mapping Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council.
November 2010
PeaceWomen and WILPF -- an organization and project that have organized awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue at the local, national, regional and international levels -- have taken part in the 16 Days of Action against Gender Violence in November 2010.
8 March 2011
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom statement on the occasion of the 100th International Women's Day, 8 March 2011
24 February 2011
Voices of Activism: An Informal Networking Reception to Discuss the Women, Peace & Security Agenda with Women Leaders in the Movement
February 22, 2011
Theme:
Reconstruction & Peacebuilding - General
Country:
Israel / Occupied Palestinian Territories
On the second day of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW55), Israeli and Palestinian youth leaders spoke to civil society and Member State representatives at a round-table discussion hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ireland.
June 09, 2011
User Guide to the PeaceWomen Website
June 13, 2011
Theme:
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Violence Against Women - General
Region:
INTERNATIONAL
We, feminist activists from 12 countries, stand in support of our sisters and brothers peacefully demonstrating for basic rights in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.
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