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- Conflict Prevention
- Participation
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- Human Rights
- Violence Against Women
- Reconstruction & Peacebuilding
- Disarmament
- Displacement
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Human Rights
In this section, PeaceWomen classifies information by Theme- Human Rights - and by Subthemes: General; Socio-Economic rights/Development; Racial and Ethnic discrimination; and International & Regional Instruments & Mechanisms
It should be noted that the themes and sub-themes are interlinked and mutually reinforcing. Please remember that PeaceWomen posts information that is focused on women, peace and security.
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News
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September 2, 2010 (Reuters)
PAKISTAN: Women, Children Most Vulnerable in Pakistan Flood Crisis Pakistan's displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk. -
September 2, 2010 (AllAfrica)
UGANDA: NGO to Train Women Candidates Women Democracy Group, an NGO, has launched a campaign to train 3,000 women who are to contest for various seats in the forthcoming general elections. -
September 1, 2010 (AllAfrica)
LIBERIA: Something New for the Senior Class: Girls When students return to the classroom at Bopolu Central High School this year, there will be something not seen at the school since it reopened after Liberia's long civil war. Senior-class women. -
September 1, 2010 (The New Vision)
UGANDA: Women Develop 2011 Manifesto Women activists have developed a manifesto through which they will inform political parties and stakeholders about gender concerns ahead of next year's elections. -
September 1, 2010 (Haaretz)
IRAN: Zvi Bar'el / Iran's Women Defeat Ahmadinejad's 'Legal Prostitution' Bill "A marriage of convenience,"a marriage for pleasure," "legal prostitution" - these are just some of the phrases used to describe Shi'ite marriage arrangements that allow a man to marry a woman for a limited amount of time, ranging from one hour to 99 years.
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Resources
- Vulnerable Women: A Critical Reflection On Human Rights Discourse and Sexual Violence, Pamela Scully, 2009 | Download PDF
- Report of the Mapping Exercise Documenting the Most Serious Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Committed Within the Territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Between March 1993 and June 2003, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 2010 | Download PDF
- Women's Participation in Politics and Government in Indonesia, UNDP, May 2010 | Download PDF
- Worse Than a War: "Disappearances" in Chechnya- a Crime Against Humanity, Human Rights Watch, March 2005 | Download PDF
- Returning Home: Women in Post-Conflict Societies, N Cahn, DF Haynes, FDN Aolain; University of Baltimore Law, 2010 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- CAMPAIGN: CALLING ON ALL VISIONARY LEADERS. Women's Day Live! Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day - March 8th, 2011, Campaigns, Global Fund for Women (GFW), March 8, 2011
- WORKSHOP: CEMESP Empowers Female Journalists With Computer-Internet Skills, Training & Workshops, , September 2, 2010
- BLOG: What Does Misogyny Look Like? The Image of Gender Inequality, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , September 1, 2010
- COMMENTARY: Put Women's Rights Back on Afghanistan's Agenda, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , August 31, 2010
- COMMENTARY: Bombs and the Woman, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , August 31, 2010
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PeaceWomen Publications
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, July 2010 (NGO), MAP , July 7, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, June 2010 (NGO), MAP , June 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, May 2010 (NGO), MAP , May 1, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, April 2010 (NGO), MAP , April 1, 2010
- Monthly Action Points (MAP) on Women, Peace and Security, NGOWG, March 2010 (NGO), MAP , March 1, 2010
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Advocacy & Education Tools
- Freedom of Information and Women's Rights in Africa, Toolkits & Guides, January 28, 2010 [African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET)]
- Stop the Bus I want to get on: Lessons from campaign to end violence against Women in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ghana, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, October 2008 [Womankind Worldwide]
- ‘Mission Possible': A Gender and Media Advocacy Training Toolkit, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, 2008
- Gender Mainstreaming In Practice: A Toolkit, 3rd Edition, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, January 2007 [United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)]
- Head of Household, Survivor of Rape, Market Woman: Engendering Conflict Prevention Through a Holistic Framework for Action, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, Toolkits & Guides, February 2004 [PeaceWomen Project (PW)]
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Events
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September 24, 2010
A Jane Addams Symposium: From Hull House to Human Rights -
October 1, 2010
Training on UNSCR 1325 and 1820 and Related International Human Rights and Humanitarian Laws with Ex-Combatants, Combatants and Other Militia, Police and Prisons Personnel -
March 8, 2011
CAMPAIGN: CALLING ON ALL VISIONARY LEADERS. Women's Day Live! Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day - March 8th, 2011 Global Fund for Women (GFW)
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Organizations
- ABANTU for Development
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
- United Nations (UN)
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United Nations Development Fund for Women
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Issues: conflict prevention and post-conflict or peacebuilding work. - United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
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