Reconstruction & Peacebuilding
In this section, PeaceWomen classifies information by Theme- Reconstruction & Peacebuilding - and by Subthemes: General; Transitional Justice; Governance and Elections; Security Sector Reform; Human Security & MDGs; and Legal Reform, Access to Justice & Constitutions
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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May 21, 2012 (Washington Post)
EGYPT: Egyptian Women Feel Excluded, Despite the Promise of the Revolution
After Egyptian women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, many looked forward to a role in the revolution's next steps. But 15 months later, as Egyptians prepare to vote for a new president this week, rights activists complain that women are being excluded from key decisions.
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May 20, 2012 (Christian Science Monitor)
AFGHANISTAN: At NATO Summit on Afghanistan, Few Women's Voices Heard
With the US and NATO planning the departure of their forces from Afghanistan by December 2014, some Afghan women and international rights advocates are growing increasingly concerned that a decade-long focus on expanding Afghan women's rights will go with them.
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May 18, 2012 (Washington Post)
AFGHANISTAN: Opinion: Don't Abandon Afghan Women
As the United States convenes the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, the fate of Afghanistan's women is on my mind. This spring marks the 10th anniversary of the return of Afghanistan's girls to the classroom. During the Taliban era, women were denied education. Women could not work, even when they were the sole providers for their families. Under the Taliban dictatorship, it was decreed that women should be neither seen nor heard.
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May 14, 2012 (Press TV)
SOMALIA: Somali Draft Constitution Includes Women in Country's Affairs
After two decades of civil war and being subjected to violence and unthinkable hardships, Somali women are now expected to have a voice in the country's government, Press TV reports.
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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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AWID: Militarism, Conflict and Violence,
AWID,
19 April 2012
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Catalyst: Voices of Israeli and Palestinian Women,
Peace X Peace,
February 6, 2012
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INTERNATIONAL: UN Women and UNDP to Partner with EU to Foster Women's Effective Participation in Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Recovery,
UN Women,
February 1, 2012
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SRI LANKA: Women's Insecurity in the North and East,
International Crisis Group,
20 December 2011
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Gender and Security Sector Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
DCAF,
December 15, 2011
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Tracing Present Scars to Past Traumas,
Multi-Media,
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18 May ongoing
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VIDEO: Protecting Afghan Women,
Multi-Media,
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March 14, 2012
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AUDIO: Voices from Tahrir,
Multi-Media,
Human Rights Watch (HRW),
February 11, 2012
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STATEMENT: Memorandum of Diaspora Congolese Women from Belgium, France and United Kingdom Ahead of the DR Congo Elections Results ,
Statements,
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3 December 2011
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Letter: Women of Afghanistan need our support,
Other,
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October 26, 2011