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February 6, 2012 (Gender Across Borders)
ISRAEL: "Haradat Nashim" – How The Exclusion of Women Is Tearing Israel Apart The past few months have seen a growth of public discord in Israel, but this time, the issue at hand has nothing to do with territory or terrorism. Instead, there has been a heated clash between secular and ultra-Orthodox Israelis over the treatment of women within the country.
February 6, 2012 (Foreign Policy)
SOUTH EAST ASIA: Burma's Rebels: Women Demand a Say Generally speaking, women have not exactly been conspicuous among the leaders of the ethnic minorities that are at odds with the Burmese central government. But that may be changing.
February 4, 2012 (The Herald Online)
LIBERIA: 'Wars Wouldn't Exist if Women Ruled' Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been President of Liberia for a while now and is the first ever African woman to be elected President and has been credited together with other women in Liberia with ending the war in that country. Many African leaders have touted her a front of the United States of America. Deborah Solomon (DS) editor of the World Women Forum talks to her on this and other issues.
January 30, 2012 (Huffington Post)
INTERNATIONAL: PMC Sexual Violence: It's Still a Problem Companies need to adopt institutional measures to prevent and address cases of misconduct. Appropriate gender training for PMSC personnel, alongside training in international humanitarian law and human rights law - as recommended by the Montreux Document on PMSCs -will help to create a more gender-aware institution, thus preventing human rights abuses and reputation loss. Having clear rules of behaviour and mechanisms to punish individuals responsible for human rights violations will benefit the host populations, individual companies and the industry as a whole.
January 24, 2012 (UN Women)
INTERNATIONAL: Michelle Bachelet Statement at 2012 First Regular Session of UN Women Executive Board Statement of Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary- General and UN Women Executive Director at First Regular Session of UN Women Executive Board 24 January 2012.