Reconstruction & Peacebuilding
Human Security & MDGs
Human Security & MDGs is a sub-theme of Theme: Reconstruction & Peacebuilding, and forms part of PeaceWomen’s framework to organize our women, peace and security resources for ease of use and understanding. It is important to note that themes and sub-themes are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.
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January 28, 2012 (All Africa)
UGANDA: Women Picking Up the Broken Pieces After LRA
The Country Manager Open Society Initiative for East Africa,(OSIEA) Richard Mugisha, met some of these women as they try to start a new life after the war. He explains some of the new lifestyles the women adopted for survival.
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December 14, 2011 (Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication)
IRAQ: Interview: Between Nationalism and Women's Rights - The Kurdish Women's Movement
Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt, "Between Nationalism and Women's Rights: The Kurdish Women's Movement in Iraq," Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
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December 1, 2011 (BBC News)
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Peace Deal Threat to Women's Future
Women's rights activists in Afghanistan say they fear the advances made by women over the past decade could be reversed if a peace deal is done with the Taliban.
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May 9, 2011 (Jamaica Observer)
CARIBBEAN: UN Outlines Measures to Overcome 'Glaring Inequalities' in the Caribbean
The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says Latin America and the Caribbean region remains the most socially unequal place in the world, highlighting the measures required to tackle the problem in a region which has made significant strides in reducing poverty.
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April 27, 2011 (IRIN)
SUDAN: North Darfur Water Project Helps Protect Women from Sexual Violence
A water project supported by the UN-African Union peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in eight villages of North Darfur will not only facilitate residents' access to water but also help to reduce sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the region, local residents and UNAMID officials said.
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Global Monitoring Report, 2007: Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States,
International Monetary Fund,
April 18, 2007
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The World's Women and Girls 2011 Data Sheet,
Population Reference Bureau ,
2011
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Violence Against Women: An Urgent Public Health Priority,
World Health Organization (WHO),
January 2011
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Gender Inequality and Social Institutions in the D.R. Congo,
WILPF,
April - December 2010
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Gender, Conflict and the Millennium Development Goals,
Women for Women International,
November 2010
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INTERVIEW: Iran has Reduced Maternal Mortality by 80% in 18 Years: UNFPA,
Other,
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May 8, 2011
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OPINION: A New Voice for Women in U.S.AID,
Online Dialogues & Blogs,
United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
May 5, 2011
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BLOG: In Haiti, Giving Birth can be Life-Threatening,
Online Dialogues & Blogs,
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April 26, 2011
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BLOG: Using Social Media to Save Women's Lives,
Online Dialogues & Blogs,
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April 21, 2011
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AUDIO: Fighting Poverty with Better Nutrition for Women ,
Multi-Media,
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March 31, 2011