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- Peace Processes
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- Displacement
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Displacement
In this section, PeaceWomen classifies information by Theme- Displacement, which forms part of PeaceWomen’s framework to organize our women, peace and security resources for ease of reference and understanding. It is important to note that themes and sub-themes are interlinked and mutually reinforcing.
The displacement of civilian populations is one of the common consequences of conflict and also presents some of the greatest challenges to restoring and maintaining peace and security. Women face particular challenges as refugees and internally displaced persons (those displaced within their own country) and the Security Council has recognized and sought to address these in its resolutions on women, pace and security. Read More>>
Displacement - Basics
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News
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February 6, 2012 (MADRE)
GUATEMALA: Justice Delayed But Not Denied for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala “Everything changed when the soldiers arrived,” said Rosa, an Indigenous Ixil woman living in the Quiché region of Guatemala. “They burned our homes, raped the women and killed many of my friends and neighbors.” -
January 29, 2012 (Today's Zaman)
KURDISTAN: Women Join Terrorist PKK for Many Reasons, Mainly Seeking Freedom Alkan's book, “PKK'da Semboller, Aktörler, Kadınlar” (Actors, Symbols and Women in the PKK), shows how hundreds of women have found themselves among the terrorist organization's militia in the mountains of Turkey's Southeast, on the borders of Iraq, Syria and Iran. -
January 23, 2012 (AlertNet)
MYANMAR: Myanmar Military Fuels Forced Labour, Sexual violence - HRW Myanmar and its army are continuing a “systematic repression” of citizens, namely in ethnic areas with ongoing conflicts, despite the government's promise of reform and its ceasefire agreements with some ethnic armed groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. -
January 19, 2012 (UN News Centre)
SUDAN: Impunity for Criminal Acts in Darfur Displacement Camps Must Stop – UN Official The chief of the joint United Nations-African Union operation in Darfur (UNAMID) stressed today his commitment to end impunity for criminal acts in displacement camps during a meeting with internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state of North Darfur. -
January 4, 2012 (UNHCR)
INTERNATIONAL: Q&A Somali Advocate Represents Refugee Community at UNHCR Ministerial Meeting Fatuma Elmi, a resettled refugee from Somalia, recently attended an international conference on the world's forcibly displaced and stateless organized the UN refugee agency.The meeting took place last month at the organization's headquarters in Geneva.
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Resources
- Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive, UNDP, December 15, 2011 | Download PDF
- Kuwait: Gender Discrimination Creates Statelessness and Endangers Families, Refugees International, 20 October 2011
- Kuwait: Gender Discrimination Creates Statelessness and Endangers Families, Refugees International, 20 October 2011
- Haraza Organisation for Peace and Development, Haraza Organisation for Peace and Development, 15 September - Ongoing
- UNHCR: Global Trends 2010, June 20, 2011 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- OTHER: Haitian Feminist Yolette Jeanty Honored With Other Global Women's Activists, Other, , April 28, 2011
- OPINION: For Israelis and Palestinians, the Status Quo is Neither Sustainable nor Desirable, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , April 25, 2011
- PRESS RELEASE: UN Report on Sri Lanka Conflict Must be Made Public, Statements, Other, Amnesty International (AI), April 12, 2011
- INTERVIEW: Women´s Rights And The Armed Conflict In Colombia, Other, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), April 7, 2011
- ANALYSIS: Iraq: Women Struggle to Make Ends Meet, Online Dialogues & Blogs, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), March 30, 2011
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PeaceWomen Publications
- Women, Peace and Security Handbook, Handbook , 2010
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Organizations
- United Nations (UN)
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Asylum Access
Asylum Access is an innovative, US-based international nonprofit dedicated to making refugee rights a reality in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We achieve this mission by providing legal information, advice and representation directly to refugees in their first countries of refuge, and by advocating for the rights of refugees worldwide. - International Rescue Committee (IRC)
- Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC)
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International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC)
The ICRC is very conscious of the multi-faceted ways in which women experience armed conflicts and has recently initiated activities to better identify the ways in which women are affected by armed conflicts and war.
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