April 09, 2013 (Daily News Egypt)
Since the beginning of January 2012, an insurgent group has been fighting with the Mali government for the independence of northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. This group, formally known as National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and also referred to as Tuareg nationalists, joined forces with Islamist rebels. By using their combined forces, they gained control of northern Mali in the spring 2012.
February 05, 2013 (Shanghai Daily)
Among chaos in neighboring Syria and increasing refugees fleeing to Iraq, many Iraqi women are fighting to stop brutality against them and "raise the voice of Iraqi women" in the predominately male government, a senior UN official tasked with advancing gender equality in Iraq told Xinhua.
February 01, 2013 (allAfrica)
A group of women from North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have demanded to be involved in the on-going peace talks and negotiations in Uganda between the M23 rebels and the DRC government
January 22, 2013 (Yle)
Finland wants to make it easier for women to enter peacekeeping forces, but this could mean loosening physical fitness requirements.
January 16, 2013 (NATO)
The Secretary General detailed the Alliance's efforts over the past year to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in its operations and activities in his second annual report on this issue, which was released on Tuesday 15 January. Adopted in 2000, the Resolution recognizes the disproportionate effect of armed conflict on women and children. All NATO Allies and partners are committed to ensuring that gender considerations are integrated into security work.
January 16, 2013 (Aljazeera)
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December 06, 2012 (Womens Enews)
A U.N. resolution passed over 10 years ago requires women's involvement in conflict resolutions. But that has little bearing on the Israel-Palestine conflict, where women are far from the power roles on either side.
November 06, 2012 (Irish Times)
Human rights in Ireland are in “not as good a position” as they were in the 1990s, President Michael D Higgins has said.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin yesterday on the role of women in peace and conflict resolution, particularly with reference to a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR), which affirms the important role in conflict resolution.
November 05, 2012 (NATO)
NATO and its partners are taking concerted action to support implemention of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, which was adopted in October 2000. UNSCR 1325 recognizes the disproportionate impact that war and conflicts have on women and children, and highlights the fact that women have been historically left out of peace processes and stabilization efforts.
November 05, 2012 (Trust Law)
This weekend I was invited to speak about women's issues at the Model UN taking place here in Washington. I have to say, though there has been unprecedented attention to women's issues over the past few years, I struggled to present an optimistic picture given a number of unsettling developments.
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