That this House acknowledges the tenth anniversary this October of the groundbreaking UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women and peacebuilding; recognises the importance of considering the impacts on, and the representations of, women in conflict and post-conflict resolution situations; notes the continuing risks and abuses faced by women in such circumstances and their common exclusion from conflict resolution; supports the No Women, No

The majority of Africans are not benefiting from the continent's economic recovery women and child rights activist Graca Machel said on Wednesday October 6.

She was speaking at the annual summit of the National Business Initiative (NBI) in Johannesburg.
“In Africa, the economic recovery from the global recession has been faster as 80 percent of countries had positive growth in 2009.

Almost 10 years ago, on October 31, 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325, calling for women's equal participation in peace building. Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 was a response to the disturbing trend that women and girls often suffer most during conflicts, including as displaced civilians or as the targets of sexual violence.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, has pledged to have 10 per cent of women on every peacekeeping mission by 2014. Crossroads goes on patrol with an all-women peacekeeping force in Liberia.

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A national conference to discuss United Nation Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1325 on Women's involvement in Peace and Security opened in Accra on Thursday.

The conference marks the climax of a series of roundtables organized by the Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-Africa) and the Canadian High Commission with personnel of the different security sector institutions in Ghana over a period of 10 months.

Palestinian women have always stood side by side with their fathers, brothers, husbands, comrades to resist the Zionist occupation, to fight for freedom and legitimate rights. They are the first to go to the streets to protest the brutality of the Israeli military occupation, the first to organize sit-ins and marches demanding the release of their children, brothers and fathers from Israeli prisons.

This training course on the implementation of UN Resolution 1325 and UN Resolution 1820 will be organised in cooperation with Oxfam Novib from the 22nd to 26th of November 2010. More information will follow soon.

If you are interested in participating in this course please contact mwierenga@campusdenhaag.nl.

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Almost 10 years ago, on October 31, 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325, calling for women's equal participation in peace building. Security Council Resolution (SCR) 1325 was a response to the disturbing trend that women and girls often suffer most during conflicts, including as displaced civilians or as the targets of sexual violence.

Liberia — it was a country engulfed in war, its women bearing the brunt of the conflict. While peace finally did come, the legacy of violence against women continues to haunt the country. Liberia is proactively addressing the issue on various fronts: a special court has been established and the number of women in the police force is being increased -- not least the result of more women in decision-making positions.