Sumario: November 10, 2004: Statement by Mr. Arjan Hamburger, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN, on behalf of the European Union. FIFTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - THIRD COMMITTEE. Item 105 (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives on the "Situation of human rights in Sudan" (New York)

The recent outbreak of violence in Kyrgyzstan has led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and resulted in a tragic loss of life due to ethnic clashes. As the humanitarian response mobilizes, the InterAction Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Working Group remains concerned about the impact of this crisis on women and girls. This document summarizes our concerns and offers recommendations for United States action.

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Gender Action recently sent a letter to President Obama, expressing dire concerns that the largest U.S. tax-payer funded assistance for Haiti does not address escalating rapes and other gender based violence and is indebting poor Haitians.

These are the faces that Mary Redlin still sees, days after she returned from Afghanistan:

A 35-year-old woman, almost 25 years of her life spent in an arranged marriage, the mother of six, talking about her life with quiet despair.

A woman in the market, skin stretched and puckered, probably by fire or acid.

The United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders) is pleased to invite young people from Council of Europe member states to apply for participation in our training course “Youth and Diversity – Does Gender Matter?”. The training course will take place from 9-14 September 2010 in The Hague, Netherlands.

You can't build peace leaving half the people out.

All over the world in conflict situations, women are a prime target. Yet when it comes to building peace, women are excluded from the table.

No women, no peace.

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Adherence to Rule of Law Begins at Home', Says Deputy Secretary-General, Urging Council to Place It at Centre of Response to International Peace, Security Threats

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallström Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence as a Threat to Peace and Security Publication launch: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice.

The movie "Living in fear: The impact of small arms on girl" explains how armed conflict, displacement and the relationship between machismo and gun ownership translates into domestic armed violence against women in Colombia. To see the movie, please click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYvAo2ubCFM