International Day of Solidarity with the Dissappeared Saharawis

The Union of Saharawi Lawyers (USL) launched on the International Day of Solidarity with the Dissappeared Saharawis, an appeal urging the international community, and the United Nations Mission for a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), to asssume their responsibility regarding the human rights violations of Saharawi citizens in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and the Moroccan government to stop its crimes against humanity.

Bottom-up Governance Leadership Program for Women in the Pacific

The Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) is seeking applications from young and emerging women leaders from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Tonga to participate in a project entitled: the Bottom-Up Governance Leadership Program for Women in the Pacific (BGLP).

Trascending Conflict Workshop

Forty-five young researchers, practitioners and students from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Tibet and India came together in New Delhi to participate in the Second WISCOMP Conflict Transformation Workshop titled Transcending Conflict organized from June 2nd to 9th 2003.

Memorandum to the Government, the LTTE, and the Norwegian Facilitators From Women's Organizations of Sri Lanka

We, the representatives of women's organizations in Sri Lanka came together in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 7 June 2002 to make recommendations regarding women, conflict, and the peace process. In our deliberations we came to the following conclusions:

The Scholar of Peace Fellowships

Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) invites applications from South Asian professionals and scholars under the age of 45 for its Scholar of Peace Fellowships awarded for academic research, media and special projects. WISCOMP is a South Asian research and training initiative that seeks to promote an inclusive, gender sensitive discourse on issues related to peace and security in South Asia.

Campaign

The National Council for Peace in Sri Lanka launched the Campaign "From one year to Ceasefire to Permanent Peace" to celebrate the first anniversary of the ceasefire and support the peace process in Sri Lanka.

LTTE Women's Unit Releases Film on Liberation Struggle

Part 2 of the "Akkini Paravaikal" (Volcanic Birds) of Nitharsanam Women Unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was released in Trincomalee Friday evening. Trincomalee district political head of the LTTE Mr.S.Elilan handed over the first copy of the CD to the mother of a LTTE martyr at the event held in Trincomalee Town Hall.

South Asian Campaign to End All Violence against Women

The six-year, six-country, South Asian Campaign to End All Violence against Women - or the 'WE CAN" campaign - aims to deal with violence women endure daily, both within their homes and in the larger society in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

Tamil Eelam Women Associations in Kilinochchi

October 3, 2004 – (TamilNet) A "Confluence" of Tamil Eelam Women Associations, Sangamam, was held in Kilinochchi Cultural Hall Thursday where more than 650 women activists from all regions of Kilinochchi took part, sources in Vanni said. Kilinochchi district LTTE Head of Women's Political Wing, Poovili presided the event.

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