MANILA – “We are ready to share our experiences in the hopes of inspiring similar stories of success for our sisters—our peers—involved in peace tables around the world,” said Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles as she expressed her sentiment during a brief address in the recent cocktail reception co-organized by the embassies in the Philippines of the United Kingdom of Great Britain a

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the early days of Syria's uprising, many women called on men not to take up arms in response to the Syrian government's brutal clampdown on street protests. Now, they are trying to build peace between supporters of rebel groups and supporters of the government.

Emily was bitten, beaten and raped just a few hundred metres from the UN camp in South Sudan's capital, Juba.

Tomping camp is Emily's home - a vast, squalid sanctuary where thousands of South Sudanese now live cheek by jowl after a political fallout triggered a major military rebellion.

It has split the army in two and seen civilians targeted along ethnic lines.

There is only so much sexual violence against women I can watch before the knot in my gut and roar in my throat forces action. On this occasion I stood up and walked out. But UK Foreign Secretary William Hague didn't - apparently. And just as well.

Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting women at Sunday's celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt's new president.

The arrests come amid growing outrage over a graphic video that appears to show a woman being stripped naked and attacked in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

It is not clear when it was filmed, but witnesses told the BBC similar assaults had taken place there on Sunday night.

Obtaining stability and security in conflict zones could be as simple as getting more women involved in the peace process, according to the United Nations.

Admittedly, the U.N. has been a slow to appoint women to peacekeeping positions, but the organization recently set an ambitious goal for women police officers around the globe. It wants women to make up 20 percent of police officers around the world by the end of this year.

Feminist and trades union activists are leading the fight back against neoliberal economic policies in Northern Ireland, arguing that genuine peace can only be built with women's participation in the economy on an equal footing, and within alternative, progressive and democratic economic systems.

UN, African officials urge efforts to advance peace and stability in CAR

ADDIS ABABA, June 2 (Xinhua) --- Officials from the United Nations, the African Union and the regional bloc ECCAS, who have conducted a three-day joint mission to the Central African Republic (CAR), are calling for further international efforts to advance peace and stability in the country.

BILLIONS of dollars are spent every year developing new guns and missiles, but one of the most horrible weapons of war is also one of the oldest.

Rape and sexual violence are used frequently as instruments of war. But now there is a new global bid to end this horrific crime.

Two decades after the 1994 genocide, a television journalist returns to hear the extraordinary testimony of women who were raped during the violence – and of the children born as a result

When Josiane Nizomfura was 12, she wanted to get a glimpse of her father, so she sneaked out of school and went to the public trial where her mother was testifying against him for rape.