An 18-year-old runaway named Amina agreed two weeks ago to leave the women's shelter in which she had taken refuge in northern Afghanistan and go home with her brother and her uncle.

What happened next is a cautionary tale for two young people from Bamian Province who eloped and are still in hiding, even as some activists are trying to persuade them to turn themselves in.

One day panel discussion on "The importance and role of women in decision making forums, peace and development in Manipur and Northeast India" was held at Hotel Classic here today.

The event was organised jointly by India (CAFI), Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN) and North East India Initiative for Peace (NEIWIP) .

Women peace campaigners from Aotearoa, Australia, Hawai'i, Japan, Philippines and Polynesia/Te Ao Maohi have called for the removal of military occupation and bases in the Asia-Pacific region.

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and women's empowerment worldwide.

Marshall Islands is suing the US and eight other nuclear-armed nations over a failure to disarm.

Marshall Islands is suing the United States and eight other nuclear-armed countries, accusing them of failing them in their obligation to negotiate nuclear disarmament.

Sierra Leone is demonstrating that it understands the important role women can play as peacekeepers. Half of the 50 Sierra Leone military personnel participating in a recent workshop by USIP on negotiations and communication in peacekeeping were women, an important development considering the unit will be deployed in Somalia.

On April 24, the Center on Gender, Security and Human Rights presented their final lecture of the year at University of Massachusetts Boston's Campus Center.

Sam Cook, a lawyer and women's right activist, delivered her lecture on “Women, Peace and Security” with a concentration on "Policy's Skewed Focus on Sexual Violence: The Failure of a “Successful” Feminist Intervention?"

Northeast India comprises the contiguous Seven Sister States—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and a brother Sikkim. The region has been facing the onslaught of multiple armed conflicts for many decades. The issues aggravated after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Power Act. More than 50,000 lives have been lost in the violence.

Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations pledges UAE's continued financial and psychological support to affected Syrians in refugee camps.

Women are the biggest victims in natural disasters and conflicts, yet they are also the most resourceful. Thus, aid agencies should do more to develop women as agents for change and development.