President Paul Kagame said that Rwanda had already expressed a strong opinion on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at its inception ten years ago - questioning it's premise - and the years that followed proved that Rwanda had made the right decision in not signing the Rome Statute. President Kagame said this at a press briefing with editors of print and broadcast.

Nearly 2,000 widows who have been abandoned by society and their families live in government shelters lacking basic amenities in India's northern city Vrindavan. The Supreme Court last year said the women should be given the resources and support they need to live their lives with dignity. One organization is trying to make that ruling a reality.

BY GITURA MWAURA, 10 OCTOBER 2013

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Towards the end of last month, the UN General Assembly passed what was touted as "a landmark declaration to stop rape in conflict."

A record 113 countries - more than half of the UN member states in one sitting - agreed to support the Declaration. The countries expressed support for strengthened efforts to end rape in war.

By: Kaci Racelma for Al-Monitor Posted on October 10.

By Ronald Bruce St. John

October 4, 2013

By Rachel Chase

Police arrest seven accused of participating in human trafficking.

Law enforcement officers are making headway in the fight against human trafficking in Peru.

Claudia Paz y Paz has a tough job as the first female attorney general in Guatemala, one of the most violent countries in Latin America.

In Guatemala City, shopkeepers in cramped surroundings sell tortillas and soft drinks from behind thick metal bars that run from floor to ceiling. The well-off are retreating not just to gated communities, but gated enclaves with their own shops and gyms.

The journal International Interactions has just published a special issue titled "A Systematic Understanding of Gender, Peace, and Security—Implementing UNSCR 1325", edited by Louise Olsson (Folke Bernadotte Academy) and Theodora-Ismene Gizelis (Unversity of Essex), and with contributions from PRIO-affiliated researchers.

Around 25 experts addressed the role of women in promoting transparency, accountability and integrity in the defence and security sector, at a seminar held in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 25 September.