On Tuesday, 1 June 2010, the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice organized an all-day Women's Court during the Review Conference of the Rome Statute. The Women's Court featured 12 presentations from victims and women's rights activists from Uganda, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan who comprised part of the Women's Initiatives' delegation to the Review Conference.

Navruza, 14, seems calm but her eyes are full of sorrow. Along with her mother and two brothers, she managed to escape deadly clashes in the town of Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan, and find refuge across the border in neighbouring Uzbekistan.

Government has been urged to, as a matter of urgency, implement affirmative action using the quota system to get a critical minority of 30-40 % of women representation both in the District Assembly and Parliament.

Women in countries affected by past or ongoing conflict today concluded a week of events organized by the United Nations to explore ways of strengthening women's participation in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

A Serbian appeals court has upheld prison terms of up to 20 years for three ex-Serb paramilitaries convicted of gunning down 14 ethnic Albanian women and children a decade ago in Kosovo.

The court in Belgrade rejected appeals from the three appellants, who served in the notorious Scorpions unit during the 1999-2000 Kosovo war. A retrial was ordered for a fourth defendant.

Gangs and armed groups may rank below militaries and law enforcement agencies in the possession of firearms, but "they have consistently shown a willingness to use guns and use them for violence," says Dr. Jennifer Hazen, a senior researcher with the authoritative Small Arms Survey.

The survey is conducted as an independent research project at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

The Burmese communities living in different parts of the world have started coordinated demonstrations against the military controlled election in their country.

Afghan women peace activists marked the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 by coming together to discuss and agree on a range of key issues for women and peace in Afghanistan.

Aimed at empowering women to take on leadership roles in their families, communities and societies, Aurat Foundation on Monday launched the Urdu translation of an international leadership training handbook for women titled ‘Pasand ki Janib (Leading To Choices).'

UNIFEM and leading women and civil society organisations in Pakistan organised “Open Day 1325” here the other day to mark the 10th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. The resolution, unanimously adopted on October 31, 2000, has a special significance that stresses the necessity to involve women in conflict prevention, peace building and post-conflict reconstruction.