INTERNATIONAL: In Situations of War and Displacement, Women's Voices Often Go Unheard and Their Specific Needs are Overlooked

“In situations of war and displacement, women's voices often go unheard and their specific needs are overlooked. The stereotype of women as passive beneficiaries can result in their being excluded from decisions that affect them directly,” said Nadine Puechguirbal, the ICRC's adviser on issues relating to women and war, APA reports.

INTERNATIONAL: The Price of Peace

As an individual working specifically on issues affecting women survivors of war, I was excited to see on the CSW agenda a UN-sponsored session on “The Price of Peace: Financing Gender Equality in Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction,” hosted by UNIFEM and the United Nations Development Program, UNDP.

INTERNATIONAL: Role Models, Along with Laws and Policies, Vital for Empowering Women – Ban

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today repeated his call for ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls, stressing the need for not only effective laws and policies but also women who can serve as examples of empowerment to those around them.

MIDDLE EAST: Women's Rights Improving in Middle East: Study

Women's rights have improved in 15 of 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the past five years, although violence against women remains widespread throughout the region, a US study has found.

INTERNATIONAL: At U.N., Clinton Rallies for More Women's Opportunities Worldwide

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told government delegates and activists here Friday that violence against women remains a "global pandemic" and that their "subjugation" constitutes "a threat to the national security of the United States."

INTERNATIONAL: Interview With CNN's Jill Dougherty

QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you again for being with us. In the speech that you just gave at the UN, you said that the oppression of women is a national security threat to the United States and to the world. Why?

ISRAEL/OPT: Palestinian Women and Israeli Troops Clash Over Settlements

Israeli troops on Saturday clashed in the occupied West Bank with Palestinian women and youths who were protesting against plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers.

An AFP correspondent said the troops fired tear gas to disperse about 200 Palestinian women and youths who gathered at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem.

INTERNATIONAL: Women's Rights as a Security Issue

Hillary Clinton has been pushing hard to reframe women's rights from “soft issue” to “security issue.” Obviously that's partly because soft issues are shunted aside, while the security issues are discussed in the Situation Room and get billions of dollars thrown at them. In an interview with Andrea Mitchell released today, Clinton put it this way:

INTERNATIONAL: Push to Close Gender Gaps 'Slow'

The corridors and podiums of the United Nations have been taken over by powerful women: government ministers, senior UN officials, and women's rights leaders from around the world.

They have gathered in New York to chart the progress of a landmark declaration on women's empowerment and gender equality, which was issued at a UN conference in Beijing 15 years ago.

INTERNATIONAL: Women Want Liberation

“Until women and girls are liberated from poverty and injustice, all our goals – peace, security, sustainable development – stand in jeopardy,” United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said during the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York when launching the International Women's Day.

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