An interview with Suraiya Kamaruzzaman, a human rights activist and one of the founders of Flower Aceh, the first wom

This Guide is designed as a reference for governments, members of Pacific legislatures, political parties, women cand

UNSCRs1325, and its derivative (R1820), can be said to represent a triumph of the collective human will for good in p

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security (2000) demands recognition

As a spearhead agency on the issue, UNIFEM has a strong record on working to end violence against women, part of its

In order to understand and promote human security, gender equality and sustainable peace, reliable information and co

This report highlights deliberations during the four trainings and is accordingly structured in four parts: the first

In 2009, UNHCR is launching an annual Global Needs Assessment (GNA ) in its operations worldwide aimed at comprehensi

This compendium was developed with the help of many individuals.

Months after a peace agreement to end conflict in North Kivu province, civilians are still being killed, raped, abduc

The IOM contends that global human trafficking is worth between US$7 billion and $12 billion dollars annually, making

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)—a rebel movement fi ghting thegovernment of Uganda—is estimated to have

Based on the Global AIDS Alliance's August 2006 report Zero Tolerance: Stop the Violence AgainstWomen and Children, S

A joint publication from the Geneva Call and the Small Arms Survey, documents the range of contributions that women m

In July, the Nobel Women's Initiative led a group of prominent women on a three-week fact-finding mission to investig

An alarming number of women soldiers are being sexually abused by their comrades-in-arms, both at war and at home.