General Women, Peace and Security

The General Women, Peace and Security theme focuses on information related to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, and 2122, which make up the Women Peace and Security Agenda.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda historically recognizes that women and gender are relevant to international peace and security. The Agenda is based on four pillars: 1) participation, 2) protection, 3) conflict prevention, and 4) relief and recovery.

The Women, Peace and Security Agenda demands action to strengthen women’s participation, protection and rights in conflict prevention through post-conflict reconstruction processes. It is binding on all UN Member States.

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CONFERENCE: Breaking Barriers: What it Will Take to Achieve Security, Justice and Peace

Breaking Barriers:
What it will take to achieve security, justice and peace

A public conference of peacebuilders held in conjunction
with the 10th anniversary of the Women PeaceMakers Program
at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

CAMPAIGN: World Pulse- Ending Violence Against Women

World Pulse believes that your stories, recommendations, and collective rising leadership can—and will—bring an end to gender-based violence. We are channeling your voices to major media outlets, advocacy groups, and policy makers to ensure that your perspectives are heard in the halls of power.

http://worldpulse.com/campaigns/evaw

CONFERENCES: Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú to Give UNESCO Human Rights Lecture

Rigoberta Menchú Tum, the first Indigenous woman and the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights Lecture at UConn on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. in the Student Union Theatre.

DOCUMENTARY: Side by Side: Women, Peace and Security

A new documentary launched by UN Women, Side by Side: Women, Peace and Security, interviews activists, peacekeepers, humanitarian workers and survivors of violence to chart the impact of conflict on women's lives and the work being done by peacekeeping and humanitarian operations to empower women around the world.

Preparation for CSW 57

The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013.

Themes

Priority Theme: Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.

A Fifth UN World Conference On Women in 2015?

FRIDAY FILE: A discussion about the implications of the proposed UN Fifth World Conference on Women in 2015 is urgently needed among feminists and women's rights activists from all regions of the world.

There are diverse opinions about the organization, hosting and purpose of the proposed conference, which have not been broadly debated.

DOCUMENTARY: New UN Women Documentary: Side by Side--Women, Peace, and Security

Through interviews with activists, peacekeepers, humanitarian workers and survivors of conflict, the documentary provides a snapshot of the work being done with women and by women in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.

Peace and Security in Africa Increasingly in Women's Hands

Spindelegger congratulates Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on her election as Chairperson of African Union Commission (AU)

STATEMENT: Remarks to Egyptian Women Leaders

Remarks made by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Ambassador's Residence
Cairo, Egypt
July 15, 2012

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