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Gender considerations: a case for women's participation in peace processes/Considerations due genre: un argument en faveur de la participation des femmes aux processus de paix.(Essay)
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September 1, 2007
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- Nzisa, Agnes
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The eruption of armed conflict has devastating effects on the citizens. Unfortunately, the signals of the onset of trouble more often than not go unnoticed or ignored in a country. As soon as the leaders close their eyes to the brewing trouble, so does the rest of the world. Only to wake up and find the land scattered with skulls and drenched in innocent blood.
Conflict can subtly start as wrong imprisonment of a public figure, state instigated violence, inter-ethnic violence, election violence or ot-her forms of violence. Conflicts may be attributed to the diversity in culture, history and politics of different people and nations. Conflicts also arise from boundary ...
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Roundup: NAM delegates call for end to sufferings of women in armed...
Xinhua News Agency;
May 10, 2005 ;
729 words
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Violence against women linked to poverty, armed conflict, Third Committee...
M2 Presswire;
October 14, 2002 ;
787 words
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UNOFFICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: A PROPOSAL FOR THE PERMANENT WOMEN'S TRIBUNAL...
Texas Journal of Women and the Law;
October 1, 2005 ;
Terrell, Fleming;
787 words
......the effects of armed conflict touch everyone, women have been recognized...sexual violence in armed conflict can be traced to...Violence Against Women calls "an unwritten...sexual violation of women during armed conflict exposes a pressing...
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Colombia: all factions in armed conflict attack women.(South...
off our backs;
January 1, 2005 ;
Douglas, Carol Anne Verma, Priya Goktepe, Katherine Nixon, Laura Harris, Jen Chapin;
120 words
......All factions in the 40-year armed conflict in Colombia have targeted women for violence, according to...Violence Against Women in the Armed Conflict. The armed forces, right...participated in violence against women, Amnesty says. The violence...Last year, more than 200 ...
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Women's contributions in preventing armed conflict.(Movements Within)
WE!;
September 1, 2005 ;
341 words
......preparing a report on what women around the world are doing...violence, war, genocide and armed conflict. The report will be published...to date on the role of women in peace-building activities...the full participation of women in peace processes can...indicators that are sensitive to ...
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Women lawmakers denounce sexual violence during armed conflict in Darfur
Xinhua News Agency;
May 7, 2006 ;
658 words
...Women lawmakers denounce sexual violence during armed conflict in Darfur NAIROBI, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Women lawmakers from across the globe on Sunday denounced rape and sexual violence during armed conflict especially in Sudan's volatile region of Darfur. Speaking in Kenya's capital of ...
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Congressman Gregory W. Meeks Co-sponsors Legislation Aiding Women and...
U.S. Newswire;
May 9, 2003 ;
450 words
......Rep. Nita Lowey called the "Women and Children in Armed Conflict Protection Act of 2003." Meeks...for the establishment of a Women and Children's Protection...earmarked for the protection of women and children in refugee camps...integrated strategy for protecting women and children ...
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Women Taking Action Locally and Globally: Beijing +10 Armed Conflict Lobby...
Women in Action;
April 1, 2005 ;
185 words
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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAW STUDENTS TO EXAMINE WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 20, 2006 ;
365 words
......citizens - in particular, women - of the countries involved...examine the plight of these women during a one-day symposium...Gender, War & Peace: Women in the Wake of Conflict...from the perspective of women living in areas where armed conflict has taken place. By offering...law ...
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Women, Youth, and Girls in the Armed Conflict
Women & Environments International Magazine;
April 1, 2003 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
......humanitarian crisis after 50 years of armed conflict. The root cause in pervasive social...in particular among Antioquian women, youth and children, are affected...conflict affects everyone. For women, young women, girls and boys, the war has deep...
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Women, youth, and girls in the armed conflict
Women & Environments International Magazine;
April 1, 2003 ;
Londono, Argelia;
787 words
......humanitarian crisis after 50 years of armed conflict. The root cause in pervasive social...in particular among Antioquian women, youth and children, are affected...conflict affects everyone. For women, young women, girls and boys, the war has deep...
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