Women key to resolving armed conflicts, Deputy Secretary-General says at...

M2 Presswire;  September 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......September 2004-UN: Women key to resolving...Peace Needs Women, and Women Need Justice...gender justice in post-conflict situations, delivered today...agenda forward on women, peace and security...from men and women in the international...deliberations about ...

Women For Women Work Post Conflicts

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;  May 1, 2005 ;     301 words ...Human Rights Women For Women International co-founder...talked about her work with women in post-conflict situations at a March 8, 2005 Palestine...the importance of getting women to the negotiating tables in a post-conflict situation, saying that...relatively ...

Security Council told that sexual violence against women is taking place...

AP Worldstream;  October 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Sexual violence against women is taking place "on a...N.'s highest-ranking women told the U.N. Security...governments to protect women from the abuses of war...Fund, said that "most women in conflict and post-conflict situations continue to experience...guidelines to protect ...

Study: Violence and discrimination against women is a major cause of...

AP Worldstream;  November 19, 2005 ;     681 words ......NATIONS Violence against women is one of the four...major study entitled "Women in an Insecure World...said the number of women who die because of...of violence against women is one of the great...on violence against women in daily life, in war and post-conflict ...

DEVELOPMENT: WOMEN GATHER TO CREATE STRONGER PLACE IN WORLD

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......taking part in the 11th International Forum on Women's Rights and Development. The conference theme...expression of conference organizer Association of Women in Development's (AWID) mission to advance women's rights worldwide by strengthening the impact...

Summaries of statements made today to the Commission on the Status of...

M2 Presswire;  March 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Philippines had had its second woman president. Women's leadership was also evident at the grass-roots...possible without a strong national machinery for women. That winning formula -- gender mainstreaming...provided leadership and passion. Achievements in women's empowerment had been the result of the ...

POLITICS: UN AND NGOs BATTLE FOR RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN WAR REGIONS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ......11-19-2004 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- As women in conflict areas like Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan...the fight for their rights. Initiatives to support women's struggles in conflict and post-conflict situations marked the Oct. 31 fourth anniversary of U.N. Security Council ...

SECURITY COUNCIL, RECALLING RESOLUTION 1325 (2000), SEEKS MEASURES TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......protection and empowerment of women, their networks and...peace, the promotion of women's equal participation...and contributions by women in building peace, and...a day-long debate on women, peace and security...progress made in increasing women's participation in ...

Women's equal participation in peace processes, men's role in achieving...

M2 Presswire;  March 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ......representation, especially in peace-building. Currently, women were attempting to help prevent violent conflict...through protests and demonstrations. The strength women brought to conflict prevention and peace-building...Secretary-General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women, noted that ...

AUTHOR DISCUSSES IMPACT OF WOMEN, GUNS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 4, 2008 ;     540 words ......terrified me," she said. "But I saw lots of women at the firing range and I started talking...Her interviews and photographs of other women who handle firearms - conducted most often...Press, a ground-breaking book about why women own and use guns. She spoke at Appalachian...

Delegates to Women's Commission stress need to engage males in eliminating...

M2 Presswire;  March 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ......increase in gender-based violence and trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. In recent conflicts in...governments to promote the full participation of women at all levels of decision-making and to encourage...Europe to protect and promote the human rights of women, focusing on three areas: ...

Women on war - their views count too!

New Straits Times;  February 13, 2003 ;     696 words ......chairperson of the NWCO's environment commission, says women must get together to push for change. "We must...based abroad, especially in Third World countries. Women of the global south must band together and unite...pointed out that when war breaks out, it is the women and children who suffer the most. ...

life through a lens; the WM interview SHE'S LIVED WITH FEMALE FREEDOM...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ......several weeks documenting the lives of women and children who have lived with...The story was about ordinary Afghan women, I was doing a series of portraits of ordinary women doing ordinary things. Of course...place you usually find young British women but Anastasia is no ordinary woman, and she ...

RIGHTS-WOMEN: U.N. SEEKS GENDER EQUALITY IN PEACE EFFORTS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ......displacement, abduction, trafficking and torture of women in contemporary conflict situations, the United Nations Women's Fund asserts that women must be involved in efforts aimed at sustaining...opportunities and access to resources between men and women are fundamental requirements in building ...

U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. ZALMAY KHALILZAD DELIVERS REMARKS ON WOMEN,...

Political Transcript Wire;  October 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ......instrument of war. Second, we must also increase women's participation in all aspects of building peace...out that there is not adequate participation of women in peace negotiations and processes. The United...believes that ensuring the full participation of women in peace processes as well as increased ...