Participation of Over 120,000 Girls In Conflict Is Often Ignored
For the past few decades girls have become unwilling warriors or sex partners for soldiers throughout the world. It is estimated that, between 1990 and 2003, girls as young as 13 served in military and...
View ArticleDonors Queue To Make Gender Commitments, But Not To Fund Women
Global frameworks and national commitments paint a rosy picture for women's participation in peace processes in countries emerging from violent conflict. But that picture gets badly smudged when you...
View Article11,000 Syrian Children Dead - Some are Victims of Snipers and Torture
More than 11,000 children have been killed in Syria since the conflict there began over two and a half years ago, many of them summarily executed or targeted by snipers, a UK-based think tank said in a...
View ArticleBreakthrough: Iran Agrees to Curb Nuclear Activity
The deal will last for six months, while a permanent agreement is sought. US President Barack Obama welcomed the deal, saying it would "help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon". Iranian...
View Article6,000 Raped as Women Increasingly Targeted in Syrian Conflict
Some 6,000 women have been raped since the start of the conflict in March 2011, the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) says. A spokeswoman for the group said these women were then socially...
View ArticleProgress: Gender Based Violence No Longer "Collateral Damage"
As we participate in 2013's 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence, my mind returns again and again to Myanmar (also known as Burma). I was privileged to attend the first National Women's...
View ArticlePerishable Weapons Technology Could Stop Old Guns From Working
To help push Soviet forces out of Afghanistan in the 1980s, America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) gave Afghan fighters shoulder-launched Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. Accurate and easy-to-use,...
View ArticleWhy Does The World Ignore Violence Against Arab Women?
One morning, Enas Abdel Wanis was about to leave home to go to work at the National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights (NCCHR) in Benghazi, in Libya, when she discovered her car had been...
View ArticleChild Soldier Int: "Use of Children Should Be a Violation of Any Ceasefire"
The UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict is in Burma this week to review efforts by the government to eradicate the practice of conscripting child soldiers, and to encourage...
View ArticleSituation Bleak For 2.2 Million Syrian Refugees - Over Half Are Children
Scuttling down small quiet allies in the north of Jordan, thirteen-year-old Amar clutches a bag of falafel and a fresh batch of pitta bread. Grateful for the extra warmth on a cold December morning, he...
View ArticleWar Report 2012: Sexual Violence A Cause, Not Side Effect Of War
“Sexual violence continued to be a prominent feature of armed conflict in 2012,” says Alice Priddy, a researcher at the Geneva Academy, which 10 December launched its “War Report 2012″, the first in...
View ArticleIndonesian Papua Taking Positive Steps To Combat VAWG
Indonesian Papua is taking steps to combat violence against women and children as concerns grow about the level of domestic abuse. According the National Commission on Violence against Women, Papua...
View ArticleNepal Peace-Building Process Must Address Social Justice
Complacency seems to have set in despite the fact that the peace-building process has not come to an end. To promulgate a new constitution to ensure social justice, and manage injustice and exclusion...
View ArticleNormalisation of Domestic Violence in Pakistan Needs Cultural Shift
Honestly, I had never thought much about it. I knew what it meant and I knew it existed but that was the extent of my thoughts on the matter, probably because I have never experienced or witnessed it...
View ArticleSteady Aid Needed for Fragile States to Achieve Development Objectives
Development funding has historically been tied to the priorities of donor countries. As their priorities shift, so does funding. Aid recipients must deal with the consequences, which can have negative...
View ArticleUN Aided 38,000 Survivors of Gender Violence & Rape of Syrian Refugees
GENEVA: More than 38,000 people appealed to the United Nations for help after facing sexual assault or other gender-based violence in Syria in 2013, a figure which may represent the tip of the iceberg...
View ArticleUNFPA Calls for Funds to Protect Syrian Women & Girls in Refugee Camps
Over 2 million Syrian women and girls of reproductive age need assistance, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said as it called this week for some $81 million in funding to provide them with...
View ArticleViolence Against Women in Pakistan Tolerated or Ignored, Must Change
Sir: In a society where there is no respect for women, we find a rise in violence against women. Violence against women is not a new phenomenon; in fact, it is an age-old worldwide problem. Women have...
View ArticleSolution to Ending Violence Against Women in India? Work With Men
India was rated one of the most dangerous places in the world to be female in a 2011 poll. However, women may have an underestimated yet crucial ally in their fight for equality: men. In a country...
View ArticleUNSG Urges All Sides To Seize ‘Historic’ Opportunity To End Syrian War
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today opened a concerted new effort to end the brutal civil war in Syria, urging the Government, the opposition, and representatives of some 40 other countries and...
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