Materials: Women, War & Peace
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UNIFEM Resources on Women, Peace and Security (2010). This collection of UNIFEM papers brings together a considerable body of analytical and advocacy work undertaken over the last five years, grounded in programming that has helped advance the women, peace and security agenda in policy and practice. It includes papers on gender issues in early warning, peace processes, peacekeeping, post-conflict planning and financing, and transitional justice. Together, the papers in this collection describe a range of ongoing efforts to strengthen the UN’s capacities to promote peace and prevent violence.
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Women Count for Peace: The 2010 Open Days on Women, Peace and Security (2010). This report provides an account of an extraordinary set of 25 meetings held in the summer of 2010 between women peace activists and senior United Nations leaders in conflict-affected countries. It details women’s perspectives on resolving conflict and building peace more effectively, identifies issues of common concern across different contexts — as well as areas of divergence — and makes proposals for improving international, regional and national efforts to protect women and promote peace.
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UNIFEM Annual Report 2009–2010 (2010). The Annual Report documents UNIFEM’s work to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality around the world. The 2009–2010 edition highlights the efforts at the grassroots and policy level to enhance women’s political and economic empowerment, improve women’s safety and security, and involve the private sector in advancing women’s rights. It also commemorates the 10th anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
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Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence – An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice (2010). This publication captures best practices and emerging elements for a more effective response by peacekeepers to women’s security concerns, especially in combating sexual violence, the premise of Security Council resolutions 1820 and 1888. It is also part of a broader agenda to improve the capacities of peacekeepers to protect civilians effectively.
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(un)Equal Rights, (un)Equal Opportunities: 30 Years of CEDAW, 30 Stories of Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2010). This publication is a poignant, first-hand testimony from women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and speak to the legal and cultural barriers they have to challenge in order to achieve their human rights.
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