By Thalif Deen United Nations, Nov 27 2012 (IPS) – Against the backdrop of an upcoming U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting on women, peace and security, a coalition of some 63 international women’s groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has decried … Continue reading →

By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury* NEW YORK, Jun 20, 2011 (IPS) – Last Friday’s recommendation to give the incumbent U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon another five-year term drew the international community’s attention to another opaque, non- democratic process that is the … Continue reading →

By Haider Rizvi New York (IPS) – In October 2001, the United Nations Security Council endorsed a resolution recognising that women’s participation is essential to sustain efforts for peace in the world. But did the international body ever ask world’s … Continue reading →

By Reem Abbas Khartoum (IPS/TerraViva) – Women in the Sudanese region of Darfur have been raped with impunity since the start of the conflict there in 2003. Now a campaign to reform the rape law is gaining momentum in the … Continue reading →

By Adithya Alles Colombo (IPS) – Having to take care of eight teenage children is not an easy task for 70-year-old Yamunadevi (not her real name). But these youngsters are her grandchildren, orphaned by Sri Lanka’s civil war of more … Continue reading →

By Kanya D’Almeida United Nations (IPS) – Afghanistan will not know peace until women are equal participants in negotiations, stresses a report released Thursday by the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. “We don’t want the … Continue reading →

Facts and figures to the meagre implementation of UNSCR 1325. By Ute Scheub* The UN and its member states had the period of ten years to implement UNSCR 1325. However, the take stock of implementation is so poor. A limited … Continue reading →

Sanjay Suri interviews Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, executive director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund London (IPS) – The U.S.-led invasion and then occupation of Iraq brought a sharp setback to the rights of women in that country, UNFPA head … Continue reading →

By Violet Law* Canadian women’s rights advocate Stephen Lewis greeted the founding of the United Nations Women agency with both plaudits — and guarded optimism. “The UN has a tough struggle on its hands, but it has got a fighting … Continue reading →

Ida Karlsson interviews Rebiya Kadeer, president of World Uyghur Congress Stockholm (IPS) – Rebiya Kadeer has taken up a campaign for the rights of a people usually far from world headlines: the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim minority in China. Before … Continue reading →

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON (IPS) – While the goal of gender equality is embraced by almost all countries, the perception that men are – and should be – favoured in employment and education remains widespread, especially in poor nations or … Continue reading →

10 Years of UN Resolution 1325 on «Women, Peace, and Security». An Analysis by Ute Scheub* Resolution 1325, unanimously passed on  31 october 2000 in the UN Security Council, is the result of a long, tough lobbying by numerous women’s … Continue reading →

By Suvendrini Kakuchi* The Women’s Active Museum, WAM, Japan’s only visual testimony of its World War II sexual slavery system practiced by the former Imperial Army but denied later by officials for decades, occupies most of the first floor in … Continue reading →

By Kyoko Yamazaki * The Japanese government is all out for gender equality but sees no reason to develop a national action plan for putting into practice the UN Security Council Resolution 1325. At the same time, it feels uncomfortable … Continue reading →