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Peacemaking is a long-term diplomatic process of negotiations intended to culminate in a signed peace agreement. Because few women are leaders among the parties to peace talks, women’s perspectives and experiences are frequently ignored. Yet, the process of negotiation provides a foundation for future laws, policies and programmes. When women are absent at the outset, it becomes increasingly difficult to integrate them in later processes. When women overcome the many obstacles they face, their creativity and initiative can be invaluable to the peace process, whether through unofficial negotiations with armed groups, massive campaigns to bring parties to the peace table or the gender-specific guarantees they secure as formal negotiators.

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Gender Equality and Good Governance : Improving Services for Women

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2010-03-11 13:57
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New York
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USA
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Knightsbridge Room, Tudor Hotel New York, 304 East 42nd Street, New York City, New York 10017
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A Parliamentarians’ Handbook on the Small Arms Issue

In a landmark step, parliamentarians from countries in Central, East and the Horn of Africa, gathering at a conference organised by UNDP and AWEPA on 26-28 November 2003, reached an agreement on a Plan of Action for parliamentarians, aimed at reducing the illicit distribution of small arms and light weapons. In this Mombasa Plan of Action, parliamentarians agreed to urge their governments to adjust national legislation to create more efficient control on small arms. This booklet is earmarked to be a practical handbook. It seeks to serve parliamentarians during their efforts to make further progress on the issue of small arms and light weapons. The booklet contains information on what has been achieved in Mombasa, introduces parliamentarians who are new to the issue to what it entails, and elaborates on what the problem of small arms means for African countries in Central, East- and the Horn of Africa. It also seeks to assess what these countries might contribute to solve the problem, in particular with regard to legislation.

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Women in Haiti's democratic reconstruction process

A discussion about how women in Haiti can be full participants in the rebuilding of democratic and governance institutions in their country.

As a result of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 - aid agencies, development organizations and governments around the world acted quickly to begin the long process of re

Nepal: The Political Role of Nepalese Women

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Sam, 2010-01-30 13:11
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Nepalese women are playing a greater role in politics and economics these days, but their participation in politics is far from the 50 percent that would represent equal and fair representation. More than 95 percent of Nepalese women have been affected by the violence.

Women's organizations nowadays encourage women to participate in political affairs, but they are still held back by the parochial culture, particularly in the villages. It is a positive sign that women are being recruited for the army and other posts, but still women's participation in politics remains nominal. This applies to both urban and rural areas.

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Afghanistan: Reintegrating the Taliban: where does it leave Afghan women?

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2010-01-28 11:08
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At Thursday’s London conference on Afghanistan, more than 50 countries will to try flesh out the details for a plan to gradually hand security to Afghans, which involved strengthening and expanding Afghan security forces, improving the way donor aid to Afghanistan is spent and reintegrating Taliban fighters. But where do women fit into these plans, especially if the Taliban are to be involved?

On Wednesday, groups representing Afghan women warned the international community against pursuing a peace deal with the Taliban. “I have great fears, and I am greatly confused … 2001 was a very clear signal that there is no more room for conservative elements to rule in Afghanistan,” Homa Sabri of the United Nation’s agency for women, UNIFEM, told Reuters in London.

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Afghanistan: Afghan Women Warn Against Possible Deal With Taliban

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mer, 2010-01-27 15:01
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Groups representing Afghan women warned the international community on Wednesday against pursuing a peace deal with the Taliban, fearing a return to the austere Islamist rule that saw women banned from education and work.

Women from a United Nations agency, the Institute for Inclusive Security and other rights' groups told reporters in London that the progress made since 2001 should not be jeopardised by courting conservative elements.

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To read the complete story please visit NY Times.


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Comparative Experiences and Resources on the Gender Dimensions of Electoral Law, Administration and Electoral Management

Submitted by Randi Davis on Mar, 2009-10-20 15:08

Women’s civic and political equality are central to democratic development, peace building and post conflict reconstruction.

Training Programme on Media and Peace-building 2009

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mar, 2009-10-06 08:36
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Bujumbura, Burundi
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Burundi
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Burundi
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According to the organisers of this training, Radio La Benevolencija HTF ("la Benevolencija"), this training programme draws on their work in the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)) which applies psychological research to support violence prevention, peace-building, and trauma healing through the targeted use of communication outlets. The training programme for 2009 focuses on mid-career media professionals of the Great Lakes region and is designed to encourage exchanges between international and regional experts on core issues relating to the media, and peace building and consolidation initiatives in the region.

The training consists of four courses, each five days long. There will also be an introductory lecture on universal psychological dynamics related to hate speech and propaganda and ways to counteract them, including transitional justice mechanisms and media deontology in election periods. The courses are as follows:

* Media Literacy, Propaganda, Manipulation and Hate speech
* Media Law, Deontology and Ethics Codes in Times of Elections
* Transitional Justice, Traditional Justice and Impunity
* Media, Mass Violence and Peace: The Role of the Media in Elections and Conflict

Registration Information

Interested candidates can request more information and application forms from the contacts below.

Deadline for application: September 15, 2009.

Some scholarships are available for students participating from the Great Lakes Region (Rwanda, Burundi, and East Congo).

To read further please visit Labenevolencija.


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