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Myanmar: Women to Take Part in Peace Process: KWO

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Mer, 2012-02-01 22:08

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Women should be included in the ongoing Burma's peace-talk process between the government and ethnic armed groups, a statement by the Karen Women Organization (KWO) said yesterday.

When asked about the issue, Dr. Sui Khar told Chinland Guardian: "As a very initial stage of the process, the meeting takes place only between armed groups and state-level governments."

"It will be followed by a series of other important events such as public consultation and political dialogue. But in the public consultation and political dialogue to follow will include women," added the team leader of the Chin National Front's negotiating delegation.

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Read the complete story at Chinland Guardian, published 31 January 2012.


Egypt: Islamist, liberal parties fielded few female candidates, says report

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Mer, 2012-02-01 14:39

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Neither the Islamist nor liberal parties fielded a significant number of female candidates on their lists in the recently held parliamentary elections, a report revealed.

The report, issued by a program at Nazra for Feminist Studies, showed that the average Islamist party list was made up of 16 percent female candidates, while “civil” parties — often considered more liberal — averaged 17.5 percent women on their lists.

In its report, Nazra’s Academy for Women’s Political Participation program investigates why so few women were successful in their bid for parliament and explains how few women ran in the first place.

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Read more in The Daily News Egypt, published 1. February


Egypt: Women heed warning from Iranian women on rights

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Mar, 2012-01-31 13:54

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Sanaa Roshdy, 54, a housewife in Cairo, Egypt's capital, was one of many Egyptians who watched the warning message in a YouTube video that began to circulate last year named "Message From Iranian Women to Tunisian and Egyptian Women."

The video features pictures of the life of Iranian women before and after the Islamic revolution there in 1979. Depicting a reversal of women's rights with the implementation of Islamic rule after the revolution, the video warns women in Egypt and Tunisia to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to them after revolutions in both countries a year ago and Islamic groups looking to assume leadership.

"I've heard people talking about the resemblance between the Egyptian revolution and the Islamic revolution many times," Roshdy says. "It never made sense to me until I saw this video."

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Read more in Trust Law, published 29 Jan


Sierra Leone: Salone Women Hold Transformation Vigil

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Mar, 2012-01-31 13:51

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The steering committee of the Sierra Leone Conference on Development and Transformation Sunday January 29 held a vigil at the Youyi Building gardens. The vigil which climaxed the lightning of the development and transformation candle was witnessed by women from various women organizations, councilors and other women groups across the country.

In a declaration statement, the women said that after careful reflection and debate on the thematic areas and other pertinent issues relating to the interest and the future advancement of women and girls in Sierra Leone, they propose that this women's declaration be integrated into the conference proceedings and adopted as part of the actionable outcome for the next 25 to 50 years.

The declaration further stated that for the past 50 years, women who formed 52% of the population were marginalized and discriminated against in politics and decision-making, when they should have been on board at every stage of the developmental and transformation process of the nation.

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Read more in All Africa, posted 31 January


Women, Revolution, Politics and Power

During the Arab uprisings, an unprecedented number of women took to the streets, paving the way for a more important role in politics. However, in the transitional period that follows, they now have to fight against their exclusion from the political arena.

The extent of their participation in the new political process, the author argues, will depend on three main factors: their contribution to the democratic culture established, the nature and role of political Islam, as well as gender representation in the news media. As her research in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Syria suggests, the fight to carry the women‘s newly found political status through the transitional period will blur the conflict lines between the „traditional-religious“ and the „urban-modern-non-religious“ blocs. Arab women are finding new forms of political participation, distinct from the Western models.

The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states

This report, published in English and French, aims to systematically document the status of gender integration in the security sectors in 14 Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The report is designed to be a resource for people working in, or with, security sector institutions; for those interested in governance and development in West Africa; and for those involved in gender-related issues. It combines information gathered by in-country researchers, interviews, document analysis and desk research. Much of the data in this report has never before been published or compared across countries in the region.
The survey is guided by the following two questions: Are security sector institutions providing adequate response to the different security and justice needs of men, women, boys and girls? What steps have been taken to create internally equitable, representative and non-discriminatory institutions?
The report contains three main sections: an introduction, a summary and analysis of findings, and individual country profiles. The introduction provides background on the survey rationale, methodology and research challenges. The summary and analysis of findings offers a cross-country and cross-institution analysis of the survey findings, and includes a list of recommendations. The 14 extensive country profiles present easy-to-read yet detailed information structured by 101 indicators on national governance, police services, armed forces and gendarmerie, the justice system and penal services.

Egypt: Experts weigh in on low female representation in parliament

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Ven, 2012-01-27 12:55

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Very few female candidates ran in the nation’s parliamentary elections and even fewer have been elected: 10 took the oath last Monday.

Eight women elected and two appointed women make up less than two percent of the 508 seats in the powerful lower house of parliament. Considering the proportion of women who applied, the chances weren’t big. In the capital for example, only 80 women ran compared to 1,010 men.

Echoing the concern that parties were playing politics early on was Omaima Kamel, one of the newly elected parliament members under the Freedom and Justice Party. “Women are put to fulfill criteria on the list,” she said, explaining that parties were worried women won’t have a positive impact on the lists in terms of attracting voters.

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Read more in The Daily News Egypt


N-PEACE Regional Training of Trainers

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Ven, 2012-01-27 00:38
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Ville et Province ou Etat: 
Bangkok
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Thailand
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Amari Watergate Hotel

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From the 3-10 February 2012, twenty-two women peace advocates from the N-Peace Network countries – Nepal, Timor-Leste, Sri Lanka and Indonesia – will participant in the first N-Peace Network Training of Trainers (ToT) Programme coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia Pacific Regional Centre (APRC), in partnership with the Institute for Inclusive Security and supported by the Australian Government’s Agency for International Development (AusAID).

The ToT is being carried out with the aim of increasing women’s knowledge, skills, and capacities to advocate for peace and security. To view the profiles of the first N-peace Network Trainers who will take part in the ToT click here.

The eight day workshop will provide a space to discuss and unpack gender and peace building issues and the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) agenda, while also building upon participants’ practical skills in the areas of training, advocacy and communications.

To view the workshop agenda click here.


Tunisia: Facing up to tyranny: how a girl and her blog helped change the world

Soumis par Beeckmans Ruth le Mer Lun, 2012-01-23 20:02

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'I have heard many descriptions for this revolution. Like Facebook Revolution. It was not a Facebook revolution, it started on the ground, when Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to his body, and the people in Sidi Bouzid started to demonstrate and were attacked by police. It cannot be called an internet revolution - hundreds of people lost their lives, people are still injured today. The internet just played the role of the mass media when the journalists couldn't do their work here.''
 

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Read more in Sydney Morning Herald, published 21 Jan


Egypt: women missing from formal politics

Soumis par iKNOW Politics le Mer Lun, 2012-01-23 13:39

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The remarkable revelation of the Egyptian revolution concerns women. It turns out that the women of Egypt are at the heart of our politics.

Since January 2011, a new wave of recognition for women’s political leadership and dynamism has swept the country. It began with female bloggers who inspired action through their words, and continued with hundreds of thousands of women from all over Egypt standing side by side with men in the streets and in Tahrir. Ladies also launched clashes between Copts and Muslims by their choices of lovers and religions. There are also the activists who have maintained a plethora of popular protest movements against military transgressions for the rights of the dead and injured and on behalf of unlawful detainment and torture in prisons.

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Yet women are near absent from this parliament. There are eight women who have succeeded in winning seats and two who have been appointed. That means that two per cent of parliament has gone to women. The world average for female representation in elected legislative bodies is 19 per cent and the Arab world average is 13 per cent.

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Read more in Ahram online, publised 22. Jan