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Mideast Women Push for Bigger Role in Tackling Conflict on

Originally published by Middle East Eye on October 13, 2015. UNITED NATIONS, United States – Men have a poor track record in bringing peace to the Middle East. Could women do any better?    The answer to that question, according to women peace activists from the region, is an emphatic “yes,” and on Tuesday they took […]

VIDEO: International Forum on Gender and Conflict

14 Oct 2015 – Organized by the League of Arab States jointly with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Arab States and Karama.

Marking adoption of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women Peace & Security, Gender and Conflict Forum: The Arab region must address with adequate resolve the use of violence against women as a weapon of war

New York, 14 October 2015 – Participants in the Gender and Conflict Forum emphasized the importance of addressing, with great resolve, systematic violations committed against women and girls in conflict areas across the Arab region, which they highlighted has intensified in an unprecedented pace and in varying forms, from physical to sexual violence—including murder and […]