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New PTF Report Calls for Expanded Support for Civil Society Programs to Achieve SDG16
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Women Lead to Peace Summit

Syrian Women Win Active Role in Geneva Peace Conference

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Women Lead to Peace summit, Montreux 2014

The United Nations-led peace talks in Switzerland to begin the laborious discussions to end the war in Syria have officially started, but Syrian women activists who have been demanding to sit at the crucial peace-talks table on Jan. 24 in Geneva did not know until the last minute whether any women would be involved. Rima … Read more

At Geneva II Talks in January, It Is Not Enough to ‘Add Women and Stir’

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Lakhdar Brahimi

The campaign to ensure women’s equal participation at the peace talks on Syria in January has become more urgent, as certain parties recognize that women are vital in rebuilding and reconciling Syrian society. Yet only a few weeks before the talks are scheduled to start, no commitment has been made as to whether women will … Read more

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New PTF Report Calls for Expanded Support for Civil Society Programs to Achieve SDG16
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