Women

Afghan Women on the US-Taliban Peace Deal: We Refuse to Shut Up

March 25, 2020

Afghan women’s inclusion in the current peace negotiations with the Taliban and the United States has become an international cause célèbre. But calls for participation of Afghan women without methodical, sustained and substantive engagement in a peace settlement has the potential to harm them, not help them. The international community should ensure that Afghan women …

Gender-Based Violence, Women

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Rosemary DiCarlo, the Top-Ranking American at the UN, Describes Her Work Crisscrossing the World

December 11, 2019

by Joanne Myers

On a busy day of a busy week and year, Rosemary DiCarlo, the United Nations under secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, spoke frankly in an interview about her role as the first woman to be appointed to this position and as the highest-ranking American now serving the UN. DiCarlo discussed the challenges and …

US-UN Relations, Women

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

UN Security Council Presidency: Two Old Friends Share an Office, Part 2

April 9, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

To try to show European unity before a key parliamentary election for the European Union in May, France and Germany teamed up for the United Nations Security Council presidencies in March and April, respectively. After the first stint by France — including a Council trip to Mali and Burkina Faso in the Sahel region …

Security Council, Security Council Presidency

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

Security Council Presidency: Two Old Friends, France and Germany, Now Share an Office

March 4, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

As a united front in the fight to preserve the European Union, France and Germany are about to gain a global audience. During March and April, their top United Nations ambassadors, François Delattre and Christoph Heusgen, will take turns — in alphabetical order — presiding over the Security Council, marking the first time for twin …

Climate and Environment, Gender-Based Violence, Security Council Presidency

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Dominican Republic’s Priority in the UN Security Council: Climate Change

January 3, 2019

by Stéphanie Fillion

Although the Dominican Republic has been a member of the United Nations since 1945, the country is making its debut on the Security Council this month — starting big, as the president in the rotating seat. It is the country’s first strike out of two presidencies as an elected member with a two-year term, …

Caribbean, Security Council Presidency

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SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY

Sweden’s Priorities in the Security Council: Being Prepared, Including for the World Cup

July 5, 2018

by Stéphanie Fillion

Welcome to our new column, Security Council Presidency, providing insight into the United Nations Security Council member sitting in the rotating seat of the president every month, starting in July with Sweden and its ambassador, Olof Skoog. The column is meant to be an informative capsule of not only the country’s ambassador but also …

Climate and Environment, Security Council, Security Council Presidency

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TOPIC: WOMEN

In Colombia, Female Ex-Combatants Still Face Risk of Stigmatization

March 13, 2018

by Adriana Erthal Abdenur

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the resulting agenda on women, peace and security has called for more inclusive peace processes, stressing that women’s specific needs and experiences should be taken into account during and after peace negotiations. Yet the role of female ex-combatants in peace processes remains understudied and somewhat neglected in …

Disarmament, Gender-Based Violence, Women

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Women’s Rights Must Be Backed by Legal Rights, a New Coalition Insists

February 28, 2017

by Barbara Crossette

More than two decades have passed since a series of dynamic international conferences in the 1990s — on human rights, reproductive choices and broad empowerment for women — inspired and encouraged women around the world to raise their hopes in many ways. Subsequently, there have been gains in female education at all levels, a …

Development, Gender-Based Violence, Women, World Bank

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WORLDVIEWS

As the UN Celebrates Empowerment of Women, a New Survey Shows Major Frustrations

October 14, 2015

by Danielle Goldberg and Mavic Cabrera-Balleza

Fifteen years ago, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on women, peace and security, a landmark international law that demands women’s participation in decision-making on international peace and security. Though seldom recognized, the fundamental roots of this resolution, known as 1325, came from women’s actual experiences in armed conflict and their …

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Putting Women, Peace and Security Matters Into Local Hands

November 26, 2013

by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza

Despite the unprecedented developments in international law addressing women, peace and security issues, progress has been remarkably slow and unpredictable in changing the perception of women as victims of armed conflict into peace-builders and decision-makers. The transformational nature of the ground-breaking Resolution 1325, on women, peace and security, paved the way for many supporting …

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So You Want to Be a Furnace Cleaner? Nyet!

November 11, 2013

by Elisa dos Santos

If you are an aspiring snowmobile driver in Kazakhstan and happen to be a woman, you’re out of luck. The same goes for operating cranes at sea, among other labor-intensive jobs in the country, which bans women from dozens of such positions. It could be worse. In Russia alone, women are barred from 456 …

Women, World Bank

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Congolese Women Grow More Demanding of Local Governments

June 7, 2013

by Mavic Cabrera-Balleza

A global women’s organization with wide experience in peace-building recently brought together scores of prominent women from six African nations to take well-defined steps for dealing with the root causes of the persistent sexual violence occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Declaring that peace in eastern Congo could bring peace to the entire Great Lakes area …

Gender-Based Violence, WORLDVIEWS

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Ban Ki-moon Backs Emergency Steps for Women Raped in Conflict

April 19, 2013

by Barbara Crossette

With the issues of emergency contraception — the “morning after” pill — and abortion still topics of tremendous controversy among United Nations members, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that both should be offered as part of an international response to the rape of women in conflict situations. Writing in his first report on the …

Africa, Secretary-General, Uncategorized, Women

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Australian Academics Want Women’s Voices Heard at the Security Council

April 2, 2013

by Lorraine Boissoneault

A new network of women academics from Australia and New Zealand is keeping a close eye on Australia’s new two-year term as an elected member of the United Nations Security Council. The academics have organized a collective to track how well the UN’s most powerful body and Australia itself adhere to the landmark Women, …

Peace and Security, Security Council, Women

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Women

Afghan Women on the US-Taliban Peace Deal: We Refuse to Shut Up

Rosemary DiCarlo, the Top-Ranking American at the UN, Describes Her Work Crisscrossing the World

UN Security Council Presidency: Two Old Friends Share an Office, Part 2

Security Council Presidency: Two Old Friends, France and Germany, Now Share an Office

Dominican Republic’s Priority in the UN Security Council: Climate Change

Sweden’s Priorities in the Security Council: Being Prepared, Including for the World Cup

In Colombia, Female Ex-Combatants Still Face Risk of Stigmatization

Women’s Rights Must Be Backed by Legal Rights, a New Coalition Insists

As the UN Celebrates Empowerment of Women, a New Survey Shows Major Frustrations

Putting Women, Peace and Security Matters Into Local Hands

So You Want to Be a Furnace Cleaner? Nyet!

Congolese Women Grow More Demanding of Local Governments

Ban Ki-moon Backs Emergency Steps for Women Raped in Conflict

Australian Academics Want Women’s Voices Heard at the Security Council

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