Peace and security

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Rigoberta Menchú Tum (b. 1959 – ) is an indigenous , of the Quiché-Maya ethnic group. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicising the plight of Guatemala’s indigenous peoples during and after the Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and to promoting indigenous rights in the country. Rigoberta Menchú has become widely known as a leading advocate […]

Publications

[toc] Latest publications 2018 Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the UNIDO Policy (2015) and Strategy (2016-2019) on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNIDO) #ENDviolence in Schools – An Everyday Lesson (UNICEF) What matters the most to people? (OECD) Child marriage in humanitarian settings (Girls not Brides) Sudan: The Law and FGM (Thomson […]

Gender genocide in the Bosnian War

Sexual abuse has always been seen as an offense to men through their families, without taking into account victims’ suffering. But something is changing: the /2008 UN http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions08.htm resolution says that, when resolving conflicts, sexual violence crimes need to be excluded from amnesty provisions; and states should prosecute persons responsible for such acts. Not only […]

Girl Child Soldiers

Table of Contents 1 Who is a Child Soldier? 2 The Issue 3 References 4 See also 5 External links 6 Further reading Who is a Child Soldier? The Cape Town Principles define a child soldier as any person under 18 years who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force in […]

Female Nobel Prize Laureates

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to 43 women since 1901.Nobel Prize Awarded Women One woman, Marie Curie, has been awarded the Nobel Prize two times, in 1903 (the Nobel Prize in Physics) and in 1911 (the Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Table of Contents 1 Physics 2 Chemistry 3 Physiology or Medicine 4 Literature 5 […]

Water access and gender

Table of Contents Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender formed by culture Gender, the environment, and gender mainstreaming Cultural gender norms and water Effect of climate change on women and water Precipitation pattern changes Sea level rise Desertification Glacier melt See also Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender and sex connote […]

The South Asia Women’s Resilience Index

Overview This report, prepared by The Economist Intelligence Unit discusses the findings of the South Asia Women’s Resilience Index (WRI) which measures a country’s ability for disaster risk reduction and recovery and to what extent women’s needs are are considered in the development or national resilience efforts.The WRI is composed of four categories: economic, infrastructure, […]

Re-Examining Identities and Power: Gender in peacebuilding in Colombia

Table of Contents 1 Background 1.1 Four Key Themes 2 See also 3 References Background This report examines gender in peacebuilding in Colombia where decades of amred conflict and high levels of criminal violence have greatly affected the society. The report provides a overview of the hisotry of violent confict in Colombia froma gendered perspective […]

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