Special Focus – Women and armed conflict
The Beijing Platform for Action recognised that “while entire communities suffer the consequences of armed conflict and terrorism, women and girls are particularly affected because of their status in society and their sex”. It also highlighted women’s crucial role in preserving social order amidst armed conflicts as peace educators. This month, UN Women focuses on “Women and armed conflict” as part of their Beijing+20 Campaign. On this occasion, we are collecting media articles on this topic for this Special Focus. [Special_Focus#Special_Focus_-_current|Please feel free to add more articles to our media review!]
Special focus in the news
- Afghanistan: outgoing rights official at UN mission pledges commitment to advancing women’s rights (UN News Centre 02.06.2015)
- A Manifesto for Women as Agents of Peace (Huffington Post 02.06.2015)
- Women and war (Daily Kashmir Images 01.06.2015)
- South Sudan: UN officials call for international engagement to de-escalate country’s conflict (UN News Centre 29.05.2015)
- Talking About Peace, When Despots Don’t Care (The NY Times 28.05.2015)
- What causes conflict and how can it be resolved? – podcast transcript (The Guardian 27.05.2015)
- Home – the most dangerous place for Colombian women and girls (Thomas Reuters Foundation 26.05.2015)
- Colombia commemorates women victims of sexual violence (Colombia Reports 26.05.2015)
- Peace in Colombia relies on tackling systemic violence against women (The Guardian 25.05.2015)
- Yemen conflict must end without delay, demand female peace activists (The Guardian 30.04.2015)
- Women and Armed Conflict (UN Women)