Recently added articles from International Peace Update:
Changing threat perceptions in the Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009; ... International Women's Day Statement to the Conference on Disarmament Geneva 5 March 2009 We, women from many parts the world, take this opportunity to address the Conference on Disarmament, through a proxy, as we have done since 1984, and report on our seminar Getting To Peace ...
Durban Review Conference: united against racism!(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009; Eckert, Irene ... Civil Society Forum in Geneva 17-19 April 2009 In spite of manifold efforts to block it, to defame it, to characterize it at as a 'masquerade' and whatever else, the NGO Forum for the Durban Review Conference opened with an inspiring film on women's creativity in post-apartheid ...
The global financial crisis: in what sort of future are we investing?
Jun 01, 2009; Cook, Sam ... Reuters invited Sam Cook, director of the PeaceWomen project of WILPF, to write a blog post in honour of International Women's Day on 8 March 2009. Sam Cook With the global financial crisis seemingly in every headline and a looming economic meltdown foremost on ...
Conference on disarmament: seeking to break impasse.(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Ray Acheson During the first part of the CD's 2009 session, the UN Institute for Disarmament Research chaired a series of informal meetings with a diverse group of CD delegates and civil society representatives, leading to some recommendations on how to get the Conference on ...
UN office: rejoining the NGO Working Group on the Security Council.
Jun 01, 2009; Rosga, Anjie ... While you haven't heard much from our office yet, as I've been settling into this big job and beginning to learn the ropes, WILPF's UN work has proceeded at a rapid clip. As you know from the e-news sent out by our staff, Sam Cook and Ray Acheson, their programs have been hard at work on ...
Political solution: occupation must end.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Statement from WILPF The situation in Gaza is desperate. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Occupied Territories has recently referred to certain acts by Israel against the Gaza population as a crime against humanity. We are horrified by ...
Congolese women: peacemakers for security and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Jun 01, 2009; Matundu-Mbambi, Annie ... Congolese women have undertaken positive actions for peace, national reconciliation and human rights for the socio-economic development of the DR Congo. Women's organisations conducted with brightness their mission to the grassroots populations, campaigned for peace and reconciliation, ...
Voices of African women.
Jun 01, 2009; ... In November 2008, women from Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Nigeria and Sudan came together in London with activists and supporters of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, diaspora organisations and other groups to raise their concerns about Africa. The ...
Migrant workers in Costa Rica: WILPF/limpal provides a forum.
Jun 01, 2009; Caravaca, Adilia ... As part of its ongoing effort to assist migrants, WILPF-Costa Rica sponsored a meeting in September 2008 to provide a safe space for migrant women to discuss their concerns. The meeting, which drew individual migrants as well as researchers in anthropology and sociology, offered a great ...
