Monthly Archives: February 2010

Implementing the Beijing Platform for Action

Posted on 24 February 2010 in Gender issues, United Nations

The  Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), starting next week, will undertake a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Platform identifies twelve critical areas1 of concern considered to be major obstacles … Continue reading →

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Sexual Violence in War

Posted on 10 February 2010 in Gender issues, Human Rights, United Nations

“Absent from ceasefire agreements, not subject to disarmament programmes, and rarely mentioned at the peace-table, mass rape is a war tactic that lingers long after the guns fall silent.”1 The last decade shows alarming figures: 250,000–500,000 women and girls were … Continue reading →

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