International Peace Update articles from December 2002

International Peace Update archives from December 2002

UN Security Council resolution 1325.
December 1, 2002... The UN Security Council resolution 1325 adopted on 31 October 2001 focuses on the impact of conflict on women -- but specifically on women in the situation of war rather than peace. The most important outcome of the resolution is that its...

This issue.
December 1, 2002... For various technical reasons WILPF International was unable to publish four issues of International Peace Update in 2002. This issue is therefore a triple one and focues on a variety of issues, all of concern to women working for the...

Second anniversary of the security resolution 1325. (SCR 1325).
December 1, 2002... PeaceWomen Team The week that the Security Council hosted women "from the field" in an informal "Arria Formula" meeting to discuss the two-year old resolution I 325 on Women, Peace and Security, the Council members also continued their...

Progress of the world's women 2002, Vol. 1. (SCR 1235).
December 1, 2002... The Independent Experts' Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women's Role in Peace-building "Women are raped as a way to humiliate male relatives, who are often forced to watch the assault. In societies where ethnicity...

From a fact sheet on women and armed conflict. (Armed Conflict).
December 1, 2002... During wartime, women and children are at particular risk of human rights abuses because of their lack of status in most societies. Such abuses include sexual and gender based violence, sexual exploitation and recruitment as soldiers. ...

Women and the European Union. (Women and the EU).
December 1, 2002... The European Union is a union of 15 independent states* founded to enhance political, economic, and social co-operation. Membership includes many of the major countries of Europe, but not Norway or Switzerland. In concept, the European Union is...

The peace process in Sri Lanka. (Sri Lanka).
December 1, 2002... The people of Sri Lanka have endured a cruel war for more then two decades. This war has severed the relations of communities previously close for centuries. It has contributed to brutalization within political culture and has threatened the...

State of emergency in Nepal. (Nepal).
December 1, 2002... Nepal has been engulfed in a national crisis since 1990, partly due to the misrule of political parties especially that of the Nepali congress (a pseudo-social-democratic party of Nepal), and the armed revolt against the state waged by the...

Les femmes burundaises et le processus de paix. (Burundi).
December 1, 2002... I. SITUATION Le BURUNDI est un petit pays de l'Afrique subsaharienne, limite au Nord par le Rwanda, a l'Est par la Tanzanie et a l'ouest par la Republique Democratique du Congo. Trois ethnies dont les hutu, les tutsi et les twa composent...

Not in our name: millions say 'No' to another war against Iraq. (Antiwar Actions).(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, protests)
December 1, 2002... Joyce McLean, IEC member US Section; 19 October 2002 WILPF women along with other peace and justice organizations have been extremely active in striving to stop the Bush administration's plan to make war on Iraq. His government has...

Global apartheid: A report from WSSD Johannesburg. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, South Africa)
December 1, 2002... The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 August to 4 September 2001 had three main objectives as set by the General Assembly: 1) to evaluate progress since the Earth Summit held in Rio...

Actions at WSSD in Johannesburg. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, South Africa)
December 1, 2002... Voices of Resistance Deborah James writes: At least 13 WILPF members actively participated in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the Civil Society Forum and parallel events in South Africa. The event that became the...

Reflections on the WSSD 2002. (WSSD).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, conference; United Nations)
December 1, 2002... The underlying conception of the United Nations WSSD was that it would implement the promises made at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro ten years earlier. Rio's lofty goals were to have guided humankind toward environmentally sound practices...

The Africa Women's Peace Train: 16 August - 26 August 2002. (WSSD Peace Train).(World Summit on Sustainable Development, women's protest; Africa)
December 1, 2002... The Peace Train's goal was clearly stated in the invitation sent out to prospective passengers: "To pass on a strong message to the continent's leaders, war mongers, armies, guerrillas, arms traders and dealers in the African continent...

Children's Peace Education in Israel/Palestine. (Education).(Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information, peace program)
December 1, 2002... Today, 80 Israeli and Palestinian teachers, participants in IPCRI's Peace Education Program are returning to Israel/Palestine after participating in a 5-day training workshop held in Turkey. IPCRI's Peace Education Program is active in more...

Speaking out. (US Tour).(conflict between Israelis and the Palestinians; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, speaking tour)
December 1, 2002... The present conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians can be expressed very succinctly: it's a conflict between the majority of the Israelis and the Palestinians who want to live in peace, in two sovereign, viable states, Israel and...

Farewell to parliament. (Farewell Speech).(Pregs Govender, South African parliament member)
December 1, 2002... As I stand here I recall the first day in session in parliament in 1994 remember Janet Love's baby being passed from hand to hand in the ANC caucus, brightening up the room from which apartheid's evil had emanated to destroy so many lives and...

Ngo participation in the elaboration of international policies. (NGO Participation).(nongovernmental organizations)
December 1, 2002... There is no definite procedure to participate in the elaboration of international policies by international organizations. One of the mechanisms recently followed, is the organization of international conferences on a selected subject and...

Depleted Uranium: unanswered questions. (DU).(usage of uranium in military operations; United States)
December 1, 2002... Some soldiers who had risked their lives in the Gulf War ('91), Bosnia ('95), and Kosovo ('99) are still struggling for life as they battle with cancers and other maladies years after the fighting has stopped.While cancer is not an uncommon...

Anti-nuclear protest. (Anti Nuke Action).(France, nuclear energy protest)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Thousands of people, some wearing gas masks, marched in eastern France in an anti-nuclear protest on October 20 2002. Protesters from more than a dozen countries took part in the pan-European "Let's End the Nuclear Age" rally in eastern...

Human rights: violations out of control. (CHR 2002).(58th Session of the Human Rights Commission)
December 1, 2002... The 58th Session of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva this year (18 March - 26 April) followed a different pattern of politics. Various items in its diverse agenda were consolidated in order to save the time of the delegates. This...

Reaching Critical Will: NGO Strategy Summit October 2002. (RCW NGO Summit).(non-governmental organizations, New York conference)
December 1, 2002... General Introduction On the weekend of October 18-20, 2002, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focused on disarmament and international security gathered in New York for the Reaching Critical Will NGO Strategy Summit, an intensive...

Biological Warfare and Disarmament: Global Aontexts. (Books).(Susan Wright, author)
December 1, 2002... "A timely and important volume that challenges the narrow, conventional understandings of the threat of biological warfare as emanating solely from 'rogue states' and terrorists. Particularly innovative are Wright's analyses drawing connections...

Defiance and Compliance: Negotiating Gender in Low-Income Cairo. (Books).(Heba El-Kholy, author)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Author: Heba Aziz ElKholy In contrast to the common stereotype of Middle Eastern women as totally oppressed and devoid of agency, this study shows the complex and diverse ways in which low-income women devise strategies to contest existing...

Zed Books Celebrates 25 Years of International Publishing. (Books).(United Kingdom)
December 1, 2002... Zed Books - the radical, socially committed UK publisher - is marking its 25th anniversary this year. How has an independent publisher, organised as a workers' co-operative, managed not just to survive, but also to grow and prosper? Zed's...