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Vrouwen, Veiligheid, Vrede en Conflict
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BPW ontplooit meerdere activiteiten rond het thema "vrouwen en vrede". Elementen zijn: tegen gaan van geweld tegen vrouwen (NL en EU thema), de rol van vrouwen in peacekeeping, etc.
Hierbij volgt BPW uiteraard het internationale programma (zie onder) en tracht m.n. "handen en voeten" te geven aan Resolutie 1325 van de VN.
Lesha Witmer en Judith Koops namen in 2004 deel aan de Conference "Practical Solutions on War and Terrorism" en zijn betrokken bij "Peacebrokers".

Vanuit de EWL was Jet Brummelhuis één van de organisatoren van de conferenties in 2003 samen met het Ministerie van defensie.
BPW the Netherlands vraagt aandacht voor en levert een bijdrage aan de actie van Amnesty International "Stop geweld tegen vrouwen".
Club Amsterdam heeft besloten hun bijdrage te leveren via de schrijfactie van Amnesty International.

Uiteraard wordt nauw samengewerkt met de EWL en de NVR door deelname aan de werkgroep "vrouwen en geweld".

Bronnen voor Vrouwen, Veiligheid, Vrede en Conflict  

Trennium-project BPW International

The tenure of each International President and her Board is associated with an international theme of significance to women worldwide which will be explored throughout the three years of their term of office. For the period 2003 - 2005 it is "A World of Peace".

Obviously, this is a subject that everyone would agree on. But it is just as obvious that wishful thinking alone is not going to bring about a world without warfare. To move even a bit closer towards this lofty goal, a lot of small steps need to be taken - by each and everyone of us!

A World of Peace

Constructing

Contributing

Communicating

Peace does not "just happen"; you have to work toward that goal - again, and again, and again.

A proactive commitment of each member to the values and beliefs of BPW could help achieve a more peaceful world.

Sharing suggestions and successes with other BPW will multiply the results of our efforts and inspire new visions.

PEACE TASK FORCE:  PLAN OF ACTION (Source)

Members: Pat Harrison IPP Chair and Convenor

Akiko Yamanaka

 

Japan

Elisa Campos

  

Brasil

Jean Park

  

New Zealand

Indira Patel

  

UK (Advisor)

Felicity Hill

  

Representing UNIFEM (Consultant)

The theme "A World of Peace", while obviously appropriate in the current world climate, was criticized by a number of delegates at the laste International Congress in Melbourne as being not in line with BPW core values.

To counteract this debate, the Executive has agreed to divide the triennium into three different sub themes:

World of Peace 2003

 Peace in Employment

World of Peace 2004

 Peace in the Community

World of Peace 2005

 Peace in Politics

Interpretation of these three sub themes and the ways affiliates can use them in their programmes follows: The promotion of conflict resolution as a method of resolving disputes is encouraged throughout.

Implementation
Each affiliate and club will have their own priorities but can use the basic theme to explore such issues as

Year 1: Peace in Employment

bulletSexual Harassment  which could also include “bullying”
bulletDiscrimination in the workplace,
bulletEqual Pay and work place negotiation.
bulletWorking conditions including Maternity leave and family friendly workplaces

Year 2: Peace in the Community
This is a very broad theme and would include

bulletInvestigating peace organisations such as Amnesty International, International Alert, The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Quaker philosophy as ways of overcoming the "War" Culture.
bulletLooking at violence within the community; the violence against women. violence in the home, women’s refuges, and legislation to deal with  rape and paedophilia.

Many of our affiliates helped to set up refuges and we should promote these and encourage other affiliates to become involved.

For an example, see  Global Peace Village Sri Lanka factsheet

Year 3: Peace in Politics 

This is what we are trying to achieve now:

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We should return to the UN Resolution 1325  (zie ook “factsheet-1325” en  de flyer “Have you ever heard about ...”) and see how it is being implemented.

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We must encourage our affiliates to be part of the lobbying group to encourage government to follow the resolution

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We should lobby for the UN system, of which we are a part, to continue to be involved with the Peace Movement and we should make sure that through our governments’ involvement, women do have a role within the Peace Process.

Alongside these three years of discussion we should also continue to be involved with the worldwide peace movement for women that I was involved with as President and which was initiating some policies under the auspices of Susan Mubarak and the committee that arranged the meeting in Sharm el Sheik.

The Peace Programme that Elisa Campos initiated in Brasil is a blueprint for some of the programmes which affiliates can implement to follow the theme.

For more information, suggestions, etc.: e-mail: Pat Harrison , Immediate Past President,  pita@onaustralia.com.au

Andere bronnen over UN resolutie 1325 

Go   Potential actors and suggested actions van NGO Working group on Women, Peace, and Security (juli 2002)(Klik op )
Go   Strategie voor implementeren 1325 van WILF (juli 2002)
Go   Questions & Answers about Resolution 1325
Go   Recommendations 2002 Protection of Women against Violence from the Council of Europe
Go   specifically about women and conflict

Go    Internetbronnen (links) bij dit thema 

Diverse (actuele) berichten rond dit onderwerp 

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign- 25 november - 10 december 2006

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

The theme for 2006: Celebrate 16 Years of 16 Days: Advance Human Rights ‹—› End Violence Against Women

Go more information about the 16 days campaign
Go UN information on violence against women

Council of Europe launches European campaign to stop violence against women in the home

Domestic violence must be criminalised, victims protected and perpetrators punished across Europe, says the Council of Europe. The call comes as Europe marks the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is also the prelude to a major conference on the subject in Madrid, Spain, where the 46 member Council will launch a campaign aimed at stopping a major human rights abuse. (Monday 27 Madrid, in the Spanish Senate)

The campaign will run until 2008 and was devised when the Council's 2005 Warsaw summit demanded immediate action in the face of widespread violence to women in Europe. It will work through governments, parliaments and regional and local authorities, creating partnerships with leading NGOs to ensure wide-ranging action. The Campaign aims to make the public aware of the extent of violence to women and to encourage new laws and practices to stop violence.

Go stop domestic violence against women campaign
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VN-resolutie over geweld tegen vrouwen aanvaard

De Verenigde Naties heeft een Nederlands-Franse resolutie aanvaard die alle vormen van geweld tegen vrouwen moet uitbannen. De resolutie roept regeringen op maatregelen te nemen en geld beschikbaar te stellen.

Go NL regeringssite met persbericht etc.

Kofi Annan: new strategy to help victims of sexual exploitation by UN staff

As part of further efforts by the United Nations to enforce its “zero tolerance” policy for sexual exploitation and abuse, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has put forward a draft strategy on assistance and support to victims of such behaviour by UN staff and related personnel, including recommendations for medical care and child maintenance.
The strategy comes as an acknowledgement of the fact that within the ranks are “individuals who have violated the trust that is placed in the United Nations by engaging in acts of sexual exploitation and abuse of the same people that the United Nations is mandated to protect.”
In order for the strategy to be truly comprehensive, “a common approach” by both the UN and the Member States is needed, the Secretary-General says.

The strategy offers seven main recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to deal with the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse.

Go UN News source with the recommendations and link to letter to General Assembly

Combating trafficking and sexual exploitation: a gendered human rights approach

Combating trafficking in women and girls is a policy priority of the European Women's Lobby (EWL), with the underlying principle that all anti-trafficking efforts must include a strong gendered human rights dimension, especially while implementing the EU Plan for combating and preventing trafficking in human beings. the EWL current projects and activities in this area offer ground- breaking work on the issue.
From June 2-4, 2006, 52 representatives from 16 countries, mainly from the region of Southeast Europe, met in Zagreb, Croatia, to participate in a conference on Preventing Trafficking in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations: Who is Responsible? The conference was part of a larger project jointly coordinated by EWL and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), in partnership with many frontline NGOs and individuals, aiming at addressing gaps in anti-trafficking programs and policies. The conference highlighted the critical role played by women's NGOs in implementing and monitoring international instruments signed by governments to combat trafficking and in the services they provide to women victims, often living in fear and/or with no resources. The participants also insisted on the need to avoid repatriation of trafficking victims and, if return is considered, to ensure the protection and economic support, in liaison with NGOs from countries of origin.
Go Contact Colette De Troy for more information

These aspects have been more concretely developed in the first regional Nordic Baltic meeting organised by EWL on 18-20 June 2006, in Riga, within the framework of the Nordic Baltic Pilot Project, which aims to reinforce the capacity and improve the models for the support, assistance, safe returns for women that want to return, and rehabilitation of women victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in the region.

8 countries of BPW Europe recently signed a letter to the EU Commission and member States, protesting against forced prostitution, thereby taking the "Abpfiff" initiative of the German women's council onto the European level. 
Download 'Blow the Whistle on coerced Prostitution of Women!' (pdf., 20)

BPW Canada during their national convention in July also adopted a resultion on trafficking
Download Resolution BPW Canada about trafficking (worddoc., 50 kb).
(source: partly from EWL newletter)

Beyond Victimhood: Women’s Peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo and Uganda
(Africa Report N°112, 28 June 2006)

Peacebuilding cannot succeed if half the population is excluded from the process. Crisis Group’s research in Sudan, Congo (DRC) and Uganda suggests that peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved. Women make a difference, in part because they adopt a more inclusive approach toward security and address key social and economic issues that would otherwise be ignored. But in all three countries, as different as each is, they remain marginalised in formal processes and under-represented in the security sector as a whole. Governments and the international community must do much more to support women peace activists.
 
The scale of discrimination and violence against women in each armed conflict – and the impunity with which it continues to be committed – remain the central obstacles to expanding the good work being done by women peacebuilders. Advances have been made in understanding the links between gender, development, human rights, peace, security and justice. However, endemic discrimination and sexual violence are significant barriers to achieving Resolution 1325’s goal of inclusivity.
 
The stereotype of “women as only victims” should not be reinforced. An array of women’s organisations and women leaders are doing remarkable work in each of the three countries, under difficult circumstances. The daily struggle for survival greatly limits the numbers who have become peace activists but their potential is significant.
Properly supported, women’s peace movements can affect large sectors of the population and be a powerful force for reducing violence and building democratic and participatory public institutions, particularly in the post-conflict period.
Meer over weten of meedoen aan deze wereldwijde campagne?
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Vrouwen zeggen NEE tegen oorlog

In de VS is een groep vooraanstaande vrouwen gestart met een handtekeningenactie tegen de oorlog in Irak onder het motto "Women Say NO to War". Deze schrijfsters, artiesten, advocaten, wetenschappers, filmsterren en sociale activisten roepen vrouwen wereldwijd op hun actie te ondersteunen. Ze hebben genoeg van de oorlog in Irak en de wrede aanvallen op burgers overal in de wereld. Op 8 maart 2006, de Internationale Vrouwendag, worden de handtekeningen aangeboden op het Witte Huis.
Meer over weten of meedoen aan deze wereldwijde campagne?
Go 'WOMEN SAY NO TO WAR'
Go About CODEPINK
Ook solidaire mannen kunnen natuurlijk meedoen.

Women say NO to war: Codepink

Women for Peace launched a new campaign called "Women Say No to War": CODEPINK. They want to get at least 100,000 women from around the world to sign this global call by March 8, 2006, when they will deliver the signatures to the White House and to US embassies around the world.
Go To sign the Call to Peace
Go Information about CODEPINK
Mail To contact send an email

Action to fight violence against women

The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality voted unanimously on Tuesday for EU measures to be introduced to raise awareness of the problem of violence against women.
Men's violence against women is an extensive and complex problem. The focus of the committee's report, drafted by Maria Carlshamre (ALDE, SE), is on men's violence against women in close relationships.

The report states that "large-scale prevalence studies in Sweden, Germany and Finland show that at least 30-35% of women between 16 and 67 have at one time been victims of physical or sexual violence" and "surveys show that 65-90 % of prostituted women had already been subjected to sexual abuse as children or later" . >> 
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25 NOVEMBER: "INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"

25 november is de VN dag voor de uitbanning van alle geweld tegen vrouwen. Het is tevens de start van  16 dagen campagne tegen gender- based geweld.

Op verschillende manieren wordt aandacht gevraagd voor het probleem van geweld tegen vrouwen, onder andere met acties en steunbetuigingen aan vrouwenorganisaties wereldwijd. Daarnaast worden overheden aangesproken op hun verantwoordelijkheid om geweld tegen vrouwen te bestrijden en zich daadwerkelijk in te zetten voor de mensenrechten van vrouwen.

Twee citaten:

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
"At the World Summit in September, leaders pledged to redouble efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and the girl child.
We know that this requires us to change the mindset, still all too common and deep-seated, that violence against women is acceptable.
 ... On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, let us rededicate ourselves to that mission."  

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UNIFEM Executive Director Noeleen Heyzer:
"Violence against women is the most pervasive violation of human rights, occurring every day, in every country and every region, regardless of income or level of development. ... On 25 November, the International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women, people around the world are coming together to condemn this universal crime against women."

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Go Geweld tegen Vrouwen raakt iedereen!
Go Amnesty actie materiaal
Go UNIFEM's Special Online Feature on November 25th

Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women

Comprehensive multidisciplinary strategies are necessary to combat violence against women.
Governments, non-governmental organizations and women’s rights activists all over the
world have used different approaches in dealing with violence against women, with varying
degrees of success. To gain an understanding of what makes an approach to combat violence
against women effective, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, in
collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, convened a group of
experts in Vienna from 17 to 20 May 2005. The purpose of the meeting was to identify the
factors which make a specific initiative, or type of initiative, a good practice example,
evaluate the determinants or indicators of the effectiveness of strategies in various areas and
identify legislation, plans, policies and other approaches that have been effective in
combating violence against women.

Go This report (pdf 359kb) lays out the expert group's recommendations for elements of effective practices in combating violence against women in the areas of law, prevention, and provision of services.
Go Geweld tegen Vrouwen raakt iedereen!
Go Amnesty actie materiaal
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Geweld tegen Vrouwen raakt iedereen!

Duurzame Dinsdag

BPW is lid van de projectgroep "Vrouwen en duurzame vrede" van de Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad.
De projectgroep "vrouwen en duurzame vrede" van de NVR leverde een bijdrage aan "het koffertje" op Duurzame Dinsdag.
Downloadverklaring projectgroep (worddoc., 30 kb)
GoZie ook Duurzame Dinsdag elders op deze site

People Building Peace: A global action agenda for the prevention of violent conflict

This Global Action Agenda, published in july 2005 is an outcome of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), a world-wide civil society-led process to generate a new international consensus on peacebuilding and the prevention of violent conflict. This Global Action Agenda outlines key priorities for change to achieve a shift to prevention based on promoting human security. It addresses some of the main challenges for responding to conflict that is at risk of – or has already descended into – organized violence, as well as for addressing the consequences of war and building cultures of peace.

GoDownload Agenda (pdf., 625 kb)

Trafficking in Human Beings
Third report of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking, Anna Korvinus

This report gives an overview of legislation, regulation and the current situation on trafficking in human beings in the Netherlands, where brothels are legalized. Points of attention and problems areas include: the secret prostitution circuit (streetwalkers' prostitution and escorts sector) is too often left undisturbed in some police region; the regulated prostitution sector is not inspected enough and traffickers in human beings continue to search for ways to enter the legal, regulated segment of the prostitution sector by using more and more frequently fake documents that allow foreign prostitutes to get into the legal prostitution sector. The specific regulation for victims of trafficking (the B-9 regulation) is not always applied, victims being too often deported. Another problem is that there are no national figures on the results of inspections in the prostitution sector. From the analysis of police and prosecution data, investigation generally increased, whereas arrests decreased. Considering the effect the lifting of the general ban on brothels has on the nature and extent of trafficking in human beings in the Netherlands, Korvinus concludes that it is difficult to draw any conclusion as she considers the effect cannot be measured. "A variety of studies and signals do show that trafficking in human beings is moving into the illegal, non-regulated and difficult-to-control prostitution sectors, although the extent to which this is happening is unknown". The aim of regulating brothels to control or stop trafficking is far from being achieved. For information: The Hague, Bureau NRM, Anna Korvinus

Water and Peace

Conflicts about (access to) water are from ancient times one of the main reasons for war and conflicts in the world. This is also true in today's world: the management of and control over waterresources is the key to solving conflicts in many parts of our globe.

GoZie op te halen brochures en/of de verwijzingingen in de Wateragenda

EU conferentie Women in conflictsituations and  peacekeeping

Op 9 en 10 december jl. organiseerde Nederland als EU voorzitter een conferentie over de rol van vrouwen in "peacekeeping" en "peacebuilding".
Vrouwen kunnen in conflictgebieden een positieve rol vervullen. Zij kunnen bijdragen bij het oplossen of het voorkomen van conflicten en bij de wederopbouw als de strijd voorbij is. Dit was het onderwerp op de EU-conferentie die op 9 en 10 december plaats vond in het Holiday Inn in Amsterdam. De conferentie werd georganiseerd door de taskforce Vrouwen, Veiligheid en Conflict.

Go Verslag, aanbevelingen en speeches

Taskforce "Vrouwen, Veiligheid en conflict"

Leden van de (overheids) Taskforce "Vrouwen, Veiligheid en conflict": mevr. A. Jorritsma (voorzitter), mr. Peter Scholten, Ms Tilly Stroossnijder, Ms Marja Danon, Mr Immanual Korthals Altes, Ms Magda Berendsen, Ms. Thea Hilhorst.

Go Voor meer informatie
Download pdf file Werkplan Taskforce voor 2005

What happened to women in peacemaking?
EWL calls for actions to implement Resolution 1325 on women and peace


‘’There is an urgent need for action especially in the field of violence against women in areas in conflict and war. It is appalling that violence against women, such as wartime rape, is considered inevitable by political and military leaders of the world and is shameful that peacekeepers and humanitarian staff have been found to sexually abuse the women and children they are supposed to protect.’’ stated Kirsti Kolthoff, President of European Women’s Lobby (EWL).
GoEWL press release
Zipped worddoc. 14 kbEWL CALLS FOR A EU LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Zipped worddoc. 14 kb)

Geweld tegen Vrouwen raakt iedereen!

Amnesty International’s campagne Stop Geweld tegen Vrouwen

Amnesty vraagt op verschillende manieren aandacht voor het probleem van geweld tegen vrouwen, onder andere met acties en steunbetuigingen aan vrouwenorganisaties wereldwijd. Daarnaast worden overheden aangesproken op hun verantwoordelijkheid om geweld tegen vrouwen te bestrijden en zich daadwerkelijk in te zetten voor de mensenrechten van vrouwen. De campagne is gestart op 8 maart 2004, Internationale Vrouwendag en loopt tot voorjaar 2006. Er zijn zeer veel schendingen van mensenrechten waarvan specifiek vrouwen het slachtoffer zijn. Een schokkende opsomming:

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Vrouwen worden op grote schaal slachtoffer van (vooral seksueel) geweld bij arrestatie, op politiebureaus en in gevangenissen
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Verkrachting van vrouwen maakt vaak deel uit van een doelbewuste oorlogsstrategie.
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Vrouwen worden door de autoriteiten gestraft wegens het overtreden van kledingvoorschriften, het plegen van overspel of vanwege een lesbische relatie.
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Vrouwen en meisjes die ervan worden beschuldigd de ‘eer’ van de familie te hebben aangetast worden het slachtoffer van mishandeling, verminking of zelfs moord.
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Jaarlijks worden zo’n twee miljoen meisjes besneden.
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Mensenhandel, waaronder veel vrouwenhandel, is ná handel in drugs en wapens de belangrijkste inkomstenbron van de internationale georganiseerde misdaad. 
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In Europa is huiselijk geweld de belangrijkste oorzaak van sterfte en handicaps voor vrouwen tussen de 16 en 44 jaar.
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Ontelbare vrouwen, over de hele wereld en van elke klasse, huidkleur en godsdienst, lijden onder het geweld van de mannen met wie zij hun leven delen.


Go Op een aantal onderwerpen gaat Amnesty International specifiek actie voeren: huiselijk geweld, geweld tegen vrouwen in (post)conflictsituaties en vrouwenactivisten.
Download pdf, 1500 kb Recent is in het kader van de campagne een zeer actuele Informatieset gemaakt door Amnesty International, bedoeld voor leerlingen "bovenbouw" over stoppen van geweld tegen vrouwen. (Download pdf, 1500 kb)
Go Meer informatie bij Amnesty.

The Responsibility to protect

The (Canadian) International Commission on Intervention and State Souvereignty (ICISS)  formulated in 2001 the principles of "The Responsibility to protect".
Download word doc. (27 kb) A synopsis (worddoc., 27kb)
Download pdf, (435 kb) Complete report (pdf, 435 kb)

European Women’s Lobby:

    Statement for the 48th session of the commission on the status of women from the european women’s lobby on the theme of “Women's equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peace-building”: Go

    Contribution to the 48th session of the commission on the status of women (csw) (1-12 march 2004) from the european women’s lobby in relation to:“Women's equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peace-building”: Go

Het uitgebreide rapport van de EWL, zoals aangeboden aan de Ierse Voorzitter van de Europese Unie kunt u hier dowmload zipped worddocumentdownloaden (zipped worddoc. 21kb).

New UNIFEM web portal - Women, Peace and Security.
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a new web portal to commemorate the third anniversary of the Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. It aims to be a central source of information on the impact of armed conflict on women, and women's role in peace-building. Targeted at policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and the media, the portal will offer gender profiles of conflict countries, briefs on issues that affect women and girls just before, during and after conflict, and information on UN gender programming in conflict zones. The portal can be found at http://www.WomenWarPeace.org.

Internetbronnen (links) bij dit thema 

TopVrouwen, veiligheid, vrede, conflict

Arab Resource Center on Violence Against Women

 

Amnesty International/ NL

Vrouwenrechten

Bpeace

Business Council for Peace  ( 2002- New York City), is a non-profit coalition of volunteer business people in the US, Canada and Europe who apply their talents, time and money to help women in war-torn regions build sustainable businesses

CPCC

Canadian Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group

EWL Women's human rights

EWL position statements about violence against women

Daphne Toolkit

Programme of the EU aims to respond to concerns in Europe - and further afield - about  violence against children, young people and women. Toolkit and result of earlier Daphne projects

Disaster Watch

a web forum designed to support the growth and development of women-centered community-based, post-disaster initiatives. It is a joint effort of the Huairou Commission, GROOTS International and Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP).

R2PCS

The Responsibility to Protect-Engaging Civil Society project (R2PCS) promotes the idea that states and the collective international community are responsible for the protection of civilians from genocide, crimes against humanity and grave human rights abuses

Report ICISS

Report about the principle of responsibility to protect from the International Commission on Intervention and Statesouvereignty (pdf, 435 kb)

Geneva Call

International humanitarian organisation dedicated to engaging armed non-state actors (NSAs) to respect and to adhere to humanitarian norms

HOM

Humanistisch Overleg Mensenrechten: Nederlandse niet-gouvernementele organisatie die een bijdrage levert aan de realisering van de rechten van de mens

HOM / Linking Solidarity

Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM )/ Linking Solidarity

International Crisis Group

independent, non-profit, multinational organisation on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict

INSTRAW Directory

Global Directory of Gender, Peace and Security Research Institutions

IPB

International Peace Bureau (IPB)

Reebok Human Rights Foundation

supports human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, and The Carter Center and sponsors innovative programs targeted to address specific human rights issues

PeaceAfrika Internet Channel

portal with information about peacekeeping in Africa

PeaceBrokers

Foundation mediating between military, NGO's and local communities and striving to involve local communities and especially women in the re-buildingproces after armed conflicts

PeaceWomen

portal from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

UN ESA site

over peacebuilding

WIIS

an international, nonpartisan educational networking organization dedicated to increasing the role of women in foreign and defense affairs by raising their numbers and visibility

Women for Women International 

provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies.

Women and disarmament

UN: Gender & disarmement

women's initiatives for gender justice

 

women and peace

portal

Women Waging Peace

Advocates for the full participation of women in formal and informal peace processes around the world. The inclusion of all sectors of society furthers the development of fresh, workable solutions to seemingly intractable conflicts

Report "Woman, War and Peace"

The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-building.
Download the report (by chapter) here

women, war and peace

 

toolbox

Lots of information about the role of women in war and peace (toolbox resolution 1325)

portal on women, war and peace issues from UNIFEM

Women for Peace

1000 vrouwen voor Nobelprijs 2005

womenwatch  

Wereldvrouwenmars, (Internationaal)

Wereldwijde solidariteitsbeweging tegen armoede en geweld in 165 landen

TopVrouwen en (huiselijk) geweld

Amnesty International actiepagina 

website over de acties in het kader van bestrijding geweld tegen vrouwen

Amnesty

Geweld tegen vrouwen raakt iedereen

Center for women (Rutgers stichting)

16 dagen tegen huiselijk geweld tegen vrouwen - activiteiten en achtergrond

Council of Europe  

stop domestic violence against women campaign

Ver. vrouwen en recht Clara Wichman

werkgroep huisleijk geweld

Importante 

vrouwencentrum in Den Haag; hulp - en advieslijn bij klachten en problemen ten gevolge van seksueel misbruik of - geweld en advieslijn bij klachten en problemen ten gevolge van seksueel misbruik

IREX

International Research & Exchanges Board partners with local organizations in transitioning societies to empower women to actively participate in all levels of economic, political, and social life. e.g. addresses the problems of domestic violence and trafficking.

IFOR also known as
Women Peacemakers Program

The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) is an international spiritually-based movement composed of people who commit themselves to active nonviolence as a way of life and increase the empowerment of women by this way.

FNV bondgenoten arbo

Over geweld en pesten op het werk

Vereniging Tegen Pesten

Over pesten en wat er aan te doen

Omgaan met pesten

Trainingen om pestgedrag tegen te gaan

Mobbing op de werkvloer 

Om mensen bewust(er) te maken van de implicaties van pestgedrag en mensen bij elkaar te brengen die steun en advies nodig hebben

EU stress and work

EU programs on "bullying".
Europees Agentschap voor veiligheid en gezondheid op het werk

KARO

Duitse site Verein zur grenzüberschreitenden Sozialarbeit in Prostitutions- und Drogenszenen

Netwerk Huiselijk geweld

Van Ministerie van Justitie

NISB

info over weerbaarheidscursussen, zelfverdediging etc.

NOVIB 

informatieve site van NOVIB over gender en geweld

Platform Ruthers Nissio groep en Transact

informatie en interactie over seksuele intimidatie en geweld op het werk

Rape Crisis Information Pathfinder

For rape victims and their loved ones who are trying to heal and seeking resources to do so. Find hotlines, crisis centers and support groups (US orientated)

Stichting tegen vrouwenhandel

 

UNOY

United Network of Young Peacebuilders

White Ribbon Campaign 

White Ribbon kampagne Nederland - aandacht voor geweld tegen vrouwen

WILP Australia

about the implementation of resolution 1325

Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children

works to ensure that refugee and displaced women are given protection, encouraged to participate, and have access to education, health services and livelihood opportunities

WUNRN Women's United Nations Report Program & Network

WUNRN is a non-governmental coalition to implement the conclusions and recommendations of a United Nations Study on Freedom of Religion of Belief and the Status of Women From the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2). This study is a major, universal, comprehensive U.N. approach to intolerance and discrimination against women based on religion and traditions.

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