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<\/a><\/center>\nViolence against women is an intrinsic aspect of the culture of war. As stated by Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, women are not just victims of war \u2013 they must play an essential part in building peace. Here are a few excerpts from an article she published in the New York Times and which is now available on the website of The Elders<\/a>.<\/p>\n
“In war zones, rape is a weapon. We cannot claim to be serious about stopping war crimes if we do nothing to prevent and punish these heinous acts \u2013 and if women are not part of the solution every step of the way. . . . women \u2013 and men, too \u2013 are at risk of sexual abuse wherever gunfire rattles and militias roam. Like other forms of violence, sexual violence shatters people, families, and livelihoods. It leaves behind a legacy of trauma, making it more likely that the next generation will continue fighting, killing, and allow sexual violence to fester.<\/p>\n
A history of modern warfare reveals sexual abuse at almost every turn: according to the United Nations, up to 250,000 Rwandan women were sexually assaulted in three months of genocide in 1994. In Yugoslavia, 60,000 women were abused between 1992 and 1995. Sierra Leone and Liberia jointly witnessed up to a hundred thousand cases over the course of a decade in the 1990s. . . .<\/p>\n
Mindsets are evolving. The United Nations Security Council has passed several resolutions recognising the need to include women in peace processes. We need to push the agenda further at every opportunity. . .<\/p>\n
The greater aspiration is that societies in conflict will know that war crimes will not go unpunished and that transitional justice can be made available to deal with these abuses swiftly. The stigma will shift from the victims to the criminals. If rape is no longer deemed a warrior\u2019s accepted privilege, we will be one step closer to peace.”<\/p>\n
CPNN has carried many articles on progress being made to stop violence against women, especially related to the culture of war. Articles since 2015 are listed here.<\/p>\n
United Nations: International Women\u2019s Day and Commission on Status of Women<\/a><\/p>\n International Women\u2019s Day 2026: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.<\/a><\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s G20 Women\u2019s Shutdown \u2013 a turning point for ending gender-based violence and femicide<\/a><\/p>\n Violence Against Women: West Africa at a Time of Decisive Choices<\/a><\/p>\n Search for Common Ground supports midwife care in Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n Rwanda: Positive masculinity as a weapon of peace<\/a><\/p>\n A global analysis of violence against women defenders in environmental conflicts<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico: Tlaxcala has first place in the list of Women Builders of Peace<\/a><\/p>\n Hidalgo, Mexico: Networks of Women Peace-Builders created in Apan, Tula and Pachuca<\/a><\/p>\n Bolivia Enacts Law on Femicide, Infanticide & Rape<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico: The Alamo City Council promotes a culture of peace among women<\/a><\/p>\n Thousands demonstrate in France to stop violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n United Nations : UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women<\/a><\/p>\n Black-clad women rally in Australia to demand gender violence justice<\/a><\/p>\n Over a Million Mobilize for International Women\u2019s Day in Latin America<\/a><\/p>\n In Malawi, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto Fights against Child Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n Dominican Republic: Government takes action to eliminate violence against women and girls<\/a><\/p>\n San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Teachers of the Municipal Educational System Trained against Gender Violence<\/a><\/p>\n PAYNCoP Gabon Works with UNESCO to Combat Covid19 Fake News and Violence Against Women<\/a><\/p>\n A day without us\u2019: What was the National Women\u2019s Strike in Mexico and why did it take place?<\/a><\/p>\n The world went orange: Putting a spotlight on ending violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Honouring the Me Too Movement with the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize<\/a><\/p>\n Nicaragua: Peace Commissions contribute to the prevention of violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Dominican Republic: Youth and the United Nations promote a culture of peace<\/a><\/p>\n Bolivia: #NiUnaMenos demands prevention to stop violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina: Thousands of women march to the Plaza de Mayo to demand justice for Luc\u00eda P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/p>\n Israeli woman hold mass rallies to protest rising violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n France: More people marched in the demonstration #NousToutes than in the demonstration of the \u201cYellow Jackets\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Google\u2019s \u2018#metoo\u2019 moment: Workers walk out over women\u2019s rights<\/a><\/p>\n The Nobel Prize for Peace 2018<\/a><\/p>\n Morocco and Senegal promote gender equality through media<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico: Tlalnepantla Continues Work to Eradicate Gender Violence<\/a><\/p>\n Education unions join in the global call to end school-related gender-based violence<\/a><\/p>\n International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women marked around the world<\/a><\/p>\n Latin America: What are other countries doing to combat femicide?<\/a><\/p>\n Dominican Republic, San Francisco de Macor\u00eds: Men\u2019s march to combat violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Ecuador: International Conference on Gender Violence<\/a><\/p>\n USA: The \u2018Me Too\u2019 Campaign Was Created By A Black Woman 10 Years Ago<\/a><\/p>\n Making Waves: Local radio transforming perceptions of gender-based violence in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n Creating a new normal, students across Bangladesh say no more sexual harassment<\/a><\/p>\n Brazil: Government of Espirito Santo launches movement to stop violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Feminist icons join bid to upend Congo\u2019s rape capital reputation<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico: Authorities agree on actions to prevent violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n Gravat\u00e1, Pernambuco, Brazil: Combating violence against women now in the classroom<\/a><\/p>\n Eliminating sexual violence in conflict through the International Criminal Court<\/a><\/p>\n Mozambique: Taking steps on the long road to ending violence against women<\/a><\/p>\n UN Women: 16 days of activism against gender violence<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico: Need to promote a culture of peace, to end violence against women: CEAMEG<\/a><\/p>\n M\u00e9xico: Necesario promover una cultura de paz, para terminar con violencia contra las mujeres: CEAMEG<\/a><\/p>\n Enough is enough: Oxfam seeks to end violence against women and girls once and for all<\/a><\/p>\n Guatemala: 28 years of struggle for the life, dignity and rights of women survivors of genocide<\/a><\/p>\n India: Buddhist nuns bike Himalayas to oppose human trafficking<\/a><\/p>\n Hundreds of Thousands Join Saudi Women-Led Campaign to End Male Guardianship in the Kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n Peru: #NiUnaMenos: 50,000 protest violence against women in Lima<\/a><\/p>\n No Means No Kenya<\/a><\/p>\n Amnesty International: 10 ways we\u2019ve defended women\u2019s rights in the past year<\/a><\/p>\n PORTRAIT: Dr. Denis Mukwege, the man who repairs women in eastern DRC<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cA Girl in the River-The Price Of Forgiveness\u201d: A Pakistani Film shedding light on the Taboo of our society<\/a><\/p>\n Battered women support services commemorates Prevention of Violence Against Women Week<\/a><\/p>\n \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Links for the following articles published prior to 2015 do not work because they were made by a version of PERL programming that is no longer supported. With three easy steps, you can find the article by its number. First, click on it before returning to this page. Your browser will say that the article is not available but in the address listed you can see that it was located at ViewArticle=xxxx where xxxx is the number of the article. Returning to this page, then click here<\/a> for the listing of all years. Then click on the year that contains the number for the article you seek. It will send you to the page where you can easily search for the article by its title. \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n Ending Violence against Women: Has Your Government made progress?<\/a><\/p>\n A Life Free of Violence Is Our Right!<\/a> Violence against women is an intrinsic aspect of the culture of war. As stated by Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, women are not just victims of war \u2013 they must play an essential part in building peace. Here are a few excerpts from an article she published in the New York … Continue reading Protecting women and girls against violence, Is progress being made?<\/span>
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\nCelebramos la reunificaci\u00f3n de ni\u00f1a migrante salvadore\u00f1a con su abuela en la Ciudad de Chihuahua.<\/a>
\nCelebrating the reunion of a Salvadoran migrant girl with her grandmother in the City of Chihuahua<\/a>
\nLas Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo reciben el premio Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny de fomento de la Paz<\/a>
\nPlaza de Mayo Grandmothers received F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny Peace Prize at UNESCO Headquarters<\/a>
\nLes Grand-meres de la Place de mai ont recu le Prix Felix Houghouet-Boigny a l’UNESCO<\/a>
\n16 Jours d\u2019activisme contre la violence bas\u00e9e sur le genre<\/a>
\n16 D\u00edas de activismo contra la violencia de g\u00e9nero<\/a>
\n16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence<\/a>
\nLa mujeres de hoy<\/a>
\nThe women of today<\/a>
\nWomen and Men Fight Domestic Violence Together<\/a>
\nThe Day of the Girl Has Come<\/a>
\nJoin us for 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Violence!<\/a>
\nICC Prosecutor Hails Shift in Fight Against Sexual Violence <\/a>
\nInici\u00f3 el Seminario Internacional por una Cultura de Paz: C\u00f3mo Suprimir la Violencia Contra las Mujeres <\/a>
\nInternational Seminar for a Culture of Peace: \u00a0How to Stop Violence against Women [Mexico]<\/a>
\nTunisie: Inauguration du premier centre pilote d’accueil des femmes victimes de la violence<\/a>
\nTunisia: Inauguration of first shelter for women victims of violence<\/a>
\nSEPM promove campanha educativa \u201cBlitz da Paz\u201d nesta quinta-feira (Brasil)<\/a>
\nSEPM promotes educational campaign “Peace Blitz” this Thursday (Brazil)<\/a>
\nOne Billion Rising: Playwright Eve Ensler Organizes Global Day of Dance Against Sexual Abuse<\/a>
\nWhen Peacemakers Become Perpetrators: Kathryn Bolkovac Introduces The Whistleblower at the UN<\/a>
\nThe Advocates for Human Rights Call for Submissions<\/a>
\nFirman acuerdo por una cultura de paz en Sinaloa (M\u00e9xico)<\/a>
\nAgreement signed for a culture of peace in Sinaloa, Mexico<\/a>
\nUN Women welcomes Agreed Conclusions at the Commission on Status of Women<\/a>
\nViolence \u00e0 l\u2019encontre des femmes: un probl\u00e8me mondial de sant\u00e9 publique d\u2019ampleur \u00e9pid\u00e9mique<\/a>
\nInforme de la OMS destaca que la violencia contra la mujer es un problema de salud global de proporciones epid\u00e9micas<\/a>
\nWHO report highlights violence against women as a global health problem of epidemic proportions<\/a>
\nChange the date: combatiendo la violencia sobre las adolescentes<\/a>
\nChange the date: fighting violence against young women<\/a>
\nFemale Circumcision Declining in Africa, but 30 Million Girls Still at Risk<\/a>
\nSaudi Arabia passes historic domestic abuse legislation<\/a>
\nFighting the stigma facing Afghanistan’s women police<\/a>
\nVoices against Violence<\/a>
\nStates Should Use ICC System to Eliminate Grave Crimes against Women<\/a>
\nGlobal Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation\/Cutting (FGM\/C)<\/a>
\nAfghanistan: President Karzai blocks law protecting perpetrators of domestic violence<\/a>
\nTake action to Orange your day: End violence against women<\/a>
\nEurope Treaty on Violence Against Women to Take Effect<\/a>
\nEntra en vigor tratado europeo sobre violencia contra la mujer<\/a>
\nLe trait\u00e9 europ\u00e9en sur la violence \u00e0 l’\u00e9gard des femmes va bient\u00f4t entrer en vigueur<\/a>
\nWorld leaders face pressure to act against sexual violence at UK summit<\/a>
\nWomen’s Rights Groups Demand that US Stop Negotiating TPP with Brunei Until the Sultan Revokes New Taliban-Like Laws <\/a>
\nIn India\u2019s garment factories, stitching clothes and a culture of non-violence<\/a>
\nEgalit\u00e9 Maintenant pleure la mort de notre amie et coll\u00e8gue, Efua Dorkenoo<\/a>
\nIgualdad Ya llora la muerte de Efua Dorkenoo, amiga y compa\u00f1era<\/a>
\nRemembering our friend and colleague, Efua Dorkenoo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"