2007: The Seventh Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
WN members around the world are marking the seventh anniversary of 1325 during October 2007 in the following ways:
Burundi
Réseau des Femmes pour un Développement Associatif (RFDA)
Seminar on conflict transformation and the promotion of women and peace. Awareness raising activities will include talks, folk dancing and sports.
Dagropass Amagaranikindi
Awareness raising of UN SCR 1325 in Bubanza Province.
DR Congo
PAIF - Promotion et appui aux initiatives feminines
Goma - A workshop will take place to discuss ways in which women can become involved in the management/administration of local customary and administrative entities in order to prepare them for public office at a higher level.
RODHECIC
Activities will include: training sessions on masculinity and gender roles, and domestic violence; a study on Article 4 of CEDAW in relation to women's political representation; a public awareness campaign on the law on sexual violence; and a continued campaign against impunity.
El Salvador
Cemujer
Awareness raising campaign with a focus on the Civil National police, Academy of Public Security, Electoral Court, Legislative Assembly and Supreme Court of Justice.
Iraq
Iraqi Handicapped & Survivors Society
2 day symposium on the effect of conflict and violence on disabled women and children in Iraq.
October 2007
Baghdad
Macedonia
Journalists for Children, Women's Rights and Environment (JCWE)
National campaign
21 September (International Day for Peace) to 31 October (the anniversary of UN SCR 1325)
The Campaign will lobby government to ratify and implement Resolution 1325. Postcards will be signed and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Campaign will end on 31 October and a meeting will be held with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
http://www.detstvo.org.mk/recnik.htm
Sri Lanka
Samasevaya
Radio program to educate the public and a workshop on UN SCR 1325 for women leaders.
Web : www.samasevaya.org
Uganda
Uganda Joint Christian Council
Non violent conflict resolution sessions for girls.
USA
Book launch 'Women Building Peace, What they do, why it matters' hosted by Cora Weiss and with author Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
30 October 2007
Church Center (across from the UN building), New York, USA
Ambassador Chowdhury of Bangladesh, the first person to take the the issue of Women, Peace and Security into the Security Council, will be in attendance at the launch. All welcome but please RSVP to sanam[at]anderlini.net or cpconaway[at]sbcglobal.net
EVENTS
UNFPA
Lunchtime roundtable
24 October 2007, New York
http://www.unfpa.org/women/1325.htm
UN Security Council Open Debate on 1325
Week of 22 October 2007
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ianwge/taskforces/wps/sixyears.html
Women Peace Builders Reclaim the Media Week
Last week of October 2007
A global media initiative during the anniversary of 1325.
http://www.iwtc.org
RESOURCES
Beyond Conflict Prevention: How Women Prevent Violence and Build Sustainable Peace
http://www.globalactionpw.org/Resolution1325
From Local to Global: Making Peace Work for Women
Increasing the participation of women in decision-making and peace processes
http://www.wilpf.int.ch/publications/1325Five_Year_On.pdf
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG)
http://www.womenpeacesecurity.org
Peacewomen: Women, peace and security resources on 1325
Includes civil society and NGO reports, papers and statements, UN documents, government statements and reports, books, journals and articles.
http://www.peacewomen.org/resources/1325/1325index.html
Report on Involving Men in the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
http://www.wunrn.com/news/2007/04_07/04_09_07/041107_uk.pdf
SCR 1325 and the Peacebuilding Commission
Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security – Six Years On Report
http://www.international-alert.org/publications/getdata.php?doctype=Pdf&id=287&docs=864
Securing Equality: Engendering Peace
A guide to policy and planning on women, peace and security (UN SCR 1325)
http://www.un-instraw.org/en/docs/1325/1325-Guide-ENG.pdf
Using 1325 - Toolbox
http://www.womenwarpeace.org/toolbox/toolbox.htm
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