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UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2008

Members of the Women's Network address delegates at the CSW

From 26 February to 9 March 2008, the Commission on the Status of Women was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. One of the themes for the Commission was ‘Women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peacebuilding'.

IANSA members were involved in a wide range of NGO side events, including 'The Impact of Guns on Women's Lives', a seminar organised by IANSA and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on 3 March 2008.

International: CSW - Draft agreed conclusions
Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women
13 March 2008

Read more on the Commission on the Status of Women website.

Presentations

The Impact of Guns on Women's Lives

3 March 2008

Women Taking Action to Stop Gun Violence Binalakshmi Nepram, Control Arms Foundation of India

The Impact of Guns on the Lives of Congolese Women
Marie-Claire Ruhamya, Solidarity of Women of Burhale, Eastern DRC

Arms Control Policies in Latin America

Maria Pia Devoto, Asociación para Políticas Públicas, Argentina

Breaking the link between guns and masculinity

Widad Akrawi, Defend International, Iraq/Denmark

Other Events

The Effects of War on Women and Children
Ema Tagicakibau, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, Fiji
Paper presented during panel organised by the National Council of Women, UK
27 February 2008

Women in Conflict Zones

Marie Claire Ruhamya

IANSA Women's Network presentation at the Open Society Institute

27 February 2008

Peacebuilding - is it a woman's job?
Marie-Louise Pambu

Background paper for an event organised by the Permanent Mission of the UK to UN
29 February 2008

The situation of widows in Democratic Republic of Congo
Marie-Louise Pambu

Background paper for the event organised by Widows Rights International "The role of widows in sustainable prosperity."
29 February 2008