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| Central African Republic: Focus on disarmed women |
In 1996, the Central African Republic (CAR) plunged into violence, beginning with army mutinies against President Ange-Felix Patasse and ended with his ouster on 15 March 2003. During the mutinies, the country was littered with guns, which the current government and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have tried to recover under a disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme set up in January 2002. Women were active during the mutinies, not as fighters but as "gun collectors". As fighters discarded their weapons and fled, women picked them up and hid them for safekeeping.
IRIN
8 March 2004
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Uganda: Girls Wielding Guns Against LRA Rebels |
The name Arrow Group is synonymous with men but Sarah Adeke, 23, and Grace Arimo, 28, sit in their offices in Soroti. Underneath their desks, they are stepping on rifles. Once a spontaneous community alarm was raised to defend Uganda from the rebels of the LRA mid last year, they quickly enrolled into the civil militia popularly referred to as the Arrow Boys/Group.
New Vision, 11/05/04
11 May 2004
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Liberia: NCDDRR Lauds Women's Role in DDRR Resumption |
Liberian women under the banner of the Women in Peace-building Network (WIPNET), have been lauded for their constructive pressure and ceaseless advocacy for the resumption of the DDRR program.
The commendation was made recently when a delegation of the visiting Uganda-based women group, ISIS-WICCE, paid NCDDRR Executive Director, Dr. Moses Jarbo, a courtesy call.
The Inquirer
11 May 2004
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United States: More Women Taking Up Firearms |
In her new book, "Blown Away: American Women and Guns," Caitlin Kelly takes what she describes as an unbiased exploration of a woman's right to bear arms, while also calling attention to the many women who succumb to gun violence every year. Female gun use appears to be on the rise in the United States. The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago estimates that 17 million of the country's 90 million gun owners are women.
New York Journal News
26 June 2004
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Mexico: Report on women's killings in Juarez expected to lay blame on state |
The Fox's administration's six-month review of investigations into the murders of scores of women in Ciudad Juarez is expected to largely blame state authorities for botching the effort so badly that in many of the cases the killers may never be identified. The report, scheduled to be released this week, is also expected to stress that political uncertainty for the past 10 years, caused by disputed mayoral elections in Ciudad Juarez, hasn't helped the investigation. During that time police and government officials took part in drug trafficking, the smuggling of humans and prostitution, and they hired guns for the powerful Juarez drug cartel.
The Dallas Morning News
31 May 2004
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Philippines: From student to guerrilla |
At the end of last year, a young 18-year-old woman from the southern Philippine island of Mindanao decided to take up arms against the government and join the communist guerrillas, known as the New People's Army (NPA). Ka Grace had wanted to be a teacher. But she had to quit her university education as her parents could no longer afford her school fees. When asked if she is a young woman or a guerrilla fighter, Ka Grace answers: 'I want to be called a guerrilla fighter because that is what I am. I will fight until we are victorious. Grace is a guerrilla fighter, a lady guerrilla fighter.'
The Strait Times
29 May 2004
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