From ealma at idrc.ca Wed Apr 2 15:40:05 2003 From: ealma at idrc.ca (Eileen Alma) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Gender Equity and Peacebuilding Paper Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030402153638.00a65ec0@mail.idrc.ca> GENDER EQUITY AND PEACEBUILDING: FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY: FINDING THE WAY Author(s): Strickland, R.; Duvvury, N. Produced by: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), USA (2003) with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). This paper looks at how gender concerns are being integrated into policies and programs that shape post-conflict societies. Findings indicate a slow but positive shift in international opinion and understanding about the consequences of conflict on women and the importance of their participation in peace building processes and post-conflict social transformation. However, gender discrimination continues to manifest itself in such forms as political exclusion, economic marginalization, and sexual violence during and after conflict that deny women their human rights and constrain the potential for development. Efforts to introduce gender-sensitive approaches to peace building have met with limited results since they fail to address underlying norms that define gender relations and power dynamics. Peace building, despite being arguably more gender- sensitive, gives inadequate attention to the construction of gender norms and the processes by which they can be transformed to ensure more equitable gender relations. Current gaps in knowledge suggest the need for further inquiry to: * understand the complex interplay between gender identity, power, and violence * establish methods of monitoring and evaluation that assess and guide gender perspectives in peacebuilding initiatives * document norms and institutional practices that influence women's economic reintegration * determine optimal strategies to promote the human rights of women in reconstruction and conflict prevention. Available online at: http://www.icrw.org/docs/gender_peace_report_0303.pdf or alternatively through IDRC's website at: http://www.idrc.ca/peace. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030402/faea5147/attachment.html From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Wed Apr 2 16:34:19 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Film on Peace Building in Kosovo, April 9 at 7.30 pm at National Archives Message-ID: WUSC and the National Film Board -- invite you to the Ottawa premiere of the NFB production Kosovo: Fragile Peace, a film about the efforts of the international community to build peace in Kosovo and the Balkans region. Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. at the National Archives Auditorium, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa The film focuses on Canadian social interest lawyer Carolyn McCool and her daughter Kate who joins her mother in Kosovo during the final nerve-wracking months leading up to Kosovo's general elections in 2001. Carolyn's role as Director of Democratization for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is to build bridges between Kosovo Albanian and Serb communities and encourage the growth of local mechanisms leading to peace and reconciliation. Kate finds her own way to get involved when she joins a musical road show designed to generate grassroots support among Kosovo youth for the election. McCool is one of over 140 Canadians who have participated in the reconstruction process in the Balkans through WUSC's Balkans Civilian Deployment Program, a CIDA-funded project. Carolyn McCool, the filmmaker Moira Simpson and Ian Smith, another Canadian expert deployed by WUSC on this project will be available for a Question and Answer session after the film. This will be a great opportunity to get together with many people committed to the strengthening of civil society. Plan to come - and bring your friends. Admission is free. Reserve your seats by contacting nancy@wusc.ca / 761-3666. Hope to see you there! From sevilla.leowinata at sympatico.ca Fri Apr 4 02:24:47 2003 From: sevilla.leowinata at sympatico.ca (Sevilla Leowinata) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Eve Ensler's Open Letter to President Bush References: <5.1.0.14.0.20030331172110.00a2f660@pop3.norton.antivirus> Message-ID: <3E8D333F.000001.98803@sl> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 494 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030403/5d25a10b/attachment.gif -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 1431 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030404/52bed9b7/attachment.jpe From mmorris at criaw-icref.ca Fri Apr 4 10:59:52 2003 From: mmorris at criaw-icref.ca (Marika Morris) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Women's peacebuilding strategies In-Reply-To: <20030401141612.12384.172.Mailman@istos.web.ca> Message-ID: <003d01c2fac3$3b9ff2a0$0600000a@client> I am writing an article and presentation on women's peacebuilding straegies, primarily in Canada, ranging from the co-operative governmental/NGO work of the Working Group, to the street actions of Women in Black, the Revolutionary Knitting Circle, Code Pink, and the Raging Grannies, to the long-standing work of VOW and WILPF. I would like Joy and Lyn's permission to use their comments in response to the New York Times article in my paper. The belief regarding whether women are "naturally" more prone to peace is one that seems to underlie whether women choose to work primarily with other women fror peace, or whether they join mixed groups to do so. Rest assured that I would never use anything participants posted to the list without their explicit permission. I am also searching for any interesting or unusual local, regional or national info about women's pro-peace strategies, like the "pumpkins for peace" campaign. There's also the issue of how effective women's peace strategies are and have been. What do people think? Marika ******* Marika Morris Research Coordinator/Coordinatrice de la recherche Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes (ICREF) www.criaw-icref.ca -----Original Message----- From: women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net [mailto:women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net] On Behalf Of women-peace-and-security-request@list.web.net Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:16 AM To: women-peace-and-security@list.web.net Subject: Women-peace-and-security digest, Vol 1 #253 - 3 msgs Send Women-peace-and-security mailing list submissions to women-peace-and-security@list.web.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/women-peace-and-security or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to women-peace-and-security-request@list.web.net You can reach the person managing the list at women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Women-peace-and-security digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's Work? (Joy Woolfrey) 2. Re: NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's Work? (Lyn Adamson) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:30:45 -0500 To: "Beth Woroniuk" , From: Joy Woolfrey Subject: Re: [Women-peace-and-security] NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's Work? --=====================_27022528==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Thanks for posting this, Beth. A good piece to contribute to discussion. In Canada I have seen very little disaggregation of poll results by gender or by any other variable. I don't know why. It would be useful to have the Committee officially request that at least the CBC do this. Whether one makes an "essentialist" argument for women's support of peace, or whether women's tendency to worry more about a good and peaceful environment for their children is a result of roles ascribed and learned, a difference does usually show up in the data. In Canada it is striking how many of the environmental and anti-war efforts are led by women. If one could arrive at reliable indicators for both levels of conflict in countries and status of women, I expect one would find a correlation between lower conflict levels and higher status of women levels, controlling for a whole pack of other variables, of course. Joy ------------------- Message: 2 From: "Lyn Adamson" To: "Beth Woroniuk" , , "Joy Woolfrey" Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:53:46 -0500 Subject: Re: [Women-peace-and-security] NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's Work? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C2F7D0.0125ADE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tonight at a forum on women and peacemaking, Sally Armstrong said: "Women are interested in policy, not power. Women are interested in = peace not a piece of turf". She was addressing the importance of = implementing res #1325. take care, Lyn Adamson From cduggan at idrc.ca Fri Apr 4 12:45:27 2003 From: cduggan at idrc.ca (Colleen Duggan) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Re: Marika Morris re: Women's Peacebuilding Strategies In-Reply-To: <20030404170059.28693.71835.Mailman@istos.web.ca> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030404124058.00a81e50@mail1.idrc.ca> RE: YOUR ARTICLE ON P.B> STRATEGIES Marika- If you are interested in linking into international experiences, I would encourage you to get in touch with Maria Elisa Diaz, the Coordinator of CIDA's gender fund in the Canadian EMbassy in Colombia. They are just finishing up a systematization of the Fund's experience, specifically, 14 case of techniques for resistance and negociation by local level women's groups in Colombia. You can reach her through Diana Munoz, the Coordinator of CIDA's program support unit in Colombia: diana.munoz@dfait-maeci.gc.ca Good luck, Colleen Duggan Peacebuilding, IDRC At / ? 12:00 PM 2003-04-04, women-peace-and-security-request@list.web.net wrote / a ?crit: >Send Women-peace-and-security mailing list submissions to > women-peace-and-security@list.web.net > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/women-peace-and-security >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > women-peace-and-security-request@list.web.net > >You can reach the person managing the list at > women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Women-peace-and-security digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Interfaith Prayer and Meditation for Peace with Sri Ravi Shankar > (Sevilla Leowinata) > 2. Women's peacebuilding strategies (Marika Morris) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 01:37:34 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) >From: "Sevilla Leowinata" >To: "women-peace-and-security@list.web.net" > >Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Interfaith Prayer and Meditation for >Peace with Sri Ravi Shankar > > >--------------Boundary-00=_M2CTP4J1VA4000000000 >Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; > boundary="------------Boundary-00=_N2CTKFN2QL8000000000" > > >--------------Boundary-00=_N2CTKFN2QL8000000000 >Content-Type: Text/Plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Dear Colleagues,=0D >=0D >This may be of interest. 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The belief regarding whether >women are "naturally" more prone to peace is one that seems to underlie >whether women choose to work primarily with other women fror peace, or >whether they join mixed groups to do so. Rest assured that I would never >use anything participants posted to the list without their explicit >permission. > >I am also searching for any interesting or unusual local, regional or >national info about women's pro-peace strategies, like the "pumpkins for >peace" campaign. > >There's also the issue of how effective women's peace strategies are and >have been. What do people think? > >Marika > >******* >Marika Morris >Research Coordinator/Coordinatrice de la recherche >Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) >Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes (ICREF) >www.criaw-icref.ca > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net >[mailto:women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net] On Behalf Of >women-peace-and-security-request@list.web.net >Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:16 AM >To: women-peace-and-security@list.web.net >Subject: Women-peace-and-security digest, Vol 1 #253 - 3 msgs > > >Send Women-peace-and-security mailing list submissions to > women-peace-and-security@list.web.net > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/women-peace-and-security >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > women-peace-and-security-request@list.web.net > >You can reach the person managing the list at > women-peace-and-security-admin@list.web.net > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than >"Re: Contents of Women-peace-and-security digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's > Work? (Joy Woolfrey) > 2. Re: NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's Work? (Lyn Adamson) > >-- __--__-- > >Message: 1 >Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:30:45 -0500 >To: "Beth Woroniuk" , > >From: Joy Woolfrey >Subject: Re: [Women-peace-and-security] NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's > Work? > >--=====================_27022528==_.ALT >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Thanks for posting this, Beth. A good piece to contribute to >discussion. In Canada I have seen very little disaggregation of poll >results by gender or by any other variable. I don't know why. It would >be >useful to have the Committee officially request that at least the CBC do > >this. > >Whether one makes an "essentialist" argument for women's support of >peace, >or whether women's tendency to worry more about a good and peaceful >environment for their children is a result of roles ascribed and >learned, a >difference does usually show up in the data. In Canada it is striking >how >many of the environmental and anti-war efforts are led by women. If one > >could arrive at reliable indicators for both levels of conflict in >countries and status of women, I expect one would find a correlation >between lower conflict levels and higher status of women levels, >controlling for a whole pack of other variables, of course. > >Joy >------------------- > >Message: 2 >From: "Lyn Adamson" >To: "Beth Woroniuk" , > , > "Joy Woolfrey" >Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:53:46 -0500 >Subject: Re: [Women-peace-and-security] NYTimes.com Article: A Woman's >Work? > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C2F7D0.0125ADE0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Tonight at a forum on women and peacemaking, Sally Armstrong said: >"Women are interested in policy, not power. Women are interested in = >peace not a piece of turf". She was addressing the importance of = >implementing res #1325. > >take care, > >Lyn Adamson > > > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >Women-peace-and-security mailing list >Women-peace-and-security@list.web.net >http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/women-peace-and-security > > >End of Women-peace-and-security Digest -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: d21f6f.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 633 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030404/c626412b/d21f6f.obj From joyw at interlog.com Fri Apr 4 12:47:46 2003 From: joyw at interlog.com (Joy Woolfrey) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Would there have been this war if there was true equality for women? In-Reply-To: <3E8D3748.000019.98803@sl> References: <005701c2f858$82d801c0$f40d9ad8@oemcomputer> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20030404124217.00a05c30@pop3.norton.antivirus> Friends: Here's a contribution to this discussion from Michelle Landsberg that provides some gender disaggregated poll data. Can someone on the committee comment on how Canada plans to translate Resolution 1325 into action in Canada, or whether the Committee has proposed an implementation plan? Thanks, Joy Woolfrey . The At 11:42 PM 04/03/2003 -0800, Sevilla Leowinata wrote: >Among the people who called into Larry King Live on Tuesday one suggested >that "Since we don't seem to be winning the propaganda war anyway, why do >we still bother with precision bombing and not just bomb them all, to >avoid more casualties on our side?" > >The caller was a woman. > >********************************************************************** >Would there have been this war if there was true equality for women? > Women speak for peace above the din of war MICHELE LANDSBERG Six days ago, on the brink of plunging the world into war, George W. Bush emerged from his Azores summit meeting with Britain, Spain and Portugal and announced: "We have concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world." How magisterial, how godlike, how far beyond correction, reproach or persuasion: "We have concluded." If you, like me, choked on the supreme arrogance of those words, perhaps you, too, are ready to question the structures of this world that lead inexorably, again and again, to spilled blood, burnt human flesh, whirlwinds of destruction. One of those structures is the international arms trade. Sum it up this way, in the words of a current joke: "We know the Iraqis have weapons of mass destruction," said the American official. "We know because we have the receipts." Another of those structures is male supremacy. A mere two years ago, the United Nations Security Council took an unprecedented stand on women's exclusion from world power. In Resolution 1325, it called on all nations to include women at the highest levels of decision-making, especially in peace negotiations. And it insisted on an end to the impunity enjoyed by warriors who rape and torture women and children in the course of combat. Only in the past decade has the world begun to tally up the suffering of women in war. Now, everyone from the International Red Cross to the United Nations Fund for Women is documenting the cascading horrors: millions raped and left mutilated, homeless and starving; tens of thousands of unwanted infants born from rape; hundreds of thousands of impoverished women and girls trafficked in an escalating global sex trade; an inexorable spread of domestic violence as demobilized soldiers bring their wounds, their rage and their weapons home with them. It's not that women are born more peace-oriented than men. A quick glance at the clique of right-wing women who enjoy favour in conservative times should disabuse you of that illusion. No, it's a question of circumstance. Shoved to the sidelines of power, the majority of women have the luxury of looking at the world from a different perspective. Having the guts to defy the dominant power can carry bitter-sweet rewards. In Jerusalem, where Israeli women who call themselves Women in Black have demonstrated against the occupation every week for the past 14 years, their silent and implacable confrontation has flushed their opponents' bigotry into the open. According to the Women in Black leaders, Israeli men who are antagonistic to the peace demonstrations hurl insults and taunts that are almost always sexual. "Go sleep with Arafat!" "You whores!" Or, in a traditional domineering mode: "Go home and cook Sabbath dinner!" It's as though these men are maddened by the sight of women stepping outside their prescribed roles as sexual objects and household servants, and are determined to humiliate them back to their corners. So: Just standing up for peace is evidently a radical, destabilizing act. Last month, an EKOS poll found that 81 per cent of Canadian women (compared to 66 per cent of men) opposed a war waged without U.N. support. Today, despite the deafening drumbeat of war propaganda, an IPSOS-Reid poll puts that figure at a stubborn 68 per cent of women. Whichever figure is closer to correct, it's clear that a majority of Canadian women are against this war, and it's also clear that women, more so than men, are voiceless in the corridors of power. Obviously, the U.N. Security Council had no more success in evening up the gender balance than it did in staying the hands of Bush and Tony Blair. How can women make their voices heard? That's the urgent question posed most sharply by young women who have been brought up as equal members of society, and yet now must stand by while phalanx upon phalanx of exclusively male rulers decide the world's fate. In honour of its tenth anniversary, The Linden School (for primary and secondary schoolgirls) will present an open meeting on how to take action for peace. They've assembled an impressive roster of speakers and panellists, including Adeena Niazi, Judy Rebick, Sally Armstrong (I'll be introducing her) , Dr. Carolyn Bennett MP, and Sarah Shteir, a Linden graduate who works in New York for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The free public meeting is at OISE auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W., from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on March 31. Its theme: "Including women's voices at peace-tables worldwide." We have to keep acting as though that goal is within our reach; some day, it will be true. _____ Michele Landsberg's column usually appears in The Star Saturday and Sunday. Her e-mail address is mlandsb @ thestar.ca from www.thestar.com Those who love peace must learn to organise as effectively as those who love war" Martin Luther King Jr. Joy Woolfrey. 10 Umlahs Drive, Halifax, N.S. B3P 2G6 Tel/Fax 902-475-3343 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030404/c08d4664/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Mon Apr 7 14:17:50 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:56 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Women Speak For Peace Above Din of War -- Landsberg column (Toronto Star) Message-ID: <004a01c2fd31$ffe7c780$f5affea9@beth> apologies for cross-posting TORONTO STAR Mar. 22, 2003. 01:00 AM Women speak for peace above the din of war MICHELE LANDSBERG Six days ago, on the brink of plunging the world into war, George W. Bush emerged from his Azores summit meeting with Britain, Spain and Portugal and announced: "We have concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world." How magisterial, how godlike, how far beyond correction, reproach or persuasion: "We have concluded." If you, like me, choked on the supreme arrogance of those words, perhaps you, too, are ready to question the structures of this world that lead inexorably, again and again, to spilled blood, burnt human flesh, whirlwinds of destruction. One of those structures is the international arms trade. Sum it up this way, in the words of a current joke: "We know the Iraqis have weapons of mass destruction," said the American official. "We know because we have the receipts." Another of those structures is male supremacy. A mere two years ago, the United Nations Security Council took an unprecedented stand on women's exclusion from world power. In Resolution 1325, it called on all nations to include women at the highest levels of decision-making, especially in peace negotiations. And it insisted on an end to the impunity enjoyed by warriors who rape and torture women and children in the course of combat. Only in the past decade has the world begun to tally up the suffering of women in war. Now, everyone from the International Red Cross to the United Nations Fund for Women is documenting the cascading horrors: millions raped and left mutilated, homeless and starving; tens of thousands of unwanted infants born from rape; hundreds of thousands of impoverished women and girls trafficked in an escalating global sex trade; an inexorable spread of domestic violence as demobilized soldiers bring their wounds, their rage and their weapons home with them. It's not that women are born more peace-oriented than men. A quick glance at the clique of right-wing women who enjoy favour in conservative times should disabuse you of that illusion. No, it's a question of circumstance. Shoved to the sidelines of power, the majority of women have the luxury of looking at the world from a different perspective. Having the guts to defy the dominant power can carry bitter-sweet rewards. In Jerusalem, where Israeli women who call themselves Women in Black have demonstrated against the occupation every week for the past 14 years, their silent and implacable confrontation has flushed their opponents' bigotry into the open. According to the Women in Black leaders, Israeli men who are antagonistic to the peace demonstrations hurl insults and taunts that are almost always sexual. "Go sleep with Arafat!" "You whores!" Or, in a traditional domineering mode: "Go home and cook Sabbath dinner!" It's as though these men are maddened by the sight of women stepping outside their prescribed roles as sexual objects and household servants, and are determined to humiliate them back to their corners. So: Just standing up for peace is evidently a radical, destabilizing act. Last month, an EKOS poll found that 81 per cent of Canadian women (compared to 66 per cent of men) opposed a war waged without U.N. support. Today, despite the deafening drumbeat of war propaganda, an IPSOS-Reid poll puts that figure at a stubborn 68 per cent of women. Whichever figure is closer to correct, it's clear that a majority of Canadian women are against this war, and it's also clear that women, more so than men, are voiceless in the corridors of power. Obviously, the U.N. Security Council had no more success in evening up the gender balance than it did in staying the hands of Bush and Tony Blair. How can women make their voices heard? That's the urgent question posed most sharply by young women who have been brought up as equal members of society, and yet now must stand by while phalanx upon phalanx of exclusively male rulers decide the world's fate. In honour of its tenth anniversary, The Linden School (for primary and secondary schoolgirls) will present an open meeting on how to take action for peace. They've assembled an impressive roster of speakers and panellists, including Adeena Niazi, Judy Rebick, Sally Armstrong (I'll be introducing her) , Dr. Carolyn Bennett MP, and Sarah Shteir, a Linden graduate who works in New York for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The free public meeting is at OISE auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W., from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on March 31. Its theme: "Including women's voices at peace-tables worldwide." We have to keep acting as though that goal is within our reach; some day, it will be true. _____ Michele Landsberg's column usually appears in The Star Saturday and Sunday. Her e-mail address is mlandsb @ thestar.ca from www.thestar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030407/47091413/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Mon Apr 7 14:20:43 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] new book: Protecting the Future: HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among Displaced and War-Affected Populations Message-ID: <005201c2fd32$676416c0$f5affea9@beth> Source: Kumarian News Number 17, March-April, 2003 2. NEW BOOK - PROTECTING THE FUTURE Protecting the Future: HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among Displaced and War-Affected Populations Wendy Holmes, MBBS, MSc, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Australia, for the International Rescue Committee Illustrated by Julie Smith Order Protecting the Future by April 30, 2003, and mention the "Kumarian News pre-publication discount", and you'll receive a 20% discount off the cost of the book. Read an excerpt online at http://www.kpbooks.com/details.asp?title=Protecting+the+Future About the book: The HIV epidemic presents a challenge to relief agencies working with displaced populations, both in the midst of emergencies and afterwards. In crisis situations people are vulnerable to the rapid spread of many infections, and normal patterns of sexual behavior are often disrupted, leading to increased transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Based on work done by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), this book shows how relief agencies, which will usually be present both during the crisis and post-emergency phases, can work with refugees and local people to minimize further spread of HIV and provide care and support to those affected. The book provides training exercises, activities for engaging the refugee population in HIV prevention work, references for HIV resources; and clearly explains how to integrate HIV prevention, care and support with other relief activities. Published by Kumarian Press in association with the International Rescue Committee. Contents: Introduction Part One: Preparing Yourselves 1. Exploring your own knowledge, attitudes and behavior 2. Basic facts about HIV infection 3. Thinking about the communities you work with 4. What role might NGOs play in the response to HIV? Part Two: Engaging the Community 5. Gathering information - analyzing the situation 6. The strategic planning process Part Three: What Can We Do to Contribute to HIV Prevention and Care 7. Counseling for HIV prevention and care 8. Preventing transmission through sex 9. Strategies for prevention of transmission through injecting drug use 10. Enabling people to live positively with HIV Part Four: Issues for Health Care Services 11. Prevention and care in relation to parent-to-child transmission 12. Prevention of transmission through blood transfusion 13. Prevention of transmission in health care settings 14. Providing care and support Appendix A. Questions to assist in planning a situation analysis Appendix B. HIV testing strategies Appendix C. PLA exercises for gathering sensitive information - some examples Appendix D. Syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections Appendix E. Selected references, resources and further reading Index Protecting the Future: HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among Displaced and War-Affected Populations; Wendy Holmes, for the International Rescue Committee; Kumarian Press, March 2003, 240 pp., ISBN 1-56549-162-9, US$29.95, paper. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030407/5a1290cb/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Wed Apr 9 20:55:51 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] AFGHANISTAN:Women want new constitution to reflect their needs (IRIN Report) Message-ID: <008301c2fefb$ef0c43c0$f5affea9@beth> Kabul,4/9/2003 (IRIN) - As tentative steps are taken towards nation building in Afghanistan, women are calling for full participation in the formulation of the nation's new constitution. "If we have a good constitution but we cannot implement it in a good way, this means the country will not go in the right direction," Afghan Women's Affairs Minister Habiba Surabi told IRIN on Tuesday at a meeting on women and constitutional reform in the Afghan capital, Kabul. "The newly drafted constitution is taking women into consideration, but my concern is on its implementation," she said. Surabi called for rapid efforts towards bringing about disarmament and setting up a national army as prerequisites to the successful implementation of the new constitution. However, she pointed out that there was a lack of knowledge on what a constitution is and of how people, particularly women, could benefit and be properly protected by it. According to Mahbooba Hoqooqmal, the minister of state for women's affairs, Afghan women have been suffering from two substantial problems. "Women's illiteracy rate is much more higher than [that of] men," Hoqooqmal, who is also the government's adviser with 35 years experience in judicial affairs, told IRIN. The second problem was that "we have witnessed that in many cases courts have not taken a fair decision on women as [opposed] to men", she said, adding that the country needed to establish legal and judicial centres for women, where they could obtain and help towards gaining their legal rights. Hoqooqmal urged the constitutional commission to focus on mother and child health, inasmuch as the country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. "The new constitution should consider social and health insurance for women, if not now but at least for the future," she said. "We have always had good laws on paper, but this time we want them to be implemented," she added. Currently, Afghanistan operates by the 1964 constitution. Under the Bonn Agreement, a constitution drafting commission was established last October by the Afghan transitional government. The commission has prepared a first draft to be to be presented to a constitutional commission, which will finalise the draft and submit it to the Constitutional Loya Jirga, or grand tribal assembly by August 2003. The Afghan government told IRIN that the constitution-making process was incorporating women's needs and rights. "It is well understood that for this constitution to be truly representative of the people of Afghanistan, it cannot exclude over half of the population," Farooq Wardak, the director of the constitutional commission's secretariat, said, noting that women had a key role to play in the constitution-making process. The current Afghan constitution-making process has support from the UN and donor agencies, and the role of women in it is a top priority, representatives say. "The UN agency in one or another way is involved in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process of postwar Afghanistan, and women's participation is on the top of the agenda," Najia Zewari, a programme officer with the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), told IRIN, calling on all involved agencies to assist women to realise their rights. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030409/be24ef9d/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Wed Apr 9 20:58:38 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] IRAN:Protection for Iraqi refugee women high on agenda, says UNHCR (IRIN Report) Message-ID: <009c01c2fefc$52258700$f5affea9@beth> Kermanshah,4/8/2003 (IRIN) - Although no refugees have crossed into Iran from neighbouring Iraq yet, preparations are being made for a possible influx, with women's needs high on the agenda. "As these women would be coming from an armed conflict, their physical security is one of our main concerns," Kaoru Nemoto, the senior protection officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the western province of Kermanshah, bordering on Iraq, told IRIN on Tuesday. The refugee agency ensures that the special needs of women fleeing conflict are accommodated. Based on previous experience, sexual abuse can be common in camps, and for this reason measures are taken to ensure that risk is minimised. "For example, we try and put latrines close to tents, and make sure they are well lit at night," Nemoto said. Some 10 camp sites for refugees have been identified in locations along the Iraq/Iran border, with preparations well under way to accommodate any influx. In order to tackle the specific problems faced by women refugees in Iran, UNHCR, in collaboration with the Iranian government's Bureau for Alien and Foreign Immigrant Affairs, has undertaken several initiatives, mainly in the protection, health and education sectors. Single women or widows fleeing together with unaccompanied children are particularly vulnerable in camp situations, and site planners have tried to ensure their safety. "We would recommend that these women and children are in the safest area of the camp, near the camp administration area," Nemoto observed. Equal access to material assistance is also a high on the agenda. "We make sure that there are enough female staff to help serve the needs of women in camps," she said. The refugee agency has always been sensitive to gender violence, placing it high on its agenda. "We have proposed training activities with the Iranian Red Crescent, and they are well equipped to deal with such issues." In some cases, psychological counselling is also made available. "We want to make sure that women feel safe when they cross the border. This is the most essential basis for the enjoyment of their rights," she stressed. With many of Iraq's population centres close to the Iranian border, Iran may be one of the first places prospective refugees will choose to head for. There are already 200,000 Iraqi refugees from the last Gulf War still living in Iran today, and many feel for those who may now be forced to endure the same journey they did more than a decade earlier. "I remember the day we crossed into Iran. I thought we would never make it. It was tough for the women and children in particular as we were forced to live in cramped conditions," Sabia Mehreen told IRIN in the Iranian capital, Tehran. She now lives in Tehran with her family of four. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030409/eac5d54e/attachment.html From ladamson at idirect.com Thu Apr 10 23:28:50 2003 From: ladamson at idirect.com (Lyn Adamson) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Sri Lanka project; applications for team members - due May 5 Message-ID: <013c01c2ffda$816616e0$670d9ad8@oemcomputer> This is the first call for team members for the Nonviolent Peaceforce Sri Lanka project. Please forward to those who may be interested in this opportunity - Lyn Adamson Sri Lanka Project Management Team Nonviolent Peaceforce JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 10 April 2003 Position - Team member in nonviolent peacekeeping project Employer - Nonviolent Peaceforce Place - Sri Lanka Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international non-governmental organisation with offices in Belgium as well as in Britain, India, Ecuador and the USA. Its goal is to contribute to peace and justice through providing a trained, international civilian peace force for nonviolent intervention in conflicts. The Nonviolent Peaceforce will travel to conflict areas at the invitation of local organisations to prevent death and destruction and protect human rights, thus creating the space for local groups to struggle nonviolently, enter into dialogue, and seek peaceful resolution. Nonviolent Peaceforce is pleased to announce the opening of applications for field workers in its first project, to take place in Sri Lanka. Training will begin in summer 2003. Overall goals of the project are to deter a return to civil war, decrease violence, and support the peace process in Sri Lanka through providing support and protection to citizens and activists on the grassroots level. As this is a pilot project, the level of deployment in the field is subject to availability of funds. The work will require teamwork, patience, excellent communication skills, maturity and a solid understanding of the theory and practice of nonviolence. Team members will live in shared housing in volatile areas of Sri Lanka. They will work closely with a citizen committee set up by our partner organization to support citizen participation in the peace process, deter violence, and report human rights abuse. A full description of the project can be found on the Nonviolent Peaceforce website. The project is expected to last three years; we are asking team members to make a minimum commitment of two years. Team members will receive the following: Housing and a per diem allowance equivalent to local conditions Outstanding training developed by an international team A stipend of US$800 per month to be sent home to one's family or be made available at the end of service Transportation Insurance Subject to availability of funds, finalists will be assessed in Thailand approximately 27 June to 1 July. Those who are invited to join the Nonviolent Peaceforce will remain in Thailand for team training and then have the opportunity to fly home and get things in order before further training in Sri Lanka 16 August and deployment in early September. If interested, please reply by 5 May. On April 10, you will find an application questionnaire on our web site, www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org, along with information about what else you are requested to send. Submit your completed application to recruit@nonviolentpeaceforce.org, by fax to (+32) 2 648 0076, or by regular mail to Sri Lanka Project Recruitment, Rue Van Elewyck 35, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. We prefer submissions by email if at all possible. We will confirm receipt of your application and will notify those applicants invited to an assessment weekend by 26 May 2003. This job announcement is being sent to you by Lyn Adamson Of Voice of Women for Peace. Please indicate on your application form that you got the information from me. Thank you, Lyn Adamson Voice of Women for Peace, Canada, And Secretary, International Governing Council, Nonviolent Peaceforce. Note: please feel free to be in touch with any questions: ladamson@idirect.com and Sri Lanka Management Team Nonviolent Peaceforce POSITION DESCRIPTION: FIELD TEAM MEMBER Field Team Members work in teams of three to five persons with Sri Lankan partners. Team members report to the Team Manager and Sri Lanka Project Director and must live and act according to the Nonviolent Peaceforce Code of Conduct at all times. RESPONSIBILITIES: Establish and maintain good relationships with fellow team members in an international multi-cultural team, Sri Lankan partners and within the community where one lives and works. Demonstrate international support for the Sri Lanka peace process to the people of Sri Lanka by living in their communities and by assisting them in de-escalating tensions and transforming disputes nonviolently. Provide protective presence to groups or organisations whose work to build a peaceful future is threatened by violence or intimidation. Monitor demonstrations and other events related to the Sri Lankan peace process and restoration of civil society there, reporting promptly on both the process and the outcome. Accompany displaced persons and other unarmed individuals and groups threatened by violence. Witness, document and report violations of the peace accord and human rights abuses as observed. Facilitate, in partnership with Sri Lankan NGO representatives, community dialogues about the peace process, human rights, and civilian involvement in building a culture of peace. Make regular reports to the project office about civilian safety and conflict issues in the area of work. These will be sent through the Nonviolent Peaceforce to resource people around the world and released locally, when appropriate, by our local partner and the Nonviolent Peaceforce office. Evaluate one's own work and the work of one's team in terms of Nonviolent Peaceforce goals and objectives. QUALIFICATIONS: At least 21 years of age. Fluent in spoken and written English. Good interpersonal and communication skills. Excellent health. Willing to commit to live nonviolently for the term of the contract. Prior experience with nonviolence, human rights or international NGO work. Preference to applicants willing to make a 2-year commitment to Nonviolent Peaceforce's Sri Lanka project. Ability to live and work in community. Ability to live and work in conditions of high stress. Ability/interest in learning Sinhala and/or Tamil. Willingness to take direction from Project Director From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Fri Apr 11 13:27:47 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Steering Committee Minutes Message-ID: Please find attached the minutes from the first Steering Committee Meeting. ________________________________________________ Steering Committee Meeting March 25, 2003 MINUTES Present: Ariane Brunet (by phone) Mobina Jaffer Heather Macquarrie Ayesha Rekhi Julie Shouldice Christine Vincent (by phone) 1. Welcome Senator Jaffer welcomed all of the members of the Steering Committee to the first meeting. Participants introduced themselves. 2. Ways of Working The SC's ways of working will be largely drawn from the Terms of Reference, however it will be important that all members respect each others' positions and views. Part of the responsibilities includes examining whether activities/projects that members want to undertake fit into the mission of the Committee. However, it will be generally left to members of the Committee to put forward ideas of activities/projects/events that they want to work on. There will be a rotating chairperson for each meeting. SC members must forward agenda items to the Coordinator prior to the meeting; the member who is chairing the meeting will then set the agenda. It is the responsibility of the representatives of each constituency to compile the concerns of their group prior to the meeting and to communicate the results afterwards. The terms of reference state that the SC should meet a minimum of 4 times per year. However, the exact number will depend on how much work there is to do. It was agreed that since the SC is still in the process of forming, there would be meetings every 3-4 weeks until June. ACTION: Julie will circulate a list of all SC members and their contact information. SC 3. Missions The mission for the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security as drafted by Pam Thompson at the Strategic Planning Session was discussed. It was felt that it needed to be rooted in Resolution 1325. ACTION: Julie will work on the language and distribute it to the SC for comment. It was also agreed that rather than having a "mission" or "mandate" for the Steering Committee, it was most accurate to have a "list of responsibilities". ACTION: Julie will pull together the list from the Terms of Reference and circulate it to the SC for comment. 4. Membership Christine raised the issue of establishing membership for the Committee to facilitate polling the membership, electing representatives and so the Committee knows who can be counted on. Concerns were raised about the need to define what membership means and what the responsibilities of members would be. It was agreed that that membership would remain informal for now, but that this would be addressed prior to the Annual General Meeting next year (2004). ACTION: Christine will draft a statement indicating that the Committee has decided to remain an informal coalition and will circulate to members of the SC for comment. 5. Working Groups Ayesha reviewed the previous structure of the Committee (with 2 Co-Chairs and 3 Sub-Committees), however it was felt that more flexibility was needed. Also it is not entirely clear what each constituency brings to the Committee with respect to expertise and capacity to undertake work (either leading working groups or assisting in the implementation of working group projects). There are currently no specific working groups other than the pseudo-groups that emerged during the Strategic Planning meeting. The SC needs to take a leadership role in proactively promoting some ideas. The SC will need to be prepared to both suggest ideas to the membership and to accept proposals that come from the membership. Some suggestions for what would need to be included in any proposal for consideration were engagement by all 3 constituencies; how the proposal fits with the Committee's mission; and an implementation plan. ACTION: All SC members are to give more thought to the considerations/criteria for working group proposals and forward their responses to Julie by the first week of April; by the next meeting, SC members should proactively explore ideas that have been mentioned. 6. Annual General Meeting Ayesha mentioned that the concept of having an annual event to root the Committee's work has come up in a number of meetings; people within civil society, government and Parliamentary constituencies have expressed interest. The Steering Committee was generally supportive of exploring the possibility of a day-long meeting in the fall. It would allow a period for Committee business as well as substantive workshops. ACTION: SC members will give this idea more thought and come up with some concrete ideas and possible dates prior to the next meeting. 7. Website Julie has written a draft of the text for the website. A number of people on the listserv have offered technical assistance and advice in putting the web page together. ACTION: Julie will circulate the text to all members of the SC for their comment. Julie will also continue working with members of the Committee to create the website. 8. CCWPS Listserv The tone of some recent E-mail messages posted to the listserv about the presence of government and parliamentarians on the committee were discussed, and it was agreed, further to the Strategic Planning meeting, that the presence and participation of diverse constituencies is what makes the Committee unique. The SC agreed that messages that might be deemed a personal attack on an individual are not acceptable. The Committee is not lead by one group, but rather is a coalition of constituencies who believe in the positive role women play in peacebuilding . A basic principle for subscribers to the listserv should be respect for others and their positions ACTION: Julie will draft a general message about the purpose of the listserv. 9. Next Meeting The next meeting of the Steering Committee was set for Wednesday, April 23rd at 9:00am. Christine will chair the meeting. From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Fri Apr 11 13:25:46 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Steering Committee Responsibilities Message-ID: Based on the list in the terms of Reference, these are the proposed responsibilities for the Steering Committee of the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security: The Steering Committee is responsible for: * Providing structure and accountability to anchor the work of the Committee; * Providing a mechanism to discuss, facilitate and approve specific initiatives and budgets suggested by Committee members and / or Working Groups; * Providing leadership to the Committee; * Promoting the exchange of information and ensuring that momentum is maintained; * Facilitating lobbying between and among civil society, Parliamentarians, and government officials on agreed-upon issues on women, peace and security to move these issues forward (whether geographic or thematic, national, bilateral or multilateral); * Ensuring accountability for any funds received; and overseeing the preparation of the overall budget for the Committee and the procedures for how the funds are to be expended. Julie Shouldice Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security Comit? canadien sur les femmes, la paix et la s?curit? Tel/T?l: (613) 992-0189 E-mail/Courriel: shoulj@sen.parl.gc.ca From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Fri Apr 11 13:30:48 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Mission for the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security Message-ID: Below is the proposed text for the Mission of the Canadian Commitee on Women, Peace and Security. If you have any comments or suggestions, please send them to me at shoulj@sen.parl.gc.ca by Thursday, April 17th. Thank you, Julie Shouldice Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security Comit? canadien sur les femmes, la paix et la s?curit? Tel/T?l: (613) 992-0189 E-mail/Courriel: shoulj@sen.parl.gc.ca ________________________________________ Mission for the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security The Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security is a coalition of individual and organizational members of civil society, government, and Parliament whose mission is to support the Canadian implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on gender mainstreaming by providing a forum for sharing information, experiences and learning, raising awareness, and influencing policy and programming domestically and internationally. From lbrennan at gbrownc.on.ca Fri Apr 11 16:23:47 2003 From: lbrennan at gbrownc.on.ca (Lynne Brennan) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Mission for the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security Message-ID: Hi Julie I like it! Thanks for the work on this. My one very minor comment is about the last phrase. Are we providing a forum only? Or are we providing a forum, raising awareness and influencing policy and programming. If the latter (which suggests action, and I vote for that) the word "by" is needed before "raising" and before "influencing." Have a good weekend... hopefully a spring-like one? Lynne Brennan George Brown College, Toronto -----Original Message----- From: Shouldice, Julie: SEN [mailto:SHOULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 1:31 PM To: women-peace-and-security@list.web.net Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Mission for the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security Below is the proposed text for the Mission of the Canadian Commitee on Women, Peace and Security. If you have any comments or suggestions, please send them to me at shoulj@sen.parl.gc.ca by Thursday, April 17th. Thank you, Julie Shouldice Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security Comit? canadien sur les femmes, la paix et la s?curit? Tel/T?l: (613) 992-0189 E-mail/Courriel: shoulj@sen.parl.gc.ca ________________________________________ Mission for the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security The Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security is a coalition of individual and organizational members of civil society, government, and Parliament whose mission is to support the Canadian implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on gender mainstreaming by providing a forum for sharing information, experiences and learning, raising awareness, and influencing policy and programming domestically and internationally. _______________________________________________ Women-peace-and-security mailing list Women-peace-and-security@list.web.net http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/women-peace-and-security From justint at justint.org Sat Apr 12 12:46:01 2003 From: justint at justint.org (Law Association Justice International) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] unsubscribe women-peace-and-security mailing list Message-ID: <001201c30113$00879dc0$358872d5@bredbandsbolaget.se> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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McKay) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] CALL for PAPERS Message-ID: _________________________________________________ Call for Papers for a Conference October 10-12, 2003, Washington, DC on Rethinking Gender, War, And Peace: Feminist Perspectives Sponsored by Psychologists for Social Responsibility and the Women's Studies Department of The George Washington University Peace psychology now includes contextual and sociocultural factors such as educational deprivation, poverty, power imbalance, and class, in the study of war and peace. Thus, it is fitting that gender analyses are at the top of the agenda. The primary objective of the conference is to advance the field of peace psychology by examining its past, present, and future work from a feminist perspective. Furthermore, such an approach will reduce the near universal tendency to ghettoize "women's issues". We invite submissions from many different fields and perspectives relevant to these issues. We expect that contributions to the conference will significantly advance the systematic and sustained integration of gender analyses into the theory, research and practice of peace psychology. We welcome a variety of formats such as panels, posters, roundtables and other innovative suggestions. In general, individual presentations should be no more than 20 minutes. For more details and for Conference Registration information, please visit our website: www.psysr.org, or write to Martha Mednick or Anne Anderson at psysrusa@cs.com, PsySR, 2604 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008, (202) 745-7084, (202) 745-0051 fax. Deadline: May 1, 2003. From somcan at storm.ca Wed Apr 16 10:38:58 2003 From: somcan at storm.ca (Ebyan Salah) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] FYI Message-ID: <004301c30425$eafdaba0$0b00a8c0@ebyan> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 13912 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030416/2a000310/attachment.jpe From rbull at nas.com Wed Apr 16 21:47:53 2003 From: rbull at nas.com (Roger Bull) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Fw: Public apology to Senator Mobina Jaffer from Therese Rickman-Bull. Message-ID: <003701c30483$721f8100$2cd0b6c6@dycom10> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Bull To: women-peace-security@list.web.net Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: Public apology to Senator Mobina Jaffer from Therese Rickman-Bull. To Senator Jaffer and addressees above, I have sent Senator Jaffer a private, written apology, nevertheless, I believe that a public apology is also warranted because of certain statements in my circulated message of March 5th, 2003. The Canadian Government's decision not to go to war against Iraq was announced after my message was sent. I applaud this policy, though it of course refutes my speculation that Senator Jaffer might have been subjected to political pressure to ensure that our Committee's statement was not embarrassing to the Government. I should have communicated such a concern directly to Senator Jaffer and provided her with the opportunity to explain the situation, and I am deeply sorry to have offended her or caused her any distress. All of us care about our sisters who live in abysmal conditions, in many instances hidden and voiceless. We care about the issues, like war, and and oftentimes a perennial lack of peaceful conditions, that render these womens' already marginalized lives even more fragile. We do not see our sisters as victims so much as courageous and brave survivors. They know they must survive because the lives of their children rest primarily in their calloused and work-worn hands. We do not walk in their shoes, if shoes they have. We do not presume to know or understand every aspect of their lives. Yet, in solidarity, and from our comfortable, peaceful Canadian lives, we endeavour to raise our voices in quarters to which they have no access, because we know that there, but for the grace of Allah, God, go we. We demand, and rightfully so, that our Government, and international bodies be aware of the perilous circumstances, the lack of human rights and dignity which is the lot of the majority of women in the world. We demand that democratic Governments and bodies consider the human factor in all their deliberations, that they stop thinking of our sisters in the abstract and be ever mindful of their needs, even though, and particularly because, their own Governments are not. Senator Jaffer is uniquely placed in this respect, and we are fortunate to have her at the helm of our ship as we navigate through the political seas to advance the rights of all women and their dependents. While in no way attempting to excuse my remarks in March, I should offer the fact that I live in the United States, due to my husband's work. We hope to move back to Ottawa by the end of the year or early in 2004. I am well informed about politics in my current abode. This drives my opposition to the war against Iraq as it was postulated by American officials. I do accept that war is sometimes the sole means of ridding the world or a particial area of unspeakable evil and horror. In my view, Afghanistan does not stand as a shining example of what can happen after intervention by a US led coalition. Michael Kelly, the conservative editor of The Atlantic Monthly was killed recently in Iraq. His last column might perhaps be viewed as his epitaph and reads, in part, ..."the argument concerns whether the employment of this almost unfathomable power will be largely for good, leading to the liberation of a tyrannized people and the spread of freedom, or largely for bad, leading to imperialism and colonialism, with a consequent corruption of America's own values and freedoms. Thsi question is real enough and more: probably the next hundred years hinges on the answer". Very sincerely, Therese Rickman-Bull. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Explore the potential and challenges for new technologies such as ICTs in South Asia AGENDA Thursday, May 1, 2003 08:30-09:00 Registration 09:00-09:30 Opening Remarks ~The Honourable David Kilgour, P.C., M.P. Secretary of State for the Asia-Pacific 09:30-10:30 Keynote Presentation ~ Professor Mohamed Yunus, Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) - by video and teleconference - TBC 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:30 Theory and Practice: "What is Social Communication?" ~ Mr. J. Mark Stiles, Stiles Associates Inc. ~ Mr. Satya Brata Das, Cambridge Strategies Inc. ~ Mr. Ashoke Chaterjee, National Institute of Design (India) - by phone 12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 Lessons Learned: Traditional and Contemporary Grassroots Examples of Participatory Communication Strategies ~ Mr. Afsan Chowdhury, BRAC (Bangladesh) ~ Mr. Mohammad Waseem, Interactive Resource Centre (Pakistan) 15:00-15:30 Break 15:30-17:00 Leadership and Participation: The Role of Women Participants in Social Communications ~ Ms. Rubina Feroze Bhatti, Taangh Wasaib (Pakistan) ~ Ms. Bandana Rana, Women's Media Forum (Nepal) Friday, May 2, 2003 09:00-10:30 Monitoring and Evaluation: Who is Counting? ~ Mr. Afsan Chowdhury, BRAC (Bangladesh) ~ Mr. Andre Oliver, Rockefeller Foundation ~ Ms. Susan Rimkus, University of Guelph -TBC 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:30 Forward Thinking: World Summit on the Information Society and Beyond ~ Jayalakshmi Chittor, Bellanet ~ Mr. Satya Brata Das, Cambridge Strategies Inc. ~ Mr. Harun Urrashid, Community Development Library (Bangladesh) 12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 New Horizons: Challenges and Possibilities of ICTs ~ Ms. Bandana Rana, Women's Media Forum (Nepal) ~ Mr. Faruq Faisel, South Asia Partnership Canada ~ Mr. Mohammad Waseem, Interactive Resource Centre (Pakistan) 15:00-15:30 Break 15:30-17:00 Open Discussion and Closing Remarks Please visit our website at www.sapcanada.org to download the registration form and concept paper. 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Rozan, in collaboration with SANGAT and Mubariza (Pakistan network of gender trainers and activists) is organizing a two-day Seminar titled Transforming Cultures of Conflict: Envisioning Peace which is expected to bring together activists, researchers, students, academics, development workers and policy-makers to deliberate on the cultures of conflict in relation to the construction of masculinities and its implications for Peace. The Seminar will have a number of panel discussions, and working groups around several sub-themes: fundamentalism, armed conflict, and globalization being the major ones. This Seminar will be facilitated by Dr.Neloufer de Mel, an eminent scholar and peace activist from Sri Lanka and a member of SANGAT, and Ms.Kamla Bhasin, from SANGAT India. In addition eminent scholars and activists from Pakistan, Ms. Neelam Hussain, Ms.Rubina Saigol, Ms.Khawar Mumtaz and others will also be presenting papers. Ms. Parveen Qadir Agha, Secretarty Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education will be the chief guest for the inaugural session. Given below is the outline of the seminar agenda: Transforming Cultures of Conflict: Envisioning Peace April 18 - 19, 2003 Seminar Program Day 1: April 18 09.00 - 11.00 Registration ( Sheesh Mahal ) Opening Session: 1- Maria Rashid: Welcome address 2- Ayesha Khan: Thematic Overview of Seminar 3- Mrs. Parveen Qadir Agha : Secretary MoWD, Social Welfare & Special Education: Opening Address 4- Ms. Neloufer de Mel: Keynote Address Q & A 11.00 - 11.30 Tea 11.30 - 1.30 Session 1: 'Conflict' ( Sheesh Mahal ) Paper presentations: 1-Rubina Saigol: At home or in the grave: Afghan women and the Reproduction of Patriarchy 2-Ayesha Khan: Gender perspectives on conflict Session Chair: Farida Sher 1.30 - 2.30 Lunch 2.30 - 4.00 Session 2: 'Globalization' (Chandni Hall) Paper presentation: 1- Kamla Bhasin: Opening remarks 2- Dr. Najma Sadeque: The Masculine underpinnings of Globalization". Open discussion: Kamla Bhasin 4.00 - 4.30 Tea Day 2: April 19 9.30 - 11.30 Session 3: 'Fundamentalism and Militarization' ( Kahkashan Hall 2) Paper presentations: 1- Neelum Hussain: Fundamentalism and Masculinity 2- Afarsaib Khattak: Gender & new forms of Patriarchy 3- Dr. Saba Khattak: Insecurity: Afghan refugees and Politics in Pakistan Session Chair: Sabira Quereshi 11.30 - 12.00 Tea 12.00 - 1.30 Session 4: ' Peace: Strategies & Solutions' ( Kahkashan Hall 2) Paper presentation: Initiative sharing: 1-Anees Haroon: Peace Initiatives In Karachi; an experience with MQM women 2-Maria Rashid: Giving Men choices- Rozan's work with men Session Chair: A. H. Nayyar 1.30 - 2.15 Lunch 2.15 - 3.30 Rapporteurs presentation & Concluding discussion Recommendations Vote of thanks You are cordially invited to attend the seminar: Date: 18-19 April 2003 (From 9am to 5pm) Venue: Holiday Inn, Islamabad Hoping to see you in the seminar, Regards, Rozan Team Tel: 92-51 2851886-7 Fax; 92 -51 2856730 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: development-gender-unsubscribe@egroups.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030418/af645eec/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Fri Apr 18 17:30:01 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Resources from AWID Resource Net "Announcements" Issue 157 Message-ID: <01b001c305f1$aba859a0$f5affea9@beth> Excerpts from: AWID Resource Net Announcements / Issue 157 Wednesday, 16 April 2003 apologies for cross- posting ------------------- 1) Upcoming conference: "Borders, babies, and bombs: A Gendered Reframing of Security" / The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) 2003 Annual Conference / 29-31 May 2003 / Mills College, Oakland, California, U.S.A. / For program details, please see: www.ncrw.org or contact: ncrw@ncrw.org The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) 2003 Annual Conference In Collaboration with The Women's Leadership Institute, Mills College present: "Borders, babies, and bombs: A Gendered Reframing of Security" In the name of ensuring security, civil liberties have been curtailed, national borders tightened, and militarization is on the rise. At a critical moment of escalating military conflict and deepening economic disparities---as well as shortly before the US presidential primary season--- there is an overwhelming urgency for voices of concern and dissent, for alternate visions and strategies. The Conference will provide the forum for these voices and visions, and reframe the focus of security from the safety of territory and states to human security - the safety of individuals, their freedom from fear, and social, economic, and physical well-being - and incorporate the experiences and concerns of women and girls, their families and communities. Join researchers, activists, policy analysts, educators, and funders to assess global and national issues, such as militarization; the economics of war; civil and human rights; cultures of violence; reproductive health and HIV/AIDS; the erosion of Title IX; the attack on reproductive right, local applications of international treaties; and immigration and citizenship. Sessions include: -Militarization, the Economics of War, and Cultures of Violence -Immigration, Citizenship, and Identity -Challenges to Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS -Women Mobilizing through Information Technology -Gender and Islam -Globalization and Corporate Citizenship -Making Global Policies and Conventions Local -Shaping Women's Studies in the 21st century -Girls and Education for Democracy and Global Awareness -The War on Women, Sexuality, and Diversity -Achieving Human Security, Building Coalitions, Demanding Becky Colesworthy National Council for Research on Women 11 Hanover Square, 20th Floor New York, NY 10005 Phone: 212 785-7335, extension 10 Fax: 212 785-7350 www.ncrw.org _____________________________________________________________________ 5) Call for papers: "Gendering International Relations" / British International Studies Association (BISA) annual conference / 15-17 December 2003 / University of Birmingham, UK / Submission deadline: 25 April 2003 / Please send panel proposals to both Bice Maiguashca at: B.Maiguashca@exeter.ac.uk and Catherine Eschle at: catherine.eschle@strath.ac.uk BISA is seeking paper proposals, for the following themed panels: Panel 1: Gender, Power and Intersectionality Panel 2: Feminism, Knowledge and Method Panel 3: Feminism, Postmodernism and Postcolonial Theory Panel 4: Feminism, Violence and War To submit a paper proposal for one of these panels, you will need to supply the following information: - the paper title - a short abstract of the paper - contact information - whether or not you are a BISA member You may also propose an additional panel on a gender theme. Such proposals require the following information: - the panel title - a short abstract of the panel theme - the names of all participants - provisional paper titles - contact information, including email addresses, for all participants - whether or not the participants are BISA members 8) New publication: "Feminist Under Fire: Exchanges Across War Zones" / Between the Lines, Toronto / May 2003 / For more information, please see: www.btlbooks.com or contact: btlbooks@web.ca "FEMINIST UNDER FIRE: Excahanges Across War Zones" edited by Wenona Giles, Malathi de Alwis, Edith Klein and Neluka Silva with Maja Korac, Djurdja Knezevic and Zarana Papic Women's Studies/International Politics/Human Rights This wide-ranging anthology centres on the themes of women in conflict zones. Diverse authors compare the social, political, and economic situations of women during the civil wars in Sri Lanka and the former Yugoslavia. A range of perspectives offers the reader an opportunity to grasp the international dimensions of these issues. War is an ambivalent process for women. While on the one hand they suffer acutely from its violence, on the other, those living in traditional patriarchal societies may find that war is a time of release from the constricting hierarchies of peace-time existence. Different kinds of wars permit different kinds of female participation. Women are seldom simply victimized or empowered by war: their experiences are more complicated. Wenona Giles is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at York University, Toronto. All the contributors are members of the "Women in Conflict Zones Network." _____________________________________________________________________ 13) "Women and men working in equal partnership for the future of Iraq" / Action plan designed by UK based Iraqi women organizations, UK women organizations with UNIFEM UK / K.U.L.U. / For more information, please contact: kulu@kulu.dk Purpose of meeting was to talk about how to ensure the inclusion of women in post conflict reconstruction Iraq. Summary of agreed points: 1. If Iraq is to have a chance of progress with stability, gender considerations need to be mainstreamed into the entire reconstruction processes. 2. We are not talking about the addition of a few token women as a luxury bolt-on extra and the possible hapless appointment of Minister for women with neither power nor resources (as happened in Afghanistan). 3. There has been much discussion on how to achieve proportionality of various religious and ethnic groups in the road map for post-conflict Iraq. 4. Any interim administrations set up to develop and govern the future Iraq should include at least 40% women and at least 40% men. 5. This would be in line with UN Resolution 1325 passed in October 2000 stating the importance of inclusion of women and mainstreaming gender into all aspects of post-conflict reconstruction and peace- operations. 6. This will include a gender-balanced team drawing up a new constitution (as in South Africa). We want to see a new secular constitution that does not discriminate against women. 7. It will include appointments of women to transitional and interim governments, ministries and committees dealing with systems of local and national governance, judiciary, policing, etc as well as in democracy- building and welfare and education issues. 8. We want to see a real change for the better in the daily life of women as well as for men in Iraq. 9. Women's human rights must be the order of the day, overriding the wretched phrases 'traditional values' and 'custom of the region' 10. Any new legal code should repeal Sharia laws and introduce a secular legal system which does not discriminate against women. 11. Gender must necessarily be built into core activities from the start, rather than the hapless bolt-on, often insincere and certainly unconvincing efforts we have seen in post-conflict situations the past. Those present agreed to carry out the following actions: 1. Draw up a list starting with minimum 35 names and mini descriptions of Iraqi women who would be qualified to serve on interim administrations at national, regional and local levels. 2. Invite other organizations of Iraqi women (and men)to make a coalition. The coalition with campaign/advocate/lobby in support of inclusion of women and mainstreaming gender considerations throughout all reconstruction and governance processes and activities. Reach out to include groups from both sides of the arguments in favour and against the War. K.U.L.U.- WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT Borgergade 14, 2. th. DK - 1300 Copenhagen K DENMARK Tel. + 45 - 3315 7870 Fax: + 45 - 3332 5330 E-mail: kulu@kulu.dk Website: www.kulu.dk ---------------------------------------- THE AWID RESOURCE NET is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). Announcements posted on this discussion list do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AWID, but are meant to provoke thought, generate solutions and inspire action. 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With ISM volunteers Jennifer Plyler and Justin Podur* *Jennifer and Justin worked with the ISM in the occupied Palestinian Territories in 2002. The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and International activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation. We utilize nonviolent, direct-action methods of resistance to confront and challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and policies. Our on-the-ground activities include: - Re-building demolished housing and wells - Removing roadblocks - Challenging the construction of the Aparthied Wall - Helping to get food, water, medicine and other needed supplies across checkpoints and into enclosed military areas - Accompanying ambulances and medical personnel - Aiding Palestinian farmers with their harvests - Media & Legal support work The ISM's central offices and organizational base are located in the West Bank, but there are dozens of local support chapters around the world, including Canada. The ISM strives to be diverse, and its membership includes Palestinians, Jews, Muslims, Christians, atheists, men and women, young and old, and people of all colours. Come and hear about the situation in Occupied Palestine, the ISM, the upcoming Freedom Summer 2003 campaign, and how you can help! Contact ISM-Toronto: toronto@ismcanada.org visit ISM Canada www.ismcanada.org Co-sponsored by ISM-Canada, al-Awda, & SPHR-UofT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030421/640c49fe/attachment.html From abrunet at ichrdd.ca Wed Apr 23 10:31:07 2003 From: abrunet at ichrdd.ca (abrunet@ichrdd.ca) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Re: WILPF UK - suggestions on implenetation of 1325 in Iraq - trying to be realistic Message-ID: > > Please read below a letter of the WILPF UK about ensuring implementation of > SC 1325 in Iraq. Good letter reminding the UK of its role and > responsibilities around 1325 but cut off from the realities on the ground. > Lots, lots more thinking need to occured when thinking of ensuring such > implementation when one sees the problems arising in Iraq right now. > Chiites demanding to have a clear voice in the government, talks about an > Islamist state, the "US way" of encouraging a democratic state by ignoring > the Chiites, inviting people like Chalabi and putting at the head of civil > administration an ex-general who is known for its support of Sharon's > politics. > > Demands of women's participation HAS to be more political than this, more > strategic, more tuned in with the women's movement on the ground. > > Our committee could try to see how to invite Canada to start setting up a > "Comit? de liaison" with women on the ground in Iraq, analysing HOW to go > about 1325 making sure that women's participation in the peace process and > reconstruction in Iraq is informed by the realities, the politics and the > strategies needed to achieve some progress in implenting 1325. > > We need to strat being more strategic and we should also invite the > Canadian Council of Muslim Women to join our efforts. > > Suggestions after Easter vacations > > > Ariane > > > Ariane Brunet > Women's Rights Coordinator - Coordinatrice Droits des Femmes > Rights & Democracy - Droits et D?mocratie > 1001, boul. de Maisonneuve Est > Bureau 1100, Montr?al (Qu?bec) > Canada H2L 4A2 > tel: 514 283 6073 > Fax: 514 283 3792 > http://www.ichrdd.ca > > Women's International League for Peace and Freedom > Consultative Status with United Nations ECOSOC, UNCTAD and UNESCO; Special > Consultative Relations with FAO, ILO and UNICEF > International Secretariat: 1, rue de Varemb?, C.P.28, 1211 Geneva 20, > Switzerland > Tel: (+41 22) 919 7080. Fax: (+41 22) 919 7081. e-mail: > wilpf@iprolink.ch > website: http//www.wilpf.int.ch > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________ > UK Section > 37 Hollingworth Road Petts Wood Orpington Kent BR5 1AQ Tel: 020 8467 5367 > e-mail: rosalie.huzzard@btinternet.com > website: www.gn.apc.org/ukwilpf > <http://www.gn.apc.org/ukwilpf> > > 17 April 2003 > > Rt. Hon. Tony Blair MP > Prime Minister > 10 Downing Street > London SW1A 2AA > > Dear Tony Blair > > Iraq and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 > > The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was founded in 1915 > to press, among other things, for women to have an equal voice with men in > peacemaking and peace building and for the protection women in armed > conflict. This has been at the forefront of our aims ever since. In 2000 > we played a prominent part in the successful campaign to get Resolution > 1325 > agreed by the Security Council and we are proud that Britain played such a > supportive role in its adoption and also its implementation. > > Now we are calling on the UK government to press for women to be enabled to > play an equal role with men in the post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq. > > We are pleased that you are advocating a major role for the UN in the > reconstruction of Iraq. However, regardless of whether it is the US, UN, > or > some other 'coalition' who run Iraq, any interim administrations at > national, regional and local levels, all aspects of the planning and policy > development, and all entities set up to develop and govern the future Iraq > should include at least 40% women and at least 40% men. > > Women have particularly suffered during this war. Many have been widowed, > and may be particularly vulnerable. The lawlessness currently rife in Iraq > may well lead to rape and further abuse. If Iraq is to have a chance of > progress with stability, gender considerations need to be mainstreamed into > the entire reconstruction process. This does not mean the addition to any > interim or long term governing bodies of a few token women, with neither > power nor resources (as happened in Afghanistan). At least one third of > Ministers of the interim Government should be qualified women with an > understanding of the priorities for Iraqi women as well as men. If a > Minister for Women is appointed she must have resources and the power and > seniority to be effective in her task. > > There has been much discussion on how to achieve proportionality of various > religious and ethnic groups in a post-conflict Iraq. Over 50 % of the Iraq > population are female. Without the input of women in setting the new agenda > at all levels from grass roots to national government only half the talent > pool in Iraq will be utilized to rebuild Iraq. > > We want to see a new gender balanced secular constitution that does not > discriminate against women. It should include appointments of women to > transitional and interim governments, ministries and committees dealing > with > systems of local and national governance, the judiciary, policing, the > protection of human rights, the allocation of funds, the development of a > free media and the conduct of future elections. It is very important for > women to be consulted and involved in the security aspect of > reconstruction - policing, the judiciary etc as well as in building > democracy and the development of welfare and education > > We want the UK Government to use its influence ensure that women are > deployed at all levels of post conflict missions in approximately equal > numbers to men, including the most senior posts (In Afghanistan, despite UN > Resolution 1325 - only men were appointed to the top five UN posts.). > There > are very many well-educated women in Iraq who would be capable of taking on > these roles. > > We are concerned that on the Iraqi Reconstruction Group, which we believe > was set up by the UK government there are only five women out of > approximately thirty members. We urge you to ensure that the Government > appoints an equal number of women and men to this group. > > We want to see a real change for the better in the daily life of women as > well as for men in Iraq. > > Yours sincerely > > > > Rosalie Huzzard > President > Women's International League for Peace and Freedom > UK Section > ? > > > > > > > > > From abrunet at ichrdd.ca Wed Apr 23 14:22:11 2003 From: abrunet at ichrdd.ca (abrunet@ichrdd.ca) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] worth reading from Kathy Kelly Message-ID: Ariane Brunet Women's Rights Coordinator - Coordinatrice Droits des Femmes Rights & Democracy - Droits et D?mocratie 1001, boul. de Maisonneuve Est Bureau 1100, Montr?al (Qu?bec) Canada H2L 4A2 tel: 514 283 6073 Fax: 514 283 3792 http://www.ichrdd.ca >From: Raymond Legault >To: legaultr@colba.net >Subject: DE / FROM Kathy Kelly >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:49:03 -0400 > >(ENGLISH FOLLOWS FRENCH) > >Bonjour ! > >Ci-dessous la traduction en fran?ais du plus r?cent texte de >Kathy Kelly, coordonnatrice du groupe Voices in the Wilderness >et de L'?quipe de paix en Irak, qui vient de quitter l'Irak. > >L'essentiel du message est le t?moignage de Sattar, chauffeur >irakien le plus assidu de ViW et de ses multiples d?l?gations en >Irak depuis des ann?es. Vraiment ? lire... > >Solidairement, > >Raymond Legault >pour OCVC (Objection de conscience / Voices of Conscience) > >============================================== > >C'est votre pays maintenant. > >Kathy Kelly, ?quipe de Paix en Irak >21 avril 2003 > >Je suis pr?sentement assise ? Amman ? cause de Sattar. Hier matin, il m'a >conduite de Bagdad jusqu'ici. Nous avons travers?, en silence, les rues >fracass?es et ruin?es. C'est son histoire qui m'a convaincue de partir. > >Pendant trois semaines, nous avons attendu nerveusement des nouvelles de >Sattar qui, depuis 1996, ?tait notre compagnon irakien le plus proche. Quel >soulagement, il y a quatre jours, de le voir entrer finalement dans le >lobby de l'h?tel. "S'il te plait, Sattar", l'ai-je suppli?, "partage avec >nous les oranges et les dattes que nous avons en haut". "Merci", dit-il, >"j'observe le je?ne aujourd'hui". Il ne nous expliqua pas exactement ce qui >motivait son je?ne, pas plus qu'il ne nous r?v?la de d?tails concernant la >grosse bosse enfl?e sur son front. > >Au d?but de la guerre, il avait amen? sa famille vivre avec des parents >hors de Bagdad. Apr?s plusieurs jours, il ?tait retourn? pour v?rifier >l'?tat de la maison familiale. Un missile avait frapp? une maison >avoisinante et deux fr?res manquaient. Sattar s'est alors rendu ? l'h?pital >Saddam dans le quartier pauvre et dangereux d'Al Thawra pour les chercher. >"J'ai trouv? la situation terrible", dit-il. "Beaucoup, beaucoup de gens >demandaient de l'aide. Une famille avec cinq bless?s s'?tait d?plac?e d'une >place ? une autre, cherchant de l'aide, et quand finalement ils sont >arriv?s ? cet h?pital, les cinq membres de la famille ?taient morts. >J'?tais venu pour demander des nouvelles de deux personnes, mais je me suis >dit, ici il y a tellement de personnes qui ont toutes besoin d'aide. Alors >j'ai demand? au m?decin si je pouvais lui ?tre utile". > >Sattar a joint ses efforts ? ceux de treize volontaires qui aidaient trois >m?decins alors qu'ils soignaient des centaines de patients. "Au d?but, j'ai >juste aid? en apportant les m?dicaments et en d?pla?ant les patients. Vous >savez, avant je ne pouvais m?me pas regarder les gens souffrir, le sang, >les blessures. Mais j'ai commenc? ? apprendre comment faire des injections >intraveineuses. Je pouvais nettoyer des blessures et mettre des >pansements". Il a travaill? ? h?pital pendant douze jours. "Il y a un >m?decin, nomm? Thamer", nous dit Sattar avec une certaine admiration, "et >il est rest? dans la salle d'op?ration pendant deux jours et deux nuits, >sans aucune pause, effectuant 75 op?rations d'urgence. Nous entendions des >coups de feu ? l'ext?rieur, mais heureusement, plusieurs cheikhs et imams >ont pu prot?ger l'h?pital". > >"Si vous allez ? cet h?pital, vous pourrez y ?tre t?moin de toutes sortes >de sc?nes en m?me temps", continua-t-il. "Des gens qui essaient de tuer, >d'autres qui tentent de voler, d'autres qui essaient d'aider en nettoyant >l'h?pital, en pr?parant de la nourriture, en ramenant des patients, des >cheikhs et des imams qui prodiguent des conseils". > >Quelques m?dias occidentaux sont venus ? h?pital et ont interview? Sattar. >Un journaliste a voulu pousser l'id?e que les Irakiens devraient ?tre >reconnaissants pour leur lib?ration. Sattar essaya d'expliquer l'ampleur >des souffrances dont il avait ?t? t?moin, mais le journaliste insista pour >donner ? l'entretien une tonpositif. Sattar lui dit alors : "Partez >maintenant". > >Des larmes lui remplissaient les yeux en d?crivant ce qu'il avait vu sur >les routes en conduisant ? Bagdad. "J'ai vu de mes propres yeux plusieurs >chars prot?ger le Minist?re du p?trole. Ils ont besoin des cartes et des >informations. Mais ils ne font rien pour aider la population, les h?pitaux, >les entrep?ts de nourriture. Les compagnies am?ricaines essaient d?j? de >r?parer les raffineries de p?trole afin de produire de 2 ? 6 millions de >barils par jour; ceci va faire chuter le prix du p?trole. Ils peuvent >contr?ler le prix du p?trole pour servir les int?r?ts am?ricains". > >Il aussi vu un char d'assaut ?tasunien devant un ?norme site d'entreposage, >o? ?tait stock?e une quantit? de bl? et de riz suffisante pour une ou deux >ann?es. Il a entendu un officier am?ricain avec un accent kowe?tien donner >l'ordre au char de faire exploser l'entr?e et ensuite dire aux gens qui >?taient l? debout "Prenez ce dont vous avez besoin. Ensuite, vous pouvez y >mettre le feu". > >Douze jours plus tard, Sattar est retourn? voir sa famille pour leur faire >savoir qu'il allait bien et pour ramener son fr?re Ali ? Bagdad. ? un point >de contr?le, un soldat am?ricain le questionna. "Je portais des jeans et, >en essayant d'?tre amical, il a touch? la jambe de mon pantalon et il m'a >dit : 'C'est bon ?a'. Je lui ai r?pondu: 'Oui, mais ils ont ?t? fabriqu?s >en Chine, pas aux ?tats-Unis' ". Surpris de voir Sattar parler anglais, le >soldat lui demanda :"?tes-vous content que nous soyons ici?" > >"J'ai r?pondu 'Non' ?les yeux de Sattar se sont encore remplis de larmes? >je souhaiterais avoir tu? avant que vous ne nous d?truisiez. Vous avez >d?truit nos maisons et notre 'grande maison' (Bagdad). Maintenant, vous >devriez rentrer chez vous". > >Son fr?re essaya de le retenir : "Es-tu fou?" demanda Ali. "Qu'est-ce que >tu es en train de dire?" > >Le soldat dit ? Sattar : "Je pourrais te tirer dessus maintenant". > >"Oui", lui dit Sattar, "tu peux le faire. Personne ne peut te faire quoi >que ce soit. Vous ?tes forts maintenant, mais attendez trois mois. >Qu'allez-vous dire aux gens alors? Vous ne pouvez pas g?rer la situation >vous-m?mes. Vous n'?tes pas en mesure de prot?ger les civils contre >eux-m?mes". > >Comme beaucoup de r?sidents de Bagdad, Sattar n'en revient pas de ce qui >est arriv? ? la Garde R?publicaine et au r?gime ? Bagdad. "Oum Qasr est un >petit village. Et ils ont pu r?sister pendant 15 jours. Pouvez-vous >imaginer que toute la puissance concentr?e ? Bagdad n'ait pas pu r?sister >deux jours?" > >Il resta silencieux pendant quelques instants sombres. "Rien n'a chang?", >dit-il. "Seul Saddam est parti". > >"Que vas-tu faire maintenant?" lui demandai-je. "Demain" me dit-il, "j'irai >en Jordanie pour reprendre mon travail de chauffeur". > >J'ai grimac?. Un homme dou?, courageux et aimable, un ing?nieur civil bien >instruit et souffrant de ne pouvoir mettre ses qualifications en pratique, >lui qui n'a jamais joint les rangs du parti Ba'ath, qui s'est efforc? >pendant plus d'une d?cennie de pr?server les valeurs simples de sa foi et >de sa culture, doit reprendre un travail de chauffeur et ramener plus >d'Occidentaux pour reconstruire son pays ravag? par la guerre. > >"Au moins, Sattar," dit Cathy Breen tristement, "maintenant vous n'aurez >plus autant de probl?mes ? aider des Am?ricains ? franchir la fronti?re". > >"Vous avez raison", dit Sattar. "C'est votre pays maintenant". > >Peu de temps apr?s le d?part de Sattar, Cathy Breen et moi avons d?cid? de >faire nos valises. > >Thomas Paine a d?j? dit: "Mon pays est le monde. Ma religion est de faire >le bien". Je ne veux pas de pays. Mais un ?norme travail nous attend, aux >?tats-Unis, pour essayer de convaincre les gens que nos styles de vie de >surconsommation et de gaspillage ne valent pas le prix pay? par ceux que >nous conqu?rons. > >En atteignant la r?gion d'industrie laiti?re d'Abou Ghraib, en conduisant >hors de l'Irak, une puanteur terrible remplit l'air. Nous avons ?t? >inform?es que beaucoup de cadavres humains et de b?tail jonchaient le sol >dans ce secteur. C'est sur cette portion de la route que nous avons crois? >une longue file de v?hicules de l'arm?e am?ricaine, phares allum?s, >arrivant pour remplacer les "Marines". Le convoi vert olive ressemblait ? >un cort?ge fun?bre. J'ai ressenti une vague de soulagement en songeant que >des compagnons de Voices in the Wilderness demeuraient ? Bagdad. Un jour, >dans un proche avenir, j'esp?re les rejoindre. Mais, pour le moment, je >dois trouver une mani?re de dire, clairement, "Non, Sattar, l'Irak n'est >pas mon pays". > >===================================== > >Hello ! > >This is the most recent text from Kathy Kelly, coordinator of >Voices in the Wilderness and of the Iraq Peace Team, who has >just left Iraq. > >The core of her message is the testimony of Sattar, for years the >most assiduous driver for ViW and their multiple delegations in Iraq. >To be read, absolutely. > >In solidarity, > >Raymond Legault >for OCVC (Objection de conscience / Voices of Conscience) > >=========================================== > >This Is Your Country Now > >Kathy Kelly, Iraq Peace Team >21 April 2003 > >I'm sitting in Amman now because of Sattar. Yesterday morning, he drove me >here, from Baghdad. Silently, we passed through the shattered and wrecked >streets. It was his story that persuaded me to leave. > >For three weeks, we had waited anxiously for news about Sattar who, since >1996, has been our closest Iraqi companion. What a relief, four days ago, >to see him finally walk into the hotel lobby.. "Please, Sattar," I begged, >"Share some of the oranges and dates we have upstairs." "Thank you," he >said, "but I am fasting." He didn't tell us exactly what motivated his >fast, nor would he disclose details about the swollen knob on his forehead. > >When the war began, he took his family to live with relatives outside of >Baghdad. After several days, he returned to check on the family home. A >missile had hit a house nearby, and two brothers were missing. Sattar went >to the Saddam Hospital in the impoverished and dangerous Al Thawra >neighborhood to look for them. "I found it terrible," he said. "Many, many >people were asking for help. One family with five injured people had gone >from place to place, seeking help, and by the time they came to this >hospital, five of the family members were dead. I was coming to ask about >two, but I thought, here there are so many, all needing help, so I asked a >doctor if he could use me." > >Sattar joined thirteen volunteers who assisted three physicians as they >tended hundreds of patients. "At first, I just helped to bring the >medicines and move patients. You know, always before, I could not even look >when people suffer blood and wounds. But I began to learn how to insert IV >injections. I could clean wounds and wrap bandages." He worked at the >hospital for twelve days. "There is one doctor, his name is Thamer," said >Sattar, with a measure of awe, "and he stayed in the operating room for two >days and nights, without a break, performing 75 emergency operations. We >heard gunfire outside, but fortunately several sheiks and imams were able >to protect the hospital." > >"If you go to that hospital you can see many pictures in one moment," he >continued. "Some people trying to kill, some people trying to steal, some >people trying to help by cleaning the hospital, making food, and delivering >patients, some sheiks and imams giving advice." > >Some western press came to the hospital and talked with Sattar. An >interviewer pressed the idea that Iraqis should be grateful for liberation. >Sattar attempted to explain how much suffering he'd seen, but the reporter >insisted on a positive spin. Sattar said, "Leave now." > >His eyes welled up with tears when describing what he saw on the roads >while driving in Baghdad. "I saw myself many tanks protecting the Ministry >of Oil. They need the maps, the information. But they do nothing to help >the people, the hospitals, the food storage. American companies are already >trying to repair the oil refineries so that they can produce 2 million to 6 >million barrels per day; this will bring the price of oil down. They can >control the price of oil to serve American interests." > >He also encountered a US tank in front of a huge storage site, where one to >two years worth of grain and rice were stored. He heard a US officer with a >Kuwaiti accent order the tank to blast open the entrance and then tell >people standing there, "Take what you need. Then you can burn it." > >After 12 days, Sattar returned to his family to let them know he was all >right and to bring his brother Ali back to Baghdad. At a checkpoint, a US >soldier questioned him. "I was wearing blue jeans and, trying to be >friendly, he touched my pant leg and said `These are good.' I told him >`Yes, but these were made in China, not in America.'" The soldier, >surprised that Sattar spoke English, asked him, "Are you glad that we're >here?" > >"I said, 'No,' - again, Sattar's eyes filled with tears--`I wish I could >have killed before you could destroy us. You have destroyed our homes, and >our `big home.' (Baghdad). Now you should go home.'" > >His brother tried to restrain him. "Are you crazy?" asked Ali. "What are >you saying?" > >The soldier told Sattar, "I could shoot you now." > >"Yes," said Sattar, "You can do it. Nobody can do anything to you. You are >strong now, but wait three months. After that what will you tell the >people? You can't manage the situation yourselves. You can't protect the >civilians from themselves." > >Like many Baghdadis, Sattar is mystified about what happened to the >Republican Guard and the regime in Baghdad. "Umm Qasr is a small village. >They could resist for 15 days. Can you imagine that all the power in >Baghdad couldn't resist for two days?" > >He was silent for a few bleak moments. "Nothing has changed," he said. >"Only Saddam has gone away." > >"Sattar," I asked, "what will you do now?" "Tomorrow," he said, "I will go >to Jordan and start driving again." > >I winced. A talented, courageous and kindly man, a well educated civil >engineer aching to use his skills, one who never joined the Baath party, >who strove for over a decade to preserve the simple values of his faith and >culture, must return to work as a driver, fetching more westerners to >rebuild his war-torn country. > >"Well, Sattar," said Cathy Breen forlornly, "now you won't have so many >problems helping Americans cross the border." > >"You are right," said Sattar. "This is your country now." > >Shortly after Sattar left, Cathy Breen and I decided to pack our bags. > >Thomas Paine once said, "My country is the world. My religion is to do >good." I don't want a country. But enormous work lies ahead, in the United >States, trying to convince people that our over consumptive and wasteful >lifestyles aren't worth the price paid by people we conquer. > >When we reached the Abu Ghraib dairy farming area, while driving out of >Iraq, a terrible stench filled the air. We're told that many corpses of >humans and cattle littered the ground of this area. It was on that stretch >of the road that we passed a long line of US Army vehicles, headlights on, >arriving to replace the Marines. The olive green convoy resembled a funeral >procession. I felt a wave of relief that Voices in the Wilderness >companions remain in Baghdad. Sometime, in the not so distant future, I >hope to rejoin them. But, for now, I must find a way to say, clearly, "No, >Sattar, Iraq is not my country." > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Wed Apr 23 14:57:50 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Opportunity Message-ID: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations has just issued the following vacancy announcement for a post in the mission in Afghanistan. It is extremely urgent that you circulate as widely as possible, and encourage as many women as you know to apply to this post. Also note the deadline and thus, the urgency of this appeal. Internal/External Vacancy Announcement for Mission Assignment Vacancy #: AMA-03-020 Deadline: 1 May 2003 Mission: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Location: Kabul, Afghanistan TThe Department of Peacekeeping Operations invites qualified external applicants and staff members in the relevant occupational group to apply for the position highlighted below. Interested UN staff at the level of the post or one level below should apply by forwarding an updated United Nations P.11 form and a copy of most recent performance appraisal. External applicants are requested to send a detailed curriculum vitae including date of birth, nationality, educational qualifications, a summary of professional skills and/or expertise, a summary of relevant work experience, publications written and languages spoken, or to complete a United Nations Personal History form (P.11), available at United Nations offices. The P.11 form may also be downloaded from www.un.org/Depts/dpko/field/howto.htm. Kindly note that applications upon receipt will be reviewed and only applicants who are short-listed will receive an acknowledgement within six weeks from the deadline for submission of applications. Vacancy #: AMA-03-020, Deadline: 1 May 2003 Mission: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Duty Station: Kabul, Afghanistan Family/Non-Family: Non-Family Initial Appointment: Six (6) Months Renewable subject to extension of mandate, operational requirements and satisfactory performance. Post Title & Level: Gender Officer (P-4) Indicative Minimum Gross Annual Remuneration: US$ 84,435.00 Description of Main Duties: The Gender Officer will be located in the Gender Affairs Unit of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Afghanistan at UNAMA headquarters in Kabul. Under the supervision of the Gender Adviser, the incumbent will undertake the following responsibilities: * Assist the Advisor in coordinating UNAMA activities related to Gender sensitive policies and programmes within UNAMA (Pillar 1 and 2) as well as other UN agencies; * Assist the Advisor in consolidating and analyzing data on Gender programmes and recent developments received from designated staff in both pillars; * Undertake daily liaison with the Ministry of women's affairs and relevant NGOs; * Assist Gender Advisor in ensuring policy coherence and an integrated, coordinated approach including in particular, gender mainstreaming activities by meeting regularly with staff with Gender responsibilities from across the mission; * Assist in the development and implementation of duty-specific Gender training for designated groups of staff from across the mission, and develops tools and methodologies to assist mission staff in carrying out their Gender relevant functions; * Deliver the "Gender and Peacekeeping" training course to all newly arrived military advisers and civilian police, in coordination with the Training Officer; * Assist the Gender Advisor in maintaining regular liaison with the Afghan Gender network; * Participate in the orientation course for civilian personnel on briefing Gender Awareness; * In consultation with the Senior Gender Adviser, liaise with the NGO community and other international partners for the coordination of capacity-building activities targeting the civil society, especially women's groups; * Participate in the meetings of the Gender Working Group that comprises all Gender Focal Points of the UN system, as required; * Liaise with relevant Departments at UN Headquarters and/or UN agencies in New York for any gender-related matters; * Draft monthly activities reports and any other relevant analysis papers as requested by the Senior Gender Adviser. Core Competencies: * Professionalism - Sound knowledge of and exposure to a range of gender issues, humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and related human rights issues, to include approaches and techniques to address difficult problems; strong analytical capacity and in particular the ability to analyze and articulate the dimension of issues that require a coordinated UN response; ability to identify issues and to use sound judgment in applying technical expertise to resolve a wide range of problems; strong research skills, including ability to evaluate and integrate information from a variety of sources; ability to work under extreme pressure, on occasion in a highly stressful environment (e.g. civil strife, natural disasters and human misery); ability to provide guidance to new/junior staff. * Commitment to Continuous Learning - Willingness to keep abreast of new developments in the field. * Communications - Good communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to draft/edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas in a clear, concise style. * Planning & Organizing - Ability to plan own work, manage conflicting priorities and work under pressure of tight and conflicting deadlines. * Technological Awareness - Fully proficient computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications, e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, internal databases, Internet, etc. * Teamwork - Very good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity Qualifications and Experience: Education: Advanced university degree (Masters or higher), preferably in Political or Social Science, Gender Studies, International Studies, Public Administration, Economics, or other relevant field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience in a related area. Experience: Seven to twelve (7-12) years of progressively responsible professional experience in gender affairs, human rights, humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, rehabilitation and development, or other related area, of which at least 3 years should be in the field, preferably in humanitarian emergency efforts. Familiarity with issues affecting women's rights in Afghanistan Languages: Fluency in oral and written English is essential. Knowledge of any of the languages spoken in Afghanistan, in particular Dari or Pashto, is highly desirable. Preference will be given to equally qualified women candidates. Completed detailed Application Documentation as specified above referring to Vacancy number AMA-03-020 should be forwarded to the attention of: Human Resources Planning and Development Section, PMSS/DPKO, Room # DC1-980, 1 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA Fax No.: 1-917-367-4102 or by e-mail to dpko-missions-internalva@un.org From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Fri Apr 25 09:40:24 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Message_to_Subscribers_--_Pour_les_abonn=E9=28e=29s?= Message-ID: Dear Subscribers: This is a reminder to all subscribers that the Women, Peace and Security listserv serves to provide a constructive forum for information exchange and dialogue between individuals and organizations who believe in the important roles that women play in conflict resolution. 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From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Fri Apr 25 12:02:58 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Invitation Message-ID: "Leadership and Participation: The Role of Women Participants in Social Communications" Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:00-2:00 pm Room 16, East Block, Parliament Hill The Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security and South Asia Partnership Canada invite you to attend an informal roundtable with two special guests, Ms. Bandana Rana from the Forum of Women in Media, Nepal and Ms. Rubina Feroze Bhatti from Taangh Wasaib, Pakistan to discuss the role of South Asian women in communication for social change. **Please register to Julie Shouldice as soon as possible at SHOULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA or 613-992-0189. For security reasons, you MUST register for this event. Bandana Rana is the founder and presently executive president of Sancharika Samuha a Forum of Women in Media that has been active in Nepal since early 1996 to harness the potential of the media in promoting an equality based development. She has been working in the field of development communications for the last seventeen years with focus on gender equality and women's empowerment. She is also the news editor and anchor of Nepal Television since 1986.In the past she has worked as communication consultant with various UN organisations in Nepal like UNDP, FAO, UNICEF and UNIFEM. She is in the board of several media organisations like Nepal Press Institute, World View International, South Asia Free Media Association and International Association of Women in Radio and Television. She has also made several video documentaries on the issue of violence against women in Nepal. Rubina Feroze Bhatti is the General Secretary and a founding member for the Taangh Wasaib ("a longing for the fullness of humanity") Organisation in Sargodha, Pakistan. Taangh uses a variety of communication techniques to promote human rights, women's rights, inter-faith harmony and peace building. It is a voluntary organisation that works to resolve various issues by encouraging the participation of the local community members, especially youths. She has organised many workshops, training programs, street plays and puppet shows that draw attention to human rights issues in Pakistan. Ms. Bhatti has also been an educator at the Girl's College in Sargodha. In 2002 she was the nominee of the Pakistan People's Party for reserve seats in the Punjab Assembly and is an active member of her religious community campaigning for the abolition of the separate electorate for religious minorities and in 1992 against blasphemy laws. Ms. Bhatti is also a freelance contributor to magazines on women's rights and minority issues. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030425/89d0db89/attachment.html From SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA Fri Apr 25 14:57:08 2003 From: SHOULJ at SEN.PARL.GC.CA (Shouldice, Julie: SEN) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] A Woman's Place -- New York Times Message-ID: New York Times April 25, 2003 A Woman's Place By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF The only time I saw Iraqi men entirely intimidated by the American-British forces was in Basra, when a cluster of men gaped, awestruck, around an example of the most astoundingly modern weapon in the Western arsenal. Her name was Claire, and she had a machine gun in her arms and a flower in her helmet. "I'm a bit of a novelty here," she said, laughing. The Iraqis flinched. In the aftermath of the Iraq war it's time to re-examine the ban on women in American front-line forces. Women are barred from about 30 percent of active-duty positions, and there's still a deep emotional resistance to exposing American women to deadly violence. Granted, the sight of a female P.O.W. on television sent a frisson down the American spine, and there is such discomfort with women in body bags that maybe it can't be countered with practical arguments. But let me try. Based on the performance of women in Iraq and Afghanistan, I see three advantages to allowing women even on the front. First, particularly in the Muslim world, notions of chivalry make even the most bloodthirsty fighters squeamish about shooting female soldiers or blowing them up at checkpoints. For just that reason, I asked a woman to sit beside me in the front seat while I drove on a dicey highway in Iraq on the theory that befuddled snipers would hesitate to fire. Let's let foreign chauvinism work for us. Second, wars these days are less for territory than for hearts and minds, and coed military units appear less menacing. The British used female soldiers near Basra in this way to convey the idea that they weren't set on raping and pillaging. Third, military units need women to search female civilians for weapons. American leathernecks simply can't pat down Afghan or Iraqi women. ("Now, ma'am, if you'll just remove your burka.") Critics of having women in the Army say that sending moms to war disrupts families (more than sending dads) and that female captives are particularly likely to be raped. Both arguments have some truth to them. But by similar logic one could prohibit women from working in risky neighborhoods or late at night. "There's this whole mommy-at-war feeling, which tells me that the critics have given up on the women-can't-do-it argument," said Lory Manning, who spent 25 years in the Navy and runs the Women in the Military project in Washington. "They're backing off the old arguments and have come up with a new one." Call me postmodern, but I side with Rhonda Cornum, who, as an Army colonel, was sexually molested while a P.O.W. in the first gulf war * and who has argued that women should be allowed in combat. When her helicopter was shot down in 1991, several colleagues were killed. She was shot and suffered two broken arms, and she was captured. "A lot of people make a big deal about getting molested," she noted later, adding: "But in the hierarchy of things that were going wrong, that was pretty low on my list." While female P.O.W.'s may be more at risk of sexual abuse, experience in Iraq suggests that they may also be more likely to inspire sympathy. An Iraqi doctor felt so sorry for Jessica Lynch that he risked his life to help rescue her, and that probably wouldn't have happened if she'd been a big, hairy, smelly Marine. Of course, there are legitimate concerns. The book "Men, Women and War" suggests that 10 percent of women soldiers are pregnant at any one time, although that number strikes me as high. Women tend to be physically weaker and can have trouble lugging heavy gear, or heavy comrades. Moreover, most discussions are too delicate to mention it, but anyone who has spent time in a war zone knows about the Privy Principle. Try relieving yourself when minefields make it impossible to step more than a few yards from everyone else. Still, female correspondents and photographers are everywhere in war zones and demonstrate that the barriers are mostly just in our own minds. Moreover, one of the reasons we go to war is to uphold values * like equality for all. We transmit that message every time our troops encounter foreigners, particularly when our soldiers have flowers in their helmets and names like Claire. Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company | Home | Privacy Policy | Search | Corrections | Help | Back to Top From sevilla.leowinata at sympatico.ca Sat Apr 26 00:00:40 2003 From: sevilla.leowinata at sympatico.ca (Sevilla Leowinata) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Impact of Armed Combat on Women in Iraq & Key Issue on Women and Children Message-ID: <3EAA0468.000017.07783@sl> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The project is working with and through ten partner organisations and diverse local and national women in ten different districts throughout Sri Lanka. It targets a diverse range of constituents - engaging in coalition building, skills training, lobbying, policy and awareness raising activities. Any problems with joining the list please let me know - if you would like to be sent some materials on women, peace and security in Sri Lanka or know anyone who might be interested please also let me know. Many Thanks Bethan National Peace Council peace2@sri.lanka.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030426/68413250/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Sat Apr 26 16:06:39 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] Where Are the Iraqi Women? (Landsberg column, Toronto Star) Message-ID: <01db01c30c2f$598090e0$f5affea9@beth> IRAQI WOMEN ARE CONSPICUOUS BY THEIR ABSENCE MICHELE LANDSBERG TORONTO STAR SAT.APRIL 19 '03 PG.L1 Iraqi women are said to be the most empowered and educated in the Arab world. They are free, unlike their sisters elsewhere, to learn and practice a profession, drive and go forth unveiled. Why then, have you seen only moustaches, guns and truncheons in the post-war news? Every crowd is all-male, and all the "opposition members" who are currently meeting to plan Iraq's future are thoroughly steeped in contempt for and ignorance of women's equality. The American conquerors have obviously not given a moment's thought to Resolution 1325 of the Security Council, which demanded that women be present at the highest decision-making levels in every situation of peacemaking and post-war reconstruction. What a disgrace, because this is a pivotal moment of history, a moment in which an Arab country could remake itself as an egalitarian trail-blazer in the Middle East. Instead, a corrupt bunch of power-mongers will huddle to divide the spoils. Human rights will not be on their agenda. Last week I met with four eloquent, passionate Iraqi feminists, front-line fighters against violence, who are living in Toronto but doing their best to demonstrate and militate against a new and vicious patriarchy now poised to seize power. They know about the old patriarchy. They pitted their lives against it to defend other women from beatings, mutilations and murder. In '91, after the first Bush war on Iraq, Saddam tried to curry favour with Islamists by passed a law permitting "honour killing": Any man had the right to kill his sister, mother, wife or daughter if she threatened to besmirch his almighty honour. Even the faintest breath of irrational suspicion could mark a woman - or girls as young as 11 or 12 - for death. Kajal Aziz, Hana Kahdem and Nazanin Ali Sharif all worked with the Independent Women's Organization (IWO) in Kurdistan to hide and shelter women fleeing violence. They themselves were threatened with death by a local mullah, and seven members of their group were slaughtered by the local political leaders. The fourth woman, architect Yanar Mohammed, lived in Baghdad under the thumb of the Baathist regime, and couldn't advocate openly for women's equality until she arrived in Canada. Several of the women visited Kurdistan three months ago to make contact with members of their organization, who are still hiding women in secret safe houses. "We want a free, secular Iraq with guarantees of equal rights for women," Mohammed said. "None of the parties represented in the so-called opposition have any commitment to women's equality. In fact, most of them participated in Saddam's oppression." Their stories of honour killings are hair-raising. One woman they rescued had been chained in a washroom in her parents' house for seven years because she wanted to leave her husband. Another young woman was beaten almost to death and her nose chopped off because she was unmarried and pregnant; the IWO found her in a field where she had been left to die, rescued her, and she now lives in Canada with her daughter. The women have lists of 5000 honour killings in Iraq, including 13 and 14 year olds who were killed because they had been raped. Hundreds of teenagers have burned themselves to death to escape forced marriages. So far, the IWO estimates that it has saved 250 women who were threatened with "honour" killing. The IWO women are all members of the Workers' Communist Party of Iraq, an egalitarian and anti-sectarian party opposing the mainstream Communists. As feminists, they were drawn to the workers' party as the one group in Iraq that boldly advocated for women's rights and refused to pit one tribe or nationality against another. "Kurds, Arabs, Shia, whatever, we are all Iraqis," insisted Yanar Mohammed. They watched helplessly in the summer and fall of 2000, when Saddam instituted his "faithfulness campaign". At least 200 women accused of immorality (including doctors and political activists) in Baghdad and Mosul were dragged from their homes and beheaded in the street by the fedayeen's swords. In a country with such an overwhelming tradition of male abuse of women, it would take a revolutionary effort of will to change directions. But does anyone really believe that government by Halliburton, Bechtel and their hand-picked puppets will have the slightest interest in honouring Resolution 1325 and empowering the women of Iraq? Yanar Mohammed and her friends are not giving up. But as the Americans celebrate the "liberation" of Iraq, women's liberation is like the tale written on the wind in Afghanistan: a tale of burning hopes turned to ashes, of promises held forth by the liberators that were never meant to be kept. -30- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030426/ad4dd1fa/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Sat Apr 26 16:17:33 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] A Message from the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice Message-ID: <020a01c30c30$df510be0$f5affea9@beth> Dear friends and colleagues, It has been a busy and eventful five years since the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice was formed in 1997 to advocate for a gender perspective in the negotiations toward the International Criminal Court. Through the advocacy of so many women, the Rome Statute stands as the most significant example of gender mainstreaming in an international treaty. The evidence of this is by now obvious to many - the explicit inclusion of rape and other crimes of sexual and gender violence as war crimes and crimes against humanity, an array of measures intended to ensure a more empowered participation and appropriate protection of victims and witnesses as well as provisions to help ensure a presence of women on the Court and gender experts among staff. The advocacy continued after the Rome Statute into the negotiation of supplemental texts from early 1999 through mid-2002 where definitions of crimes were debated as well as rules of procedure and evidence among. The Women's Caucus was present at this phase too, advocating for progressive and non-discriminatory definitions of rape and other crimes of sexual and gender violence as well as appropriate rules of evidence for the trial of crimes of sexual violence. Last year saw several key events that signaled the end of one phase of the establishment of the world's first permanent criminal court and the beginning of a new and exciting era. With the 60th ratification on 11 April 2002, the Rome Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002, marking the moment at which the Court's jurisdiction officially took effect. In September, the nomination period for judges was opened and then closed in November with 45 candidates, 10 of whom were women. This year has proved to be no less eventful. The election of the Court's first 18 judges was held in February during which seven women were elected. Though the Women's Caucus had advocated all along for parity, the election of seven women was a historic achievement in light of the traditionally very low number of women serving in international tribunals. The nomination and election of the judges was also significant for the way that NGO's at the national and international level worked together in an effort to help ensure the nomination and election of the most qualified candidates and a diverse court. Women's groups in particular worked to ensure their governments followed the appropriate procedures for the nomination of candidates, advocated for the nomination of qualified female candidates and spoke out if their governments failed to measure up to the standards set by the Rome Statute. Some took great risks in doing so. It was inspiring and exciting to see so many come together again in different ways to have such an important and historic impact. On 11 March 2003, the inaugural session of the Court was held in The Hague, the Netherlands at which time the judges were sworn into office. And this week, the Assembly of States Parties selected the Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo of Argentina. Now that the Court is officially opened, it is time to bring the advocacy of the Women's Caucus, as an effort which arose to specifically address negotiations, to a close. It has been a long and multi-layered effort to this point with the involvement of many, many women from all over the world. The achievements and the Court now belong to everyone. Advocacy around the world's first permanent criminal court is unprecedented and so is the NGO advocacy needed. Women's groups around the world must now own the ICC and incorporate this new mechanism of international justice and accountability more fully into the consciousness of our work and strategies. While the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice, as a negotiation-focused initiative, has fulfilled its purpose and is being brought to a close, the effort to bring the critical gender and political perspectives to the work of the Court and help ensure the gender gains continue to be implemented will continue in different ways. One of these ways will be through an effort known as Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice which will have a staff person in The Hague but which will emphasize the development of regional capacities. We will be closing the Women's Caucus' New York office soon to mark the completion of this historic initiative and will be in touch as plans continue to develop toward the future. We offer our thanks and congratulations to all those who contributed in any way to this effort - through participation in preparatory commission meetings, advocacy in capitols, responding to action alerts, participating in workshops and trainings and subsequent awareness-raising, through offering insights and expertise in documents, proposals and recommendations, not to mention the invaluable assistance of staff, volunteers, interns, and translators. We also thank the donors, foundations and government agencies who have supported the Women's Caucus advocacy in the ICC negotiations. We encourage you to continue to seek out and support the efforts of women's groups to ensure real gender justice and accountability. With best regards and in deepest solidarity, Ariane Brunet, Canada Lorena Fries, Chile Anissa Helie, Algeria/France Betty Murungi, Chair, Kenya Gabriela Mischkowski, Germany Vahida Nainar, India Pam Spees, U.S.A. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030426/74f14e93/attachment.html From woroniuk at magma.ca Mon Apr 28 13:48:22 2003 From: woroniuk at magma.ca (Beth Woroniuk) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:57 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] AFGHANISTAN:UNIFEM researching gender gaps and division of labour (IRIN report) Message-ID: <007b01c30dae$5cce4b40$f5affea9@beth> Islamabad,4/22/2003 (IRIN) - The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has launched a research project to establish how vulnerable and disadvantaged women are in Afghanistan. The study is focusing on sexual division of labour to explore the dynamics of the country's diverse livelihood patterns and how they fit into the larger picture of reconstruction. "We are trying to situate the question of women's rights in studying the diverse livelihood context of Afghanistan," Deniz Kandiyoti, a British anthropologist initiating the research for UNIFEM, told IRIN from the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday. "We are trying to combine the gender analysis with the livelihood analysis." The research was initiated with a pilot project in the northeastern province of Parvan in September 2002. On the basis of that study, research is being carried on gender and livelihood systems in the northeastern provinces of Laghman and Takhar and the western province of Herat. In addition to some studies of the ongoing women-targeted projects such as the World Food Programme's women's bakeries and CARE's humanitarian assistance to widows in Kabul, the research is expected to be complete next March. Kandiyoti said the study would also contribute to a more extensive livelihood study being carried by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit in seven provinces. "It will hopefully give us a more precise picture of how the domestic economy functions and how the 23 years of conflict have modified local economies and how women are coping," she said. The study is expected to help the UN, donors, the Afghan government and aid agencies gain ideas on ways of empowering women. "NGOs in the regions who have been involved in relief and rehabilitation work and who are hoping to move in a situation of peace to more sustainable development need to develop both ecologically and culturally appropriate projects," Kandiyoti observed. Referring to her findings to date, she maintained that although Afghanistan had a patriarchal social structure, whereby women were supposed to be protected in the domestic sphere, the war had changed that, and widows or other women were forced to head households. "This is a new and very deep form of poverty, and it is a very painful situation," she said. Meanwhile, in an attempt to improve facilities for women, the Rabia Balkhi Women's Hospital in Kabul reopened on Monday after the completion of a six-month renovation project supported by the US Health and Human Services (HSS) and Defense departments, according to an HHS press release. Restoring the damaged, ill-equipped facility is considered a significant step towards improving health care in the country, especially for women and children, many of whom currently die of preventable or treatable conditions. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"Leadership and Participation: The Role of Women Participants in Social Communications" Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:00-2:00 pm Room 16, East Block, Parliament Hill The Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security and South Asia Partnership Canada invite you to attend an informal roundtable with two special guests, Ms. Bandana Rana from the Forum of Women in Media, Nepal and Ms. Rubina Feroze Bhatti from Taangh Wasaib, Pakistan to discuss the role of South Asian women in communication for social change. **Please register to Julie Shouldice as soon as possible at SHOULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA or 613-992-0189. For security reasons, you MUST register for this event. Bandana Rana is the founder and presently executive president of Sancharika Samuha a Forum of Women in Media that has been active in Nepal since early 1996 to harness the potential of the media in promoting an equality based development. She has been working in the field of development communications for the last seventeen years with focus on gender equality and women's empowerment. She is also the news editor and anchor of Nepal Television since 1986.In the past she has worked as communication consultant with various UN organisations in Nepal like UNDP, FAO, UNICEF and UNIFEM. She is in the board of several media organisations like Nepal Press Institute, World View International, South Asia Free Media Association and International Association of Women in Radio and Television. She has also made several video documentaries on the issue of violence against women in Nepal. Rubina Feroze Bhatti is the General Secretary and a founding member for the Taangh Wasaib ("a longing for the fullness of humanity") Organisation in Sargodha, Pakistan. Taangh uses a variety of communication techniques to promote human rights, women's rights, inter-faith harmony and peace building. It is a voluntary organisation that works to resolve various issues by encouraging the participation of the local community members, especially youths. She has organised many workshops, training programs, street plays and puppet shows that draw attention to human rights issues in Pakistan. Ms. Bhatti has also been an educator at the Girl's College in Sargodha. In 2002 she was the nominee of the Pakistan People's Party for reserve seats in the Punjab Assembly and is an active member of her religious community campaigning for the abolition of the separate electorate for religious minorities and in 1992 against blasphemy laws. Ms. Bhatti is also a freelance contributor to magazines on women's rights and minority issues. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.web.net/archives/women-peace-and-security/attachments/20030429/402bf924/attachment.html From ffaisel at sapcanada.org Wed Apr 30 19:05:05 2003 From: ffaisel at sapcanada.org (Faruq Faisel) Date: Thu Nov 25 18:57:58 2004 Subject: [Women-peace-and-security] The War on Terror and India's Quest for Security: A presentation in Ottawa Message-ID: <01e501c30f6c$f01ca6c0$3c00a8c0@travelnet.com> South Asia Partnership Canada Cordially invites you to a mid-day presentation On The War on Terror and India's Quest for Security by Professor M. D. Nalapat UNESCO Peace Chair Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal, India Date: Wednesday May 14, 2003 Time: 12.00 to 2.00 PM Place: Room 202, 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa "After Punjab in the 1980s, India faced militancy in Kashmir the next decade. More than two decades of experience has given rise to a uniquely Indian way of dealing with terrorism, one different from that followed by the other two democracies with which it is often clubbed, Israel and the US. For New Delhi, the war on Terror is just one part in an overall effort to create a secure environment for its one billion citizens, a process that takes in not just the United States and Russia but China into its range. What is the Indian experience? And what lessons can other democracies learn from it, in a context defined by 9/11 and the US response to that atrocity? In a context that has seen the rise of China as the new Giant of Communism?" M. D. Nalapat is Professor of Geopolitics and UNESCO Peace Chair at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India's elite private university. He was Coordinating Editor of the Times of India, largest-circulating English-language newspaper in India, Editor of the second-largest Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi. During his tenure in the Mathrubhumi, he had taken up issues such as religious intolerance, focusing for example on the denial of certain privileges to "lower" castes in the famous Guruvayur temple in Kerala; the discarding of unwanted wives through easy divorce practices in the Muslim community; and the denial of inheritance rights to Christian women in the state. He also exposed several cases of governmental corruption. During his tenure with The Times of India, M. D. Nalapat emphasized the problems arising from India's insurgencies and the creation of nuclear and missile deterrents. Professor Nalapat was the first to enunciate the theory, later popularized by Russian Prime Minister at the time, Yevgeny Primakov, that an alliance of India, Russia (then USSR) and China would have the capability of posing an effective challenge to the Western Alliance. In 1994 he called for the use of the "business card" in Pakistan, offering commercial incentives generously while denying concessions sought by the Pakistan Army. He has researched extensively on insurgencies in India. His book, "Indutva," claims that all Indians are a composite of Vedic (Hindu), Mughal (Muslim), Western (Christian) civilizations. Therefore the Hindu Right's concept of Hindutva (which demands that all Indians adapt to and adopt practices of the Hindu faith) was unworkable. As UNESCO Peace Chair, he organized major conferences, including on USA-India relations; Persian Gulf Region-India relations; and China-India relations. In February this year he organized the first-ever Trilateral Security Conference between India, Israel and the USA in partnership with the Jewish Institute of International Security Affairs, Washington. He is Senior Associate of the National Institute of Advanced Study, Bangalore and Member of the Institute for Social and Economic Change and the United Services Institution of the Indian Ministry of Defense. Apart from being a contributor to several newspapers he is Consulting Editor of the Indian Defense Review. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Space is limited. Please RSVP: Faruq Faisel Canadian Program Manager South Asia Partnership Canada 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 200 Ottawa Ontario K1N 7B7 Canada E-mail: ffaisel@sapcanada.org Phone: (613) 241 1333, Extension 226 Fax: (613) 241 1129 URL: www.sapcanada.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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