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    • Women, War & Peace | Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube
    • Why women's peace activism in World War I matters now
    • Women, War, Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of ...
    • Preview: PBS’s powerful documentary series Women War & Peace returns ...

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  2. www.unwomen.org › en › what-we-doFacts and figures: Women, peace, and security - Headquarters

    Oct 23, 2023 · Women’s meaningful participation in negotiating peace. Women’s leadership and political participation. Protecting human rights, rule of law, and women’s access to justice. Disarmament, arms control, and military spending. National and regional strategies for advancing women’s peace and security.

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      Historically, sexual and gender-based violence was...

  3. unfpa.org › sites › defaultWomen, War and Peace - United Nations Population Fund

    Women, War and Peace: The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace -building by Elisabeth Rehn and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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  5. www.unwomen.org › en › newsThe power of women peacebuilders | UN Women – Headquarters

    • “Women Are Leading Efforts…In Syria.”
    • “Young Women's Inclusion in Peacebuilding Will Create Sustainable peace.”
    • “I Gave Everything to Get Justice.”
    • “Impunity Is Not acceptable.”

    Rajaa Altalli leads a life she never dreamed of as a girl. When she was 12 years old, her father was arrested by the Syrian government for being part of a political party. She thought she would never have a political career because, “It was too costly for one family to have more than one person arrested.” However, today she is an advocate for women...

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    Susan Sebit, 32, is an accomplished lawyer and advocate for women’s participation in governance and leadership. For decades, her home country of South Sudan has been overwhelmed by conflict. Because of the tireless advocacy of leaders like Sebit, South Sudan’s peace process engaged a coalition of 40 women’s organizations in peace talks, leading to ...

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    In the Polochic Valley of north-easten Guatemala, amidst cornfields and homes made of brick and tin, lives a group of women who changed history. The abuelas(grandmothers) of Sepur Zarco, as they are respectfully referred to, are survivors of untold horror and loss during the 36-year-long Guatemalan civil war. The Guatemalan military set up a rest o...

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    To date, no one has been successfully charged with conflict-related sexual violence in Kosovo*. Drita Haidari is working to change that. Haidari is a prosecutor for the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo. She investigates and prosecutes war crimes. “Among other war crimes, sexual assault is one of the most serious and traumatic crimes a human bei...

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  6. www.unwomen.org › facts-and-figures-women-peace-and-securityFacts and figures: Women, peace, and security

    Jul 15, 2024 · In 2022, women participated as conflict party negotiators or delegates in four of five active United Nations–led or –co-led peace processes. Women’s representation stood only at 16 per cent, a further drop compared to 19 per cent in 2021 and 23 per cent in 2020 [1]. Trend data since 1990 show that seldom are representatives of women’s ...

  7. www.pbs.org › wnet › women-war-and-peaceWomen, War and Peace | PBS

    In a year when women are mobilizing and running for office in unprecedented numbers, Women, War & Peace demonstrates how some of the biggest international stories of recent memory are shaped by...

  8. dppa.un.org › en › women-peace-and-securityGender, Women, Peace and Security | Department of Political and...

    Increasing the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in peacemaking, conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts is a key priority for the United Nations Department of Political...

  9. www.pbs.org › wnet › women-war-and-peaceWatch | Women, War and Peace | PBS

    Mar 22, 2019 · In 1987 during the first Intifada, imprisoned Palestinian women form a bond while raising one prisoner's infant son. Women, War and Peace Premieres Mon, March 25 & Tues, March 26