This article includes lessons learned from the peace negotiations in El Salvador and Guatemala, lessons that can be applied to other conflict situations around the world as well as calling to engender Turkey’s Peace Process. The author, Yakin Ertürk serves on the Council of Europe, Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). She was the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (SRVAW) 2003-2009, and until recently Professor of Sociology at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She also undertook numerous international assignments, including as a member of the International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic by the UNHRC (Sept 2011- March 2012).

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By Marilee Karl, co-founder, Isis International

Isis International stands in solidarity with the garment workers, mostly young women, who lost their lives or were injured when Rana Plaza building in Savar outside of Dhaka collapsed on 25 April 2013. As of Sunday night, 5 May, the death toll had reached over 600, with thousands more injured. This article lists actions that are being taken in solidarity with the families of the victims, with the survivors and with the thousands of other garment workers who toil in exploitative conditions in factories in Bangladesh, producing clothes for American and European clothing brands. Please join in. You can also send information about other actions being taken through messages to the Isis International Facebook page.