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From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!

The 2012 16 Days Campaign will continue with the global theme: From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!  This year’s Campaign marks our third year of advocacy on the intersections of gender-based violence and militarism.  Based on feedback from participating organizations and individuals, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), as the global coordinator of the Campaign, continues to engage with participants to challenge militarism and explore the deep socioeconomic structures that perpetuate gender-based violence.

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Sylvia Estrada Claudio, MD, PhD

Delivered at the Third People's Health Assembly, July 8, 2012, Capetown South Africa

At the outset, I wish to note that I and some others here, are from another movement. We are from the women's movement, particularly the sexual and reproductive health and rights movement. I therefore thank the leaders of the People's Health Movement (PHM) for inviting me here. I am convinced that only a broad movement of peoples will end the discourse of profit-making that is our common enemy. I am sincere in my desire to be with the PHM as an individual activist and as someone who has led and continues to lead organizations at the grassroots and international levels.

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through feminist action research, skills and capacity building and multi stakeholder dialogue

Logo FC ICCO-KIA-ACT iconIsis International launched its initiative to strengthen Women's Participation in Peace Building in2009. Called "The Cultural Politics of Conflict, Peace and the UNSCR 1325: Strategising and Capacity Building", this initiative continues Isis International's commitment to strengthen women's participation in peace building through: feminist action research, skills and capacity building and multi stakeholder dialogue. It uses creative methodologies such as story telling and informal dialogues that allow women to surface their experiences in their homes and communities as they strive for a peaceful and sustainable life. To begin with, Isis International launched the initiative in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its partner organisations in these countries are: Centre Studies of Indonesia Eastern Region, Indonesia and BALAI Rehabilitation Centre Inc., Philippines.

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http://womenofburma.org/

By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY| June 20, 2012 |

The Women’s League of Burma (WLB), a coalition of 13 women’s organizations representing Burma ’s main ethnic groups, called for the inclusion of women in the country’s ongoing efforts to end decades of ethnic conflict.

“Women’s participation at all levels of the peace process is needed to reflect the concerns and voices of the women and children who are particularly affected when conflicts occur,” said WLB General Secretary Tin Tin Nyo at a press conference in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai.

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Rio de Janeiro (22 June, 2012): Women from Asia Pacific demand governments address critical issues on women’s human rights missing in the Rio+20 negotiations for sustainable development. Employment and economic rights, militarisation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and women’s role in climate change significantly impact women across the region, yet are being ignored. Asia Pacific women call for States to ensure the promotion, protection and realisation of women’s human rights in the outcome document.

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http://www.aippnet.org/home/index.php

Ignoring indigenous women in sustainable development initiatives not only violates their rights, but also critically impedes the very planning and implementation of those initiatives, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) says in its new briefing note.

The briefing note, Voices of Indigenous Women from the Asia-Pacific Region, will be presented during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, popularly known as Rio+20, taking place from June 22-24, 2012 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.