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    WILPF Report on the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

    PeaceWomen: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 2015
    Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) delegates from all over the world converged on New York for the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) to advocate for a transformative and sustainable Post-2015 development agenda that addresses the root causes of violence and war, and integrates issues of disarmament, women’s human rights, and women,
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    High-Level dialogue towards a continental results framework on women, peace and security in Africa

    United Nations, 2015
    Hosted on the United Nations WebTV service and organised by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), this 90 minute recording documents the high-level dialogue towards a continental framework on women, peace and security in Africa.
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    Women's participation in elections across Africa 2012

    2013
    The Make Every Woman Count (MEWC) Political Participation and Election Monitoring Team was formed in order to provide deeper analysis of women’s participation in politics and elections in Africa.
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    Health systems and gender in post-conflict contexts: building back better?

    Conflict and health, 2014
    The post-conflict or post-crisis period provides the opportunity for wide-ranging public sector reforms: donors fund rebuilding and reform efforts, social norms are in a state of flux, and the political climate may be conducive to change. This reform period presents favourable circumstances for the promotion of gender equity in multiple social arenas, including the health system.
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    Peace-making in West Africa: Progress and prospects

    Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre, 2005
    Since the establishment in May 1975, the Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) has consistently strived to integrate West African economies towards rapid growth and development in order to enhance the living standards of citizenry. These efforts were originally premised on an assumption of a stable and secure environment for economic integration.
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    Mainstreaming or maneuvering? Gender and peacekeeping in West Africa

    Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre, 2005
    When the first United Nations peacekeeping mission was established in 1948, warfare in many respects was straightforward. Conflicts tended to be interstate, the belligerents unambiguous, and interventions primarily military. Peacekeeping operations usually included the insertion of military observers, or forces to monitor already secured cease-fire agreements.
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    ‘Pink transportation’ in Mexico City: reclaiming urban space through collective action against gender-based violence

    Gender and Development, 2013
    Women-only transportation has become a popular option for urban women around the world who are tired of being groped and harassed in buses, subways and taxis. The separation of men and women in public transit is controversial among feminists, since it does not address or solve the fundamental issue of gender inequality which causes violence and harassment.
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    Watching us die on CNN: Report on the study of community-level conflict management mechanisms in the Niger Delta, middle belt and north east zones of Nigeria

    Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2012
    The Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) commissioned the Community-level Conflict Management Mechanisms study (CCMM) in January 2012. The study seeks to help reduce the negative impact of violent conflict on the most vulnerable, in eight target states: Kano, Yobe, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers. NSRP is designed around four main strands of work.
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    Women and peacebuilding in Africa

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2005
    The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR) in Cape Town, South Africa, and the United Nations (UN) Development Fund for Women’s (UNIFEM) Southern and Central African Regional Offices co-hosted a policy advisory group meeting on “The Impact of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in Africa”, on 27 and 28 October 2005.
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    National Human Rights Institutions, conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2004
    The intersection of human rights and conflict management has become highly relevant in the African context - all the more so since the establishment of the African Union (AU), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and related organs.

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