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    UNSC Resolution 1325: South Asian Women's Perspectives

    International Alert, 2003
    The perspectives of South Asian women on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1325 are the focus of this regional consultation launched by the Gender and Peacebuilding Programme of International Alert. This programme was established to recognise the diversity of women's experiences during war and conflict, and support their potential to contribute to peacebuilding and reconstruction.
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    The Integration of Women's Rights in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership/L'integration des Droits des Femmes dans le Partenariat Euro-Mediterraneen

    Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2003
    The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, launched in 1995, provides a framework for political, economic and social relations between the 12 partners of the southern Mediterranean and 15 European Union member states. This report explores the dynamics that hinder and promote women's rights within this partnership and in the Middle East and North Africa.
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    Women and Sexuality in Muslim Societies

    Women for Women's Rights - New Ways, Turkey, 2000
    Controlling the sexuality of women continues to be one of the most powerful tools of patriarchy in most societies. The essays in this volume show that the sexual oppression of Muslim women is not the result of an Islamic vision of sexuality, but a combination of political, social and economic inequalities practiced through the ages.
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    Victims, Perpetrators or Actors? Gender, Armed Conflict and Political Violence

    Zed Books Limited, 2001
    Armed conflict and political violence are generally viewed as "male domains" in which acts are perpetrated by men as part of armed forces, guerrilla groups, paramilitary organisations or peacekeeping operations. The involvement of women, either willingly or inadvertently, has received far less attention.
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    States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance

    Zed Books Limited, 2000
    How is conflict a gendered phenomenon? What is the role of women's resistance in responses to the gendered impacts of conflict? The editors argue that "conflict is endemic in human societies", and that most conflict has a gender dimension. The book links global processes and the causes and consequences of armed conflict experienced on national, local and individual levels.
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    Women and War: Special Report

    International Committee of the Red Cross, 2003
    In March 2003, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published this report as a follow-up to their piece entitled Women Facing War (see summary of previous report in Siyanda). The ICRC has long recognised that armed conflicts have devastating effects on civilian populations and on women in particular.
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    Women Facing War: The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women

    International Committee of the Red Cross, 2001
    The ICRC endeavours to raise awareness of the distinct ways in which women are negatively affected by war and conflict, and how their conditions might be improved through better implementation of existing international law, as well as greater involvement of women in all aspects of conflict resolution. As part of this initiative, the organisation published this report in 2001.
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    Gender and Humanitarian Assistance Resource Kit

    1998
    The IASC was established in June 1992 to serve as the primary mechanism for UN inter-agency coordination of humanitarian assistance in complex and major emergencies. The committee is committed to ensuring that a gender perspective is fully integrated into humanitarian activities and policies.
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    Demanding our Rights: A Guide to Lobbying in Palestine

    Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, 1999
    The manual is one of very few resources in Palestinian society to address the issue of lobbying, campaigning and advocacy work. It provides directions and advice on how to plan, organise and carry out lobbying and advocacy efforts. These tools are instrumental in influencing legislators and decision-makers.
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    What Women Do in War Time: Gender and Conflict in Africa

    Zed Books Limited, 1998
    What is the legacy of armed conflict on the roles and experiences of women in Africa? This collection of reports, testimonies and analyses portrays the diverse experiences of women all over Africa who have lived through civil wars, apartheid, genocide and gendered political violence such as rape.

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