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  Beyond Victimhood: Women's Peacebuilding in Sudan, Congo and Uganda

  International Crisis Group, 2006

  Peacebuilding cannot succeed if half the population is excluded from the process. Crisis Group's research in Sudan, Congo (DRC) and Uganda suggests that peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved.
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  Frameworks for Responding to Sexual Violence in Conflict, Recovery and Reconstruction

  2006

  How does the international community respond to conflicts and crises? Responses are mainly directed to emergency relief and survival needs through the Combined Appeals Processes (CAPS) in which agencies collect baskets of proposals and submit them collectively, and through the Multi-donor Trust Funds.
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  Forces for Good: Changing Masculinities in the UK Armed Forces

  United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 2006

  Only a handful of western military institutions are less then 90 percent male. The popular belief is that men are more aggressive than women. Yet, if men were naturally militaristic, conscription would never be necessary. Research into masculinities demonstrates that masculine identities are multiple, contradictory and fluid.
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  Strengthening Governance: The Role of Women in Rwanda's Transition

  Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2003

  Following parliamentary elections in 2003, women hold nearly 50 percent of seats in Rwanda's new parliament. In the post-genocide transition years, innovative mechanisms were created to enable women's participation in leadership structures. Rwandan women have been at the forefront of post-genocide recovery and reconciliation.
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  Our Bodies, Their Battleground: Gender Based Violence in Conflict Zones

  2004

  An estimated half a million women were raped during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and 50 percent of all women in Sierra Leone were subjected to sexual violence, including rape, torture and sexual slavery during the conflict. In Liberia, an estimated 40 percent of all girls and women have fallen victim to abuse.
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  Child Soldiers: What About the Girls?

  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2001

  From 1990 to 2000 girls were active in armed conflicts in at least 32 countries. Although young girls take on significant duties in conflicts, they have received scant attention.
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  Masculinity, Peace Processes, Impunity and Justice

  Women's Human Right's Net, 2004

  In spite of international human rights and humanitarian law, women of all ages continue to be disproportionately brutalised in conflicts, both by the military and by paramilitary forces. Men's human rights can also be violated in conflict: they are wounded and die during battles and are often incarcerated or forcibly recruited.
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  From Combat to Community: Women and Girls of Sierra Leone

  Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2004

  Sierra Leone ended its national disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programme in December 2003. In the five years the programme was running 72,500 former combatants were demobilised including 4,751 women (6.5 percent), and 6,787 children (9.4 percent), 506 of whom were girls.
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  Of War, Siege and Lebanon: Women's Voices from the Middle East and South Asia

  Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies, 2006

  This is a collective online publication by leading women activists, academics and writers in the Middle East and South Asia. It depicts their reactions to the wars and the increasing militarism in the Middle East, and their analysis of its impact on women activists' efforts to promote gender equality, human rights and democracy.
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  Women, Peace and Security News: Liberia

  PeaceWomen: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 2006

  This online resource provides links to recent news features relating to women, peace and security in Liberia. It also provides information about in-country and international women, peace and security initiatives. A list of non-governmental organisation (NGO), United Nations, Government, and New York Permanent Mission contacts are also available.

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