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  • Organisation

    Dev-Zone

    This resources aims to inform and educate New Zealanders about international development and global issues.
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    Gender, peace and peacekeeping: lessons from Southern Africa

    Institute for Security Studies, 2005
    This document discusses the relationship between gender and peacekeeping in Africa. It draws on evidence from two Southern African peacekeeping experiences: the United Nations Observer Mission to South Africa (UNOMSA) and the Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC)
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    Africa’s male youth – threat to security and development?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Across Africa, youth are members of military organisations, suffer from and transmit AIDS and are often excluded from reconstruction and development programmes. In post-genocide Rwanda, young men have few prospects. Is there any evidence to support the ‘youth bulge’ theory – the idea that concentrated numbers of unemployed male youth are dangerous?
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    Migration processes in Central and Eastern Europe: unpacking the diversity

    Multicultural Center Prague, 2006
    This publication brings together various previously unexplored aspects of migration processes in the context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and makes them available to an English-reading audience.
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    Women, girls, boys and men, different needs - equal opportunities

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2006
    Can attention be paid to gender issues when a disaster hits or a conflict erupts and humanitarian actors have to move quickly to save lives, meet basic needs and protect survivors?This handbook aims to provide actors in the field with guidance on gender analysis, planning and actions to ensure that the needs, contributions and capacities of women, girls, boys and men are considered in all aspec
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    GAPS report on involving men in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security

    Womankind, 2007
    How can men play and integral role in the Security Council Resolution (SCR)? This report is based on a discussion held in conjunction with GAPS (gender action for peace and security) and the High Commission for Canada on involving men in the implementation of SCR 1325. It focuses on how and why SCR 1325 is relevant to men, as well as broader efforts to build sustainable peace.
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    Women and conflict: an introductory guide for programming

    US Agency for International Development, 2007
    This guide describes the ways in which conflict and fragility may increase gender inequities and suggests programming approaches that address these issues while building on the strengths of women.
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    Targeting women: the forgotten victims of the conflict

    Amnesty International, 2007
    This Amnesty International (AI) report reveals the horrifying extent of sexual violence against women and girls taking place in the context of the current conflict in Cote d'Ivoire and points out that the scale and brutal nature of the attacks are vastly underestimated.The report points out that many women and girls are the victims of gang rape or are abducted and forced into sexual slavery by
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    Protection solutions for displaced women and children

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Women and children face unique risks during times of conflict and related displacement, including rape, domestic violence, child abuse, exploitative labour and so on. In these situations, community-based programs, designed in consultation with affected women and children, offer the most sustainable protection.
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    United Nations reform: improving peace operations by advancing the role of women

    Stanley Foundation, 2006
    Why are there so few women in influential positions within the UN peace operations? This paper discusses the recruitment and retention of women for United Nations (UN) peace operations - as heads of mission, military personnel, civilian police, and international and national civilian staff.

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