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Women's Bodies as a Battleground: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls during the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo: South Kivu (1996-2003)
International Alert, 2005History has shown that there is a link between war and the exploitation of women through rape, sexual harassment and prostitution. This is particularly true of the war in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has raged since 1996. Here sexual violence against women and girls has been and continues to be committed on a large scale.DocumentPeacekeeping in West Africa: A Regional Approach
Refugees International, 2004Women, children and the elderly comprise the majority of persons who have fled their homes in conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Ivory Coast, and are now internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring countries. This report examines the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in these countries to assess regional responses to the crises.DocumentYour justice is too slow: will the ICTR fail Rwanda’s rape victims?
United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005Throughout the Rwandan genocide, widespread sexual violence, directed predominantly against Tutsi women, occurred in every prefecture. Thousands of women were raped and many died as a result of the brutality. Yet on the tenth anniversary of the genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has handed down only 21 sentences.DocumentTaking gender equality seriously: making progress, meeting new challenges
United Nations Development Programme, 2006UNDP and its partners have had mixed success with gender mainstreaming. For UNDP, as for others, mainstreaming has too often meant that everyone - and thus no one in particular - has responsibility for promoting women's empowerment. Nonetheless, there are many success stories throughout the organisation where mainstreaming has yielded positive results.DocumentThe Historical Significance of the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000: Overcoming the Culture of Impunity for Wartime Sexual Violence
Kanagawa University, 2001In December 2000, a Women's International War Crimes Tribunal was held in Japan to hear testimonies from survivors of Japan's military sexual slavery system. The tribunal consisted of three days of hearings in front of an international panel of judges and 5,000 participants.DocumentIndependent Women, The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor
2005This book describes how East Timorese women activists mobilised against patriarchy within their society and claimed their right to participate in their newly independent and democratic nation.DocumentGetting it right, doing it right: gender and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004How can international assistance operations address the specific needs of women and girls in a practical way when planning in post-conflict situations? Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) interventions often focus primarily on goals of disarming men rather than acknowledging there are women combatants or women supporters of armed groups.DocumentRising up in response: women's rights activism in conflict
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, 2005Women's human rights activists make up the bulk of the frontline human rights and humanitarian response to armed conflict. They mobilise, individually and collectively, to address the urgent needs of conflict-affected populations, before, during and after the fighting. Yet their work is often invisible.DocumentCycles of violence: gender relations and armed conflict
Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development, 2005What is the impact of war on gender relations? Can gender relations contribute to conflict? This book describes The Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development (ACCORD) research 'Gender-sensitive Design and planning in Conflict-Affected Situations'.