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    Women at work: preventing gun violence

    International Action Network on Small Arms Women’s Network, 2012
    This issue of the IANSA Women's Network (IANSA WN) bulletin begins with a piece by Suzanne Jimbul, describing a demonstration that took place on 12 April 2012 in Papua New Guinea (PNG); over 1,000 women and girls from various churches and community-­based organisations in North Bougainville marched to Bel Isi Park with placards and banners demanding the total disposal of arms, and calling o
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    Recommendations to the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation concerning the integration of gender issues and perspective within transitional justice mechanisms.

    Nazra for Feminist Studies, 2013
    In June of 2013, masses of Egyptian people once again took to the streets to demand the ouster of the President, this time the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammed Morsi. Having taken control of the presidency, the armed forces appointed Judge Muhammad Amin al-Mahdi as Minister of Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation as part of a ten-step reconciliation roadmap.
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    Gender in Nigeria Report 2012: Improving the lives of girls and women in Nigeria

    British Council, 2012
    This report provides a comprehensive view of gender in Nigeria. It assesses progress in key areas, including: employment and livelihoods, education and health, political representation, and violence. It finds that women and girls suffer systematic disadvantage and discrimination that is magnified for those in the poorest States and sectors of society.
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    Factsheet: The Philippines

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2011
    This fact sheet by UN Women presents an overview of the situation women currently face in the Philippines, as well as the various ways in which UN Women has been supporting governments and civil society.
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    Gabriela Women's Party

    Gabriela Women's Party, 2012
    Named after Gabriela Silang, who led a regional revolt against Spanish colonisers almost 400 years ago, Gabriela is a national women’s coalition formed by diverse groups in response to the Marcos dictatorship. This website is the home of the Gabriela Women’s Party, an off-shoot established in 2000 and now the fourth largest political party in the Philippines.
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    Security Council Resolution 1325 Civil Society Monitoring Report: The Philippines

    Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, 2010
    Armed conflicts have existed in the Philippines since the 1960s. This monitoring report examines the impacts of war on Filipina women, and their contributions to conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding ten years after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325.
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    Russia: Gender Equality Issues and Resources In Brief

    Canadian International Development Agency, 1999
    This brief summarises three major gender equality issues in Russia: the impacts on women of the transition to a market economy; the development of democratic institutions and responsive government processes; and violence against women. The brief notes that the average level of education of Russian women is among the highest in the world and equal to that of Russian men.
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    Gender and Rape Survivors' Access to Legal Justice in South Africa

    Department of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, 2010
    How does gender inequality within the South African justice system affect rape survivors’ access to legal justice? Is the law able to protect women and bring perpetrators to justice? Rape is widespread in South Africa where gender inequality is rife.
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    Demonstrating Legislative Leadership: The Introduction of Rwanda's Gender-Based Violence Bill

    Initiative for Inclusive Security, 2008
    Women make up 45.3 percent of Rwanda's two houses of parliament and a record-breaking 48.8 percent of the elected lower house.
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    Masculinity and Civil Wars in Africa – New Approaches to Overcoming Sexual Violence in War

    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2009
    An analysis of the different roles that men and women can play as a conflict unfolds offers new perspectives to help understand wars and restore peace in post-war societies. Sustainable peace building requires, among other things, addressing the behaviour and thinking of violent actors and preventing re-establishment of the old discordant social order.

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