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Access to documents related with military and police women of the region.

The involvement of women in conflict negotiation processes and the protection of women against all kinds of violence are key to strengthening real democracy and achieving a lasting peace.

In places where conflict puts the security of civilian population at risk, such countries that contribute with troops and police personnel to UN peacekeeping missions need to develop new capabilities in order to prevent and combat gender-based violence encountered in the field.





For the first time, the UN admits that sexual violence, when used as a combat weapon, hinders international security.
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For more information on her appointment, visit http://www.un.org/spanish/News/
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Tools for action

  • UNIFEM´s Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice (2010)
    http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/Ana
    lytical_Inventory_of_Peacekeeping_Practice_online.pdf

  • United Nations Secretary-General´s campaign “UNETE” to put an end to violence against women.



    Relevant News:

  • Nicaragua capacita a mil funcionarios sobre equidad de género (18/05/2012)
    http://www.lajornadanet.com/diario/archivo/2012/mayo/18/3.php

  • Autoridades se preparan para entrada en vigencia de Ley Contra la Violencia dirigida a las Mujeres (17/05/2012)
    http://www.adital.com.br/site/noticia.asp?lang=ES&cat=8&cod=67060

  • ONGs de México se suman a campaña contra la violencia sexual en conflictos (14/05/2012)
    http://noticias.lainformacion.com/policia-y-justicia/violacion/ongs-de-mexico-se-suman-a-campana-contra-la-violencia-sexual-en-conflictos_XCK5ScfSPBUFL6qdDMWoj4/

  • CNDDHH presenta spot sobre violencia sexual en conflicto armado
    http://www.alertaperu.pe/publicar/nacionales/2445-cnddhh-presenta-spot-sobre-violencia-sexual-en-conflicto-armado.html

  • Violencia sexual en el conflicto armado, delito con 98% de impunidad (08/03/2012)
    http://www.semana.com/politica/violencia-sexual-conflicto-armado-delito-98-impunidad/173391-3.aspx

  • Guatemala: Speaking Out on the Genocide of Indigenous Women (22/02/2012)
    http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/22/guatemala-speaking-out-o-the-genocide-of-indigenous-women/

  • Women & justice in conflict: Beyond rape victims (29/10/2011)
    http://www.intlawgrrls.com/2011/10/women-justice-in-conflict-beyond-rape.html

  • Somali women raped enroute to Kenya (08/08/2011)
    http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/08/08/hungry-somali-women-raped-enroute-to-kenya/

  • Congo's Forgotten Sexual Genocide (05/08/2011)
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-k-grieboski/congos-forgotten-sexual-genocide_b_916663.html

  • UN report calls for prosecution of perpetrators of mass rape in DR Congo (17/07/2011)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39120&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo

  • Male Rape as a Weapon of War (17/07/2011)
    http://www.care2.com/causes/male-rape-as-a-weapon-of-war.html

  • Mass rapes in DR Congo could be crimes against humanity ­ UN report (06/07/2011)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38954&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo

  • Sexual Violence and Implications in the Congo (04/07/2011)
    http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1107/S00091/sexual-violence-and-implications-in-the-congo.htm

  • Al menos 121 mujeres fueron violadas en una serie de escaramuzas en el Congo (01/07/2011)
    http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/07/01/internacional/1309524847.html

  • Cadena perpetua para una antigua ministra de Ruanda por ordenar violaciones (24/06/2011)
    http://www.europapress.es/epsocial/noticia-cadena-perpetua-antigua-ministra-ruanda-ordenar-violaciones-20110624115750.html

  • Rape in wartime: Listening to the victims (24/06/2011)
    http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/06/23/war.rape.interviewers/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

  • Más de 100 víctimas de violación y violencia en una aldea congoleña (23/06/2011)
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jJGVwUMXgJ05H1irokn5xYEEIZ_g?docId=CNG.3078615abf12cba8d9eceac2df295975.e71

  • Guatemala: UN envoy against sexual violence hails arrest of former top military figure (23/06/2011)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38831&Cr=Wallstr%C3%B6m&Cr1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=
    Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29

  • Call for Communications: Allegations of Human Rights Violations Affecting the Status of Women (14/06/2011)
    http://www.unwomen.org/2011/06/call-for-communications-allegations-of-human-rights-violations-affecting-
    the-status-of-women/

  • Human Rights Council focuses on conflict-related violence against women (12/06/2011)
    http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2173348&Language=en

  • Violaciones como arma de guerra (12/06/2011)
    http://blogs.elpais.com/mujeres/2011/06/violaci%C3%B3n-como-arma-de-guerra.html

  • UN official stresses need for empowerment and political participation of women (10/06/2011)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38689&Cr=gender+equality&Cr1=

  • DR Congo: UN envoy tells Security Council of improving security, remaining threats (09/06/2011)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38674&&Cr=democratic&&Cr1=congo

  • Ejército indio investiga a 51 militares por abusos sexuales en el Congo (07/06/2011)
    http://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=485892

  • Analysis: New laws have little impact on sexual violence in DRC (07/06/2011)
    http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=92925&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=
    twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29

  • 'Rape war' in the DRC in the DRC (31/05/2011)
    http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/article.php?title=%27Rape%20war%27%20%20in%20the%20DRC%20in%20the%20DRC&id=6010

  • Domestic Rape in Congo a Rapidly Growing Problem (30/05/2011)
    http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Domestic-Rape-in-Congo-a-Rapidly-Growing-Problem-122826644.html

  • Wallstrom making progress in fight against rape in conflict (29/05/2011)
    http://www.neurope.eu/articles/Wallstrom-making-progress-in-fight-against-rape-in-conflict/106673.php

  • UN special representative demands action to combat sex abuse in conflict areas (26/05/2011)
    http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/un-special-representative-demands-action-to-combat-sex-abuse-in-conflict-areas/

  • Sensationalism or silence in the Congo: rape, death and the media (26/05/2011)
    http://www.worldandmedia.com/drc/sensationalism-or-silence-in-the-congo-rape-death-and-the-media-2605.html

  • Aung San Suu Kyi condemns sexual violence by Burmese army (25/05/2011)
    http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/5320-aung-san-suu-kyi-condemns-sexual-violence-in-conflict.html

  • USAID, IOM, MONUSCO Reinforce Congolese Police in Fighting Sexual Violence (25/05/2011)
    http://monusco.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=932&ctl=Details&mid=1096&ItemID=13767

  • Le Roy Discusses U.N. Peacekeeping Operations (24/05/2011)
    http://www.npr.org/2011/05/24/136620247/le-roy-discusses-u-n-peacekeeping-operations

  • Rape in Haiti: The Aftershocks Continue (23/05/2011)
    http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/05/rape_in_haiti_the_aftershocks_continue.html

  • Speaking Out: Stories of Hope from The Women Of Liberia (23/05/2011)
    http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/programmes/all-programmes/different-voices/
    different-voices-archive/speaking-out-stories-of-hope-from-the-women-of-liberia/

  • Nobel laureates launch campaign against rape as a weapon of war (20/05/2011)
    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Nobel+laureates+launch+campaign+against+rape+weapon/
    4817206/story.html#ixzz1MvtXfFh7

  • DR Congo rape study 'questionable' (18/05/2011)
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13448513

  • Addressing Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti's (17/05/2011)
    http://reliefweb.int/node/402171

  • Mulheres congolesas violadas em Angola durante o seu repatriamento para a RDC (16/05/2011)
    http://www.zwelangola.com/activismo/index-lr.php?id=5889

  • NGO Addresses Sexual Violence Issues in DRC using Popular Media (13/05/2011)
    http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=6620

  • UN envoy welcomes study into extent of sexual violence in DR Congo (12/05/2011)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38361&Cr=sexual+violence&Cr1=

  • 48 women raped every hour in Congo, new study shows, far surpassing previous estimates (11/05/2011)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/48-women
    -raped-every-hour-in-congo-new-study-shows-surpassing-previous-estimates/
    2011/05/11/AF6pWZpG_story.html

  • UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet welcomes the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, Urges Member States to Move Towards Securing the Treaty’s Entry into Force (11/05/2011)
    http://www.unwomen.org/2011/05/un-women-executive-director-michelle-bachelet-welcomes-the-council-of-europe-convention-on-preventing-and-combating-violence-against-women-and-domestic-violence-urges-member-states-to-move
    -towards-se/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3
    A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29

  • Ciudades sin violencia hacia las mujeres: Un desafío posible
    http://www.americalatinagenera.org/es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2101&Itemid=564

  • Rwanda: UN Envoy Welcomes Start of FDLR Leaders' Trial (06/05/2011)
    http://allafrica.com/stories/201105060190.html

  • Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Strategy On Sexual, Gender-Based Violence (03/05/2011)
    http://allafrica.com/stories/201105040630.html

  • Activist: Mexico’s War on Drugs Leads to Violence Against Women
    http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=392641&CategoryId=14091

  • SUDAN: North Darfur water project helps protect women from sexual violence (27/04/2011)
    http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92597

  • Liberia: Protect Refugees Against Sexual Abuse (27/04/2011)
    http://www.ttkn.com/law-and-order/liberia-prot
    ect-refugees-against-sexual-abuse-10706.html

  • Uganda: Teenage Mothers Can be Saved From Violence (27/04/2011)
    http://allafrica.com/stories/201104280793.html

  • Mujeres víctimas de conflictos armados exigen reparación y restitución de tierras (25/04/2011)
    http://www.adital.com.br/site/noticia.a
    sp?lang=ES&cat=14&cod=55807

  • Shining Lights on the Issue of Gender-Based Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps (21/04/2011)
    http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/p
    id/7546;jsessionid=2F9D0AC15AE3B86E743CD1B57CE2C816.jahia01?utm_source=feedburner&utm_
    medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

  • U.N. peacekeepers learn to battle sexual violence in war (21/04/2011)
    http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/un-peace
    keepers-learn-to-battle-sexual-violence-in-war

  • Africa. Rights Goup: Rape, Sexual Abuse 'Pervasive' in Ivory Coast (14/04/2011)
    http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/de
    capua-ivory-coast-rape-14apr11-119845714.html

  • UN Security Council 6515th Meeting* (AM) Civilian Protection Measures Not Comprehensive Unless Systematically Include ‘Efforts to End Sexual Violence before It Has Begun’, Security Council Told (14/04/2011)
    http://www.un.org/News/Pres
    s/docs//2011/sc10226.doc.htm

  • Crean ciudad solo para mujeres en el Congo (05/04/2011)
    http://noticias.terra.com.pe/internacional/crean-ciudad-solo-para-mujeres-e
    n-el-congo,84bb181b9f72f210VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html

  • Piden que situación mujer en el conflicto de Colombia se trate en Conferencia (03/04/2011)
    http://www.abc.es/agencias/n
    oticia.asp?noticia=762740

  • UN envoy on sexual violence welcomes African commitment to eradicating the vice (01/04/2011)
    http://www.modernghana.com/news/322760/1/un-envoy-on-s
    exual-violence-welcomes-african-commi.html

  • Militares são processados por crimes de violência sexual na RDC (30/03/2011)
    http://unicrio.org.br/militares-sao-processad
    os-por-crimes-de-violencia-sexual-na-rdc/

  • Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls
    http://www.endvawnow.org/

  • Survivors of Sexual Violence Testify Before the African Union Peace and Security Council (28/03/2011)
    http://www.unwomen.org/2011/03/survivors-of-sexual-violence-testi
    fy-before-the-african-union-peace-and-security-council/
    Sobrevivientes de la violencia sexual declaran ante el Consejo de paz y seguridad de la Unión Africana http://www.unwomen.org/es/2011/03/survivors-of-sexual-violen
    ce-testify-before-the-african-union-peace-and-security-council/

  • Mujeres buscan reparación especial por abusos sexuales en medio del conflicto (08/03/2011)
    http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo-255537-m
    ujeres-buscan-reparacion-especial-abusos-sexuales-medio-del-con?utm_source=twitter
    feed&utm_medium=twitter

  • Piden a ONU-Mujeres combatir violencia de género como prioridad (23/02/2011)
    http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/5891/Piden_a_ONU_Mujeres_combatir_violencia_de_genero_como_prioridad

  • Crean una Comisión Nacional que sancionará la violencia de género (21/02/2011)
    http://www.infobae.com/notas/562410-Cr
    ean-una-Comision-Nacional-que-sancionara-
    la-violencia-de-genero.html

  • República Democrática del Congo: ONU donará barca a víctimas de violencia sexual (07/02/2011)
    http://www.un.org/spanish/News/fullst
    orynews.asp?newsID=20222&criteria1=Congo

  • Côte d’Ivoire: ONU condena violencia sexual y pide protección de civiles (27/01/2011)
    http://www.un.org/spanish/News/ful
    lstorynews.asp?newsID=20149&criteria1=Côte d’Ivoire
  • Secretary-General calls for additional steps to fight sexual violence in conflict (08/12/2010)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as
    p?NewsID=36997&Cr=sexual+violence&Cr1=

  • UN calls on corporate sector to help eliminate violence against women (23/11/2010)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?
    NewsID=36844&Cr=violence+against+women&Cr1=

  • DR Congo: UN helps seize rebel leader presumed responsible for mass rape (05/10/2010)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story
    .asp?NewsID=36347&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo

  • Haiti: UN launches new campaign against rape and gender-based violence (13/09/2010)
    http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as
    p?NewsID=35900&Cr=haiti&Cr1


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