Subject: [fem-women2000 232] IWTC Women's GlobalNet #144
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:15:05 +0900
Seq: 232
GlobalNet #144 は、「平和を築く世界の女性たち」がテーマです。 2000年：平和をもたらす文化の国際年 平和を築き、平和をもたらす存在としての女性たち 「平和」は、国際女性の10年でも３つの重大テーマのうちの一つに上がってい た。しかし、北京行動綱領には、十分に反映されていない。そのため、Ｅ章「紛 争と女性」が平和運動関係者の結集点となっている。６月の2000年女性会議の場 で、再び「平和」を重要課題とするための取り組みもハーグから始まっている。 世界の女性運動から、平和を目指すイニシアティブを８つ紹介する。 ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: iwtc <iwtc@iwtc.org> To: iwtc-womensglobalnet@igc.topica.com Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:01:32 -0700 Subject: Women's Globalnet 144 -- IWTC Women's GlobalNet #144 Activities and Initiatives of Women Worldwide By Anne S. Walker, Megan Burke and Isha Dyfan April 13, 2000 2000: INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE. WOMEN AS PEACE-BUILDERS AND PEACE MAKERS WORLDWIDE This issue of IWTC Women'ｓ GlobalNet focuses on women in peace building and peace making activities worldwide. PEACE was one of the three corner-stones on which International Women'ｓ Year (1975) and The Decade for Women (1976-1985) were built, the other two being Equality and Development. Yet PEACE did not quite make it into the Beijing Platform for Action as one of the 12 Critical Areas of Concern. Instead, we have Women and Armed Conflict, which has become the gathering point for women peace activists in the years since Beijing. However, we women would like to see PEACE centre-stage once more , and there has been considerable planning and strategizing to make PEACE a core issue at the forthcoming UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Beijing Plus Five (June 5-9, 2000). We began by taking our concerns to The Hague Appeal for Peace, a world conference organized and undertaken by Civil Society in May 1999. With workshops on gender perspectives around peace issues, a kaleidoscope of dance, song, impassioned speeches, Global Kids art and murals, and brightly-coloured hands raised for peace lining the stairways and byways of the conference building, representing the words of women from every world region, women made themselves felt loud and clear. In July, 1999 The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice was accepted as an official UN document (Ref: A/54/98 -available on-line at <http://www.haguepeace.org>). The Agenda supports the promotion of gender justice, the elimination of violence against women in times of armed conflict, the engendering of peace building and the promotion of human security. The Agenda from the Hague Appeal for Peace provides a firm foundation for reinstating PEACE as a core issue within the current review and analysis of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Here are some examples of PEACE initiatives and activities being undertaken by women worldwide. 1. Voices from the Peace Front: The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) and the Center for the Strategic Initiatives of Women (CSIW) are bringing women peace activists to New York at the time of the Beijing Plus Five Special Session, to participate in and make a difference to the review process. As voices from the front, these women activists have much to offer within this process, and they will assist in developing strategies to maintain the pressure on governments to implement their commitments. After the Special Session, the women will participate in a week of training and sharing skills, designed to build on best organizational practices, conflict resolution skills and access to information and communication technologies. Contact: Isha Dyfan, WILPF/UN, Fax: (1-212) 286-8211. Email: wilpfun@igc.org. Web-site: http://reachingcriticalwill.org 2. NGO Women and Armed Conflict Caucus offers 8 recommendations at Briefing for UN Security Council Members During the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the UN Special Session for Beijing + 5, the Women and Armed Conflict Caucus actively engaged government representatives in two briefings as a critical part of their lobbying activities. During a speech given on March 8, 2000, (International Women'ｓ Day), Amb. Chowdhury, President of the Security Council (SC) for March, reinforced the UN commitment to mainstream gender in all policies at all levels of armed conflict work. Later, on March 15, 2000, as ways of accomplishing this goal, the NGO Women and Armed Conflict Caucus offered 8 recommendations to representatives of the SC attending a special briefing. These included the convening of an open SC session focussed on women in armed conflict and peace-making. The President of the Council responded that Bangladesh is currently working to arrange such an open session but that this will require the support of other SC members. 3. Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table. International Alert has launched the Women Building Peace campaign to ensure that women are at the heart of peace building and peace agenda activities worldwide. During the UN Millennium Assembly in September 2000, International Alert will award 3 organizations and individuals the Millennium Peace Prize for Women. These awards will be given to those who have promoted women'ｓ human rights in conflict and post-conflict situations and advanced women'ｓ leadership in peace-building processes at the community, national and/or international levels. Nominations for the Peace Prize are invited from individuals, women'ｓ organizations and groups involved in peace-building and related activities, with a deadline of May 1, 2000 for nominations to be received. For nomination forms or other information, contact the Women Building Peace Campaign Secretariat at: Fax: (44-171) 793-7975. Email: <fismail@international-alert.org . Web-site: <http://www.international-alert.org> 4. A Global Group of Women Human Rights and Peace Activists Redefine Security. The Network for Gender and Human Security aims to revolutionize the way our governments work to make us safe. This group describes traditional security as militarized international security- protection for states but not for people. To achieve Human Security governments must take a more holistic approach to making people feel safe by meeting the fundamental needs of all members of society. To link up with this network, contact: Gwen Kirk <gkirk@hamilton.edu>, Margo Okazawa-Rey mokazawa@hamilton.edu or Betty Reardon <bar19@columbia.edu> 5. Living Memorial to Widows of War Web-site to be unveiled April 30, 2000. The Widows of War Living Memorial Web-site offers widows of all wars a place to record and share their stories with people throughout the world. When people visit the site and read the widows' stories, they can gain a new understanding of war through this personal perspective. It is through these individual connections that peace and reconciliation are forged. If you are a war widow, register your name and tell your story to help build this living memorial. Web-site: <http:://www.warwidows.org> 6. UNESCO Supports Women's Initiatives for Peace: The UNESCO Women and a Culture of Peace Programme (WCP) will hold several events to commemorate the Year for a Culture of Peace. WCP aims to empower women for democratic participation in political processes and develop gender-sensitive socialization and training for non-violence. For a list of conferences and meetings related to all UNESCO and other UN agency Gender and Peace events for 2000, visit their web-site at: http://www.unesco.org/cpp/uk/projects/wcpevents.htm or contact: Ingeborg Breines, Director, WCP, UNESCO, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France. E-mail: i.breines@unesco.org. Fax: (33-45) 68-55-57 7. New Resources Highlight Women's Roles in Peacemaking Women, Ink. has several books available that deal with Women and Peace, and Booklink #10 (the Women, Ink monthly email update) featured many of these. Full descriptions and ordering information for new releases will be available in the forthcoming supplement to the Women, Ink 2000 Catalogue. Contact Women, Ink. at: Fax: (1-212) 661-2704. E-mail: <wink@womenink.org>. Web-site: http://www.womenink.org (Secure ordering site. Credit cards accepted). Beginning with this issue of IWTC Women'ｓ GlobalNet, we will be featuring specific titles of interest available through Women, Ink. The featured title for this issue is: States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance, eds. Susie Jacobs, Ruth Jacobson, and Jennifer Marchbank, 2000, 246 pages. This publication explores the nature of conflict at different levels and across national and social spaces from a gender perspective. Through case studies and articles, the contributors deliver insightful analyses of violence at the global, state and community levels, and connect this to violence against women at very personal levels, most often behind closed doors. Published in 2000. 246 pages. ISBN 1-85649-656-2. WE505V. 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