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Women for Peace in the Horn of Africa
Report on the diaspora networking conference in Vienna from June 10-12, 2021
Women from Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan, who live mostly in exile, met to establish a new network for peace. The gathering in Vienna was hosted by the VIDC, some women joined online.
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Afghan women – the quintessence for peace
by Heela Najibullah
UN Resolution 1325 demands to include women's full equal participation in peacebuilding. However, Afghan women's voices are marginalized. Only 4 out of 21 members of Afghan goverment's negotiation team are women and zero in…
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Unheard?! Strong women in the diaspora
Report from the event on 1 March 2021
As a contribution to International Women's Day 2021, we celebrated women from the diaspora in Austria at a panel discussion on OKTO TV and and on VIDC's Facebook channel.
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Peace needs women!
Afghan women are urging for their inclusion in the peace process
In November, two important conferences for the future of Afghanistan took place. One was the Afghan Women Leaders' Peace Summit 2020 in Dubai and the other was the International Donors' Conference in Geneva.
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Refugee Women as Agents for Peace
The UN Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Context of Forced Migration
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 17:00 - 18:30, CET (Zoom Webinar in English and Arabic)
Panel discussion and study presentation: The UNSCR 1325 and its application on the participation and rights of refugee women in the EU.
Trickfilmreihe Klappe auf!
16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women and Girls
Thursday, 26 November 2020 - 7 December 2020
"Klappe auf!" - a cooperation of developement and women`s organisations shows animated short films dealing with violence against women in the care sector.
No Peace Without Women
Report from the panel discussion on 22 August 2020
The discussion focused on the 20th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and was part of the AKIS conference "20 Years of Banu - First Independent Afghan Women's Magazine".
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No Peace without Women - Women's inclusion at the peace table in Afghanistan
By Waslat Hasrat Nazimi
How sustainable is peace without the inclusion of women? In the year of the 20th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325 “Women, Peace and Security”, women in Afghanistan fight for more participation in the peace negotiations.
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Islamic Feminisms, the state and social movements
an interview with Fatima Sadiqi by Helmut Krieger
Moroccan gender expert and linguist Fatima Sadiqi explains the diversity of Islamic feminisms and feminst movements in the Maghreb region.
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We have to put down our arms in Afghanistan and take up pens instead
by Rahela Sidiqi
The engagement of the Afghan Diaspora in their host countries and in Afghanistan is vital for the development of the country. R. Sidiqi, Farkhunda Trust for Afghan Women's Education in London, shares her recommendations.
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