[Translate to English:] © Karo Pernegger

Women for Peace in the Horn of Africa: A new network across borders for more impact

Interview with Asia Abdulkadir by Nadja Schuster (VIDC Global Dialoguee)

VIDC Global Dialogue has been able to support women from the Horn of Africa Region to found a diaspora women network in Vienna, which will hopefully have a positive impact for the women in this conflict region. Nadja Schuster…

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Women Horn of Africa © Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

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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[Translate to English:] Women Leaders Peace Summit in November 2020 in Doha © OXUS TV/Tanya Kayhan

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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Frauen gemeinsam, © iStock/jacoblund

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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Afghanistan, VIDC, Afghan Women Leaders' Peace Summit 2020

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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© Kiril Kirkov

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.

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The bigger picture, © Daisy Jacobs

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.

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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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© Tanya Kayhan

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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