Women, Peace And Security In ASEAN: Need For Distinct Action Plan – Analysis

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Turn Words Into Action Involving Women for Lasting Peace
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We have recently celebrated the peace deal struck between the Government in Colombia and the main guerrilla group. The deal reached on justice issues represents the clearest sign yet of a possible end to five decades of conflict. Less is said about the ...
Kikwete's administration scores high on gender equalityDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
How The UN Can Help Women Make More...

Women at the forefront of peace and security  The Citizen Daily

>The reported collapse of the Sudan peace talks last Monday inevitably resulted in fast and furious escalated fighting, signalling that there seems to be no end in sight to the multifaceted crises that have dogged the wider Sudan region for years.

MPs yesterday asked Energy and Minerals ministry to put proper strategies in place that would help in weeding out mineral smugglers.

According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to meet the 2°C temperature increase target, the world has an emission budget of only 1,000 billion tonnes of CO2 till 2100. With Kyoto Protocol coming to an end by 2020, UNFCCC has urged countries to come up with ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contributions’(INDC) by COP21 so as to negotiate and come up with a legally binding document to cut down emissions.

India has submitted its Intended...

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Ministry to focus on ending gender violence in action plan
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The Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children has resorted to fight Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the next financial year attributing the habit as a major factor hampering socio-economic development of the country. Sophia Simba, the ...

On paper, the war is over in South Sudan, after rivals signed a peace deal to end 21-months of violence that left tens of thousands killed.

Obama

Paris (AFP) – US President Barack Obama said Tuesday global warming posed economic and security risks that had to be tackled immediately, but insisted the climate problem could be solved.

If global warming continues, “then before long we are going to have to devote more and more of our economic and military resources not to growing opportunity for our people but to adapting to the various consequences of a changing planet,” Obama said.

“Climate change is a massive problem, it’s a...

Dr Mengi appeals for action on indicators of breaches of peace
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IPP Executive Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi has urged Tanzanians to join forces and denounce all indicators that are likely to breach peace. Dr Mengi made the call in Dar es Salaam over the weekend during a concert for the Voice of Women Entrepreneurs ...