Women continue to be largely excluded from African peace processes. According to UN Women, no woman has been appointed peace mediator in any of the continent's major peace talks since 1992.
Save the Children's "Girls' Voices" project started in Southern Bangladesh in 2006 with the aim of encouraging young women to take control of their lives and their futures.
She's the First is a non-profit organization that sponsors girls' education in developing countries so that they can be the first in their families to graduate from school.
This is a brief story that relates social pressure women face around the world. It narrates how women are taught not to feel beautiful unless they use make up, are skinny, and use hills amongst others.
Throughout this USIP panel 3 experts discuss women´s issues within the Colombian armed conflict. They also discuss gender issues, and the effects of not including women in the current peace process.
The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination sponsored a public lecture, "Political Transition, the Role of Women, and Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan," by Fawzia Koofi, Afghan presidential candidate and human rights activist. The lecture was held on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, on the Princeton University campus. The lecture was co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
