On January 24, the World YWCA and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) met with the United Nations CEDAW Committee to discuss recommendations for a stronger link between the CEDAW reporting process, human rights and the peace and security agenda.
UN-INSTRAW is pleased to announce the launching of a three-week virtual dialogue to strengthen the analysis and replication of good practices in the area of gender and disarmament, demobilization & reintegration (DDR).
As a result of last year's successful pilot women-only Training Institute on 'Women and small arms control' in Ethiopia, the second Institute is now underway in Central America.