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Arab Women Plan a Regional Network for Security

By Darina Naidu ● Politics ● November 12, 2013

The group of 100 female leaders from 14 countries met in Jordan in late October and plans to reconvene in early 2014. They are focused on engaging with women’s post-conflict rights and powers under a series of U.N. resolutions.

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Arab Leaders Discuss Peace; Abortion Law Reinstated

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● November 2, 2013

Female Arab leaders met in Jordan this week to discuss women, peace and security. In Texas, an abortion law was reinstated, requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

Speakers: To Find Peace, End Domestic Violence

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Uncategorized ● September 27, 2013

Blocks away from where the United Nations delegates gathered with Syria’s chemical weapons on top of their agenda, a simple ceremony in New York’s Central Park floated a new path for peace.

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Shuns Female Brokers

By Leigh Cuen ● Uncategorized ● December 5, 2012

A U.N. resolution passed over 10 years ago requires women’s involvement in conflict resolutions. But that has little bearing on the Israel-Palestine conflict, where women are far from the power roles on either side.

Iraq’s Refugees in Jordan Live in Desperate Limbo

By Samia Qumri ● Politics ● April 18, 2012

Iraqi refugee women in Jordan offer an example of hope and resilience. But their desperate limbo is heartbreaking for Samia Qumri to witness in her work for the Collateral Repair Project, a charity started in 2004.

Interfaith Women Don Veil as Common Heritage

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● December 26, 2011

The veil is a polarizing symbol for France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Outside that fraught context, Hajer Naili finds an enlightened New York forum where women peacefully discuss the ways this cloth forms a common religious heritage.

Women-Led Peace a Reality in Sudan, Bonn, Oslo

By Jacqueline ONeill ● Politics ● December 12, 2011

Imagine a world where women living directly with the realities of war help build the peace. Jacqueline O’Neill says three major events this month show that vision–and the ideals of “inclusive security”–gaining hold.

Sanger Opposed War and ‘Breeding Soldiers’

By Jean H. Baker ● Arts & Culture ● November 10, 2011

Jean H. Baker writes about the strong antiwar stance of Margaret Sanger and the reformer’s increasingly single-minded focus on contraception in this excerpt from her forthcoming biography of a ferociously passionate and flawed pioneer.

Palestinian-Israeli Women Lose a Voice for Peace

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● September 21, 2011

An Israeli-Palestinian women’s group that helped pioneer the push for a two-state solution fell apart in late 2010 under pressure of heightened hostilities. Its demise highlights the scarcity of women in peace talks in this conflict and around the world.

Surviving Ugandans Become Trauma Counselors

By Rebecca Tinsley ● Politics ● September 16, 2011

Women trying to rebuild life in northern Uganda are not yet safe enough for typical trauma counseling to be appropriate. A U.S. charity finds it can still provide assistance by training local people who can then help survivors adapt, work and sleep.