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Sept. 24 2013, New York

While dozen of cameras and reporters covering Iranian President H.Rowhani’s speech in United Nations General Assembly, Zanan TV’s camera lensing one of the Havaar (Iranian Initiative Against War, Sanctions and State Repression) activists just in front of the United Nations Headquarters.

The Havvar member has a message to express which comes with surprising words. It is addressing two different Presidents from two different nations but in one vital conception, Peace.

Watch her here:

http://lang.zanantv.org/en/show/-/asset_publisher/0aCt/content/obama-and-rouhani%E2%80%93a-call-to-action

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Dear friends,

The following statement is in direct response to the assassination of Sushmita Banerjee by Taliban-affiliated militants on 4th September, 2013.  As you may know, the killing of Banerjee follows an alarming increase in targeted assassinations and attempts on the lives of women’s rights activists and women in prominent positions, as well as a general escalation of violence against women in Afghanistan.

The wording and demands in the statement have been drafted with input from our partners in Afghanistan.  We ask that you consider endorsing this Joint statement on the assassination of Sushmita Banerjee, and the alarming increase in VAW in Afghanistan by sending an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and help us circulate it widely as well in other e-lists, among your partners and constituencies and via social media.  

Please send any endorsements by 27 September 2013.  In addition, any suggestions of strategic contacts among Afghan officials or those in international institutions that we should be directing the finalized statement to would be very useful.

In solidarity,

AWID & WLUML

Shareen Gokal

Strategic Initiative Manager, Resisting & Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Skype: shareengokal | Tel: +001 4165943773 ext.24 | Fax: +001 4165940330

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New York, NY, September 18, 2013 — At the moment when world leaders gather in New York to review development agendas and plan for the coming decades, a group of grassroots and feminist organizations, networks and social movements from different backgrounds and contexts will share their visions and proposals for a just world, where all are able to live with freedom from fear and want. The People’s General Assembly on Development Justice (People’s GA) will be the venue for people from the global south and the global north to challenge governments to address the needs of the world’s 99%, the ones who earn the least, yet bear the costs of excessive consumption and greed.

The People’s General Assembly will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 11am atThomas Paine Park (Foley Square), 111 Worth Street, in New York, NY, USA.

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 Global Competition...

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Do you know about an organization that’s changed the way it works in response to demands from its women clients or employee s? Have you seen a community break silence and taboos to challenge traditional gender roles and stereotypes? Has your organization introduced a policy or training to stop sexual harassment in a way that has produced notable results? Have senior managers engaged directly with women workers or women clients and then changed the way their organization does business? Tell us about how change is  happening in o\rganizations to build cultures of equality.

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Isis International Activist School

16-24 October 2013, Manila & Mindanao, Philippines

Isis International in collaboration with Justice Equality Rights Access (JERA) and the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW)

would like to invite you to apply for the

Isis Activist School on Enhancing Social Media Strategies to Advance the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325

16-24 OCTOBER 2013 in Manila and Mindanao, Philippines

(Deadline for application - 6 September 2013)

This Activist School on Enhancing Social Media Strategies to Advance UNSCR 1325 is a 9-day regional training of young women leaders and peace advocates. The training will bring together women from Australia, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand to identify: development strategies; key barriers and current debate on UNSCR1325 in the Asian Region; strategies for civil society engagement in the development of National Action Plans (NAP) and the role of social media in supporting peace building.

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Women Speak Out for Peace

Les Femmes élèvent la Voix pour la Paix

Las Mujeres Hablan Por la Paz

International Day of Peace is on September 21st 2013. To commemorate this important day, the Global Network of Women Peascebuilders (GNWP) is launching “Women Speak Out for Peace: A Global Media Campaign.” This wide-reaching campaign would start on September 16th and continue until Peace Day, September 21st. This is a great opportunity for us to raise awareness and knowledge of UNSCR 1325, 1820, and the supporting Women, Peace and Security (WPS) resolutions globally. We encourage you to be creative and utilize available resources in order for all of us to meet the objectives and enhance the impact of this campaign.