 The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) is an international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. With a commitment to empowering people and building communities, IWTC provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women, particularly low-income women, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia. More...
#334: INSTITUTES, WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS TO SHAPE SKILLFUL WOMEN LEADERS
1. Contributions of women peacemakers to be
documented at two-month residency program
Application deadline: May 23, 2008
The
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice in San Diego, California is calling for
applications for its Women Peacemakers Program. Aimed at capturing the stories
and best practices of women who have been spearheading transformative peace
initiatives in conflict-affected countries around the world, the program offers
four leaders a two-month residency at the institute where they can document
their unique contributions through film and narrative. Opportunities for
community engagement will be organized through a series of public panels as
well as through meetings with activists and leaders involved in human rights,
political action and peacemaking efforts. A small stipend will also be provided
to those selected. More...
This collection of official
documents and analysis on financing for gender equality as well as practical
materials related to fundraising was originally produced as a CD-ROM and
distributed during the 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status
of Women. The theme of the commission was ‘Financing for Gender Equality and
the Empowerment of Women.’
In
light of upcoming conferences such as the Follow-up
International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the
Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, to be held in November in
Doha, IWTC is hosting the collection on its website to support
informed participation in debates and discussions around the
gender-specific
aspects of these issues. More...
IWTC has produced four sets of prototype radio programs about UNSCR 1325 in partnership with community broadcasters and women's organizations in the Philippines, Uganda, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Click here to find out more and listen in...
UN REFORM REPORT: In August 2006, the International Women’s Tribune Centre and the Heinrich Böll Foundation published a book entitled, “UN Reform: What’s in it for Women?” The publication features reflections, insights, and analysis by women from different regions specifically examining the impact of the UN reform process on women at the regional and national levels. It also presents different initiatives and proposals in ensuring women’s spaces within the UN as well as concrete recommendations on how to influence the UN reform process.
Click here to download a pdf copy of the UN Reform Report
What is UNSCR 1325?
What is the UN Security Council Resolution 1325? It’s a landmark document that marks the first time the UN Security Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and recognized their contributions to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peace-building. This same document stressed the importance of women’s equal and full participation as active agents in peace and security.
Download the simplified version of UNSCR 1325 [Plain Text] [PDF]
Download the full version of UNSCR 1325 [Plain text] [PDF]
IWTC and Isis-WICCE host CyberDialogue on UNSCR 1325
 With October marking the 5th anniversary of United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on women, peace and security (see Women's GlobalNet #282), the International Women's Tribune Centre and Isis-WICCE convened a Peace-Building CyberDialogue on UNSCR 1325. Envisioned as a global town hall meeting, this eal time discussion (with voice and visual contact) connected women working on peace in conflict-affected countries with gender advocates, policy makers and diplomats meeting at the UN and with women attending the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) International Forum in Bangkok, Thailand. Women gathered in Nepal, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Uganda and Zimbabwe to discuss their experiences with using UNSCR 1325, including ways to use the resolution to strengthen women's participation in key decision-making bodies that deal with peace and security issues and the issues that they want to bring to the attention of decision makers. Participants in New York included Rachel Mayanja, the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. Ms. Mayanja noted the women's concerns and suggestions and took their messages to the Open Debate of the UN Security Council, which took place immediately following the CyberDialogue.
The outcome of the Dialogue also fed into the discussions at the AWID International Forum which had as its overarching theme omen in a Changing World Plans call for excerpts from the CyberDialogue to be used in the production of local language 325 radio programmes that IWTC is developing to reach out to women working on these issues at community level. A three-part radio programme is currently airing in the Philippines and others are planned for Uganda and Zimbabwe. See more articles on women voices on peace and security issues http://iwtc.org/286.html.
 Women, Ink. is the bookstore of the International Women’s Tribune Centre (IWTC) that markets and distributes resources that focus on the perspectives of women from developing nations or in United Nations language, the Global South. Women, Ink. has a strong committment to giving visibility to books published in the Global South and continuously updates and includes new resources that meet the needs of women worldwide. Women, Ink. carries materials from international organizations and small presses in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. New resources are always welcome. More...
 The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) was formed in May 2000 to successfully advocate for a UN Security Council Resolution (SCR) on women, peace and security. This was achieved collaboratively with the unanimous adoption of SCR 1325 on 31 October 2000. Now, the NGOWG advocates for and monitors the participation of women, prevention of conflict and protection of all civilians, to ensure full and rapid implementation of SCR 1325’s promises.
 Giving a voice to issues of significant importance to women’s lives in the present global and local contexts, using community and commercial radio, internet radio, written press (women owned and mainstream media),
electronic lists and TV news.
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