La participación femenina en los procesos de negociación de conflictos y la protección de la mujer frente a todo tipo de violencia es vital para fortalecer una democracia real y alcanzar la paz duradera.
En lugares donde el conflicto amenaza la seguridad de la población civil, los países contribuyentes de tropas y policías a misiones de paz de Naciones Unidas necesitan desarrollar nuevas capacidades para prevenir y combatir las situaciones de violencia basada en el género que se presenten en el terreno.
La ONU reconoce por primera vez que la violencia sexual, cuando es utilizada como arma de guerra, pone en peligro la seguridad internacional.
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Herramientas para la acción
UNIFEM´s Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: An Analytical Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice (2010)
http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/Ana lytical_Inventory_of_Peacekeeping_Practice_online.pdf
Campaña del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas ÚNETE para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres.
Noticias de interés:
Nicaragua capacita a mil funcionarios sobre equidad de género (18/05/2012)
http://www.lajornadanet.com/diario/archivo/2012/mayo/18/3.php
Autoridades se preparan para entrada en vigencia de Ley Contra la Violencia dirigida a las Mujeres (17/05/2012)
http://www.adital.com.br/site/noticia.asp?lang=ES&cat=8&cod=67060
ONGs de México se suman a campaña contra la violencia sexual en conflictos (14/05/2012)
http://noticias.lainformacion.com/policia-y-justicia/violacion/ongs-de-mexico-se-suman-a-campana-contra-la-violencia-sexual-en-conflictos_XCK5ScfSPBUFL6qdDMWoj4/
CNDDHH presenta spot sobre violencia sexual en conflicto armado
http://www.alertaperu.pe/publicar/nacionales/2445-cnddhh-presenta-spot-sobre-violencia-sexual-en-conflicto-armado.html
Violencia sexual en el conflicto armado, delito con 98% de impunidad (08/03/2012)
http://www.semana.com/politica/violencia-sexual-conflicto-armado-delito-98-impunidad/173391-3.aspx
Guatemala: Speaking Out on the Genocide of Indigenous Women (22/02/2012)
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/22/guatemala-spe aking-out-o-the-genocide-of-indigenous-women/
Women & justice in conflict: Beyond rape victims (29/10/2011)
http://www.intlawgrrls.com/2011/10/women- justice-in-conflict-beyond-rape.html
Somali women raped enroute to Kenya (08/08/2011)
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2011/08/08/hungry-so mali-women-raped-enroute-to-kenya/
Congo's Forgotten Sexual Genocide (05/08/2011)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-k-grieboski/cong os-forgotten-sexual-genocide_b_916663.html
UN report calls for prosecution of perpetrators of mass rape in DR Congo (17/07/2011)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39120&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo
Male Rape as a Weapon of War (17/07/2011)
http://www.care2.com/causes/male-rape-as-a-weapon-of-war.html
Mass rapes in DR Congo could be crimes against humanity UN report (06/07/2011)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38954&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo
Sexual Violence and Implications in the Congo (04/07/2011)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1107/S00091/sexual-violence-and-implications-in-the-congo.htm
Al menos 121 mujeres fueron violadas en una serie de escaramuzas en el Congo (01/07/2011)
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011 /07/01/internacional/1309524847.html
Cadena perpetua para una antigua ministra de Ruanda por ordenar violaciones (24/06/2011)
http://www.europapress.es/ep social/noticia-cadena-perpetua-antigua-ministra -ruanda-ordenar-violaciones-20110624115750.html
Rape in wartime: Listening to the victims (24/06/2011)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/06/ 23/war.rape.interviewers/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
Más de 100 víctimas de violación y violencia en una aldea congoleña (23/06/2011)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5 jJGVwUMXgJ05H1irokn5xYEEIZ_g?docId=CNG.3078615abf12cba8d9eceac2df295975.e71
Guatemala: UN envoy against sexual violence hails arrest of former top military figure (23/06/2011)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story. asp?NewsID=38831&Cr=Wallstr%C3%B6m&Cr1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=
Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gen der+equality+news+feed%29
Call for Communications: Allegations of Human Rights Violations Affecting the Status of Women (14/06/2011)
http://www.unwomen.org/2011/06/call-for-communications-allegations-of-hu man-rights-violations-affecting- the-status-of-women/
Human Rights Council focuses on conflict-related violence against women (12/06/2011)
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/Artic leDetails.aspx?id=2173348&Language=en
Violaciones como arma de guerra (12/06/2011)
http://blogs.elpais.com/mujeres/2011/06/violaci% C3%B3n-como-arma-de-guerra.html
UN official stresses need for empowerment and political participation of women (10/06/2011)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?News ID=38689&Cr=gender+equality&Cr1=
DR Congo: UN envoy tells Security Council of improving security, remaining threats (09/06/2011)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as p?NewsID=38674&&Cr=democratic&&Cr1=congo
Ejército indio investiga a 51 militares por abusos sexuales en el Congo (07/06/2011)
http://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional/ detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=485892
Analysis: New laws have little impact on sexual violence in DRC (07/06/2011)
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?Re portId=92925&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=
twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+g ender+equality+news+feed%29
'Rape war' in the DRC in the DRC (31/05/2011)
http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/article.php?title=%27Rap e%20war%27%20%20in%20the%20DRC%20in%20the%20DRC&id=6010
Domestic Rape in Congo a Rapidly Growing Problem (30/05/2011)
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Domestic-R ape-in-Congo-a-Rapidly-Growing-Problem-122826644.html
Wallstrom making progress in fight against rape in conflict (29/05/2011)
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/Wallstrom-making-pr ogress-in-fight-against-rape-in-conflict/106673.php
UN special representative demands action to combat sex abuse in conflict areas (26/05/2011)
http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/news article/un-special-representative-demands-action-to-combat-sex-abuse-in-conflict-areas/
Sensationalism or silence in the Congo: rape, death and the media (26/05/2011)
http://www.worldandmedia.com/drc/sensationalism-or-si lence-in-the-congo-rape-death-and-the-media-2605.html
Aung San Suu Kyi condemns sexual violence by Burmese army (25/05/2011)
http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/5320-aung- san-suu-kyi-condemns-sexual-violence-in-conflict.html
USAID, IOM, MONUSCO Reinforce Congolese Police in Fighting Sexual Violence (25/05/2011)
http://monusco.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=932 &ctl=Details&mid=1096&ItemID=13767
Le Roy Discusses U.N. Peacekeeping Operations (24/05/2011)
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/24/136620247/l e-roy-discusses-u-n-peacekeeping-operations
Rape in Haiti: The Aftershocks Continue (23/05/2011)
http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/05/ra pe_in_haiti_the_aftershocks_continue.html
Speaking Out: Stories of Hope from The Women Of Liberia (23/05/2011)
http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/programmes/all-programmes/different-voices/ different-voices-archive/speaking-out-stories-of-hope-from-the-women-of-liberia/
Nobel laureates launch campaign against rape as a weapon of war (20/05/2011)
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Nobel+laureates+launch+campaign+ against+rape+weapon/ 4817206/story.html#ixzz1MvtXfFh7
DR Congo rape study 'questionable' (18/05/2011)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wo rld-africa-13448513
Addressing Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti's (17/05/2011)
http://reliefweb.int/node/402171
Mulheres congolesas violadas em Angola durante o seu repatriamento para a RDC (16/05/2011)
http://www.zwelangola.com/activismo/index-lr.php?id=5889
NGO Addresses Sexual Violence Issues in DRC using Popular Media (13/05/2011)
http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=6620
UN envoy welcomes study into extent of sexual violence in DR Congo (12/05/2011)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as p?NewsID=38361&Cr=sexual+violence&Cr1=
48 women raped every hour in Congo, new study shows, far surpassing previous estimates (11/05/2011)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/48-women -raped-every-hour-in-congo-new-study-shows-surpassing-previous-estimates/ 2011/05/11/AF6pWZpG_story.html
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet welcomes the Council
of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women
and Domestic Violence, Urges Member States to Move Towards Securing the
Treaty’s Entry into Force (11/05/2011)
http://www.unwomen.org/2011/05/un-women-executive-director-miche lle-bachelet-welcomes-the-council-of-europe-convention-on-preventing-and- combating-violence-against-women-and-domestic-violence-urges-member-states-to-move -towards-se/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3 A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29
Ciudades sin violencia hacia las mujeres: Un desafío posible
http://www.americalatinagenera.org/es/index .php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2101&Itemid=564
Rwanda: UN Envoy Welcomes Start of FDLR Leaders' Trial (06/05/2011)
http://allafrica.com/stories/201105060190.html
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Strategy On Sexual, Gender-Based Violence (03/05/2011)
http://allafrica.com/stories/201105040630.html
Activist: Mexico’s War on Drugs Leads to Violence Against Women
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=392641&CategoryId=14091
SUDAN: North Darfur water project helps protect women from sexual violence (27/04/2011)
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92597
Liberia: Protect Refugees Against Sexual Abuse (27/04/2011)
http://www.ttkn.com/law-and-order/liberia-prot ect-refugees-against-sexual-abuse-10706.html
Uganda: Teenage Mothers Can be Saved From Violence (27/04/2011)
http://allafrica.com/stories/201104280793.html
Mujeres víctimas de conflictos armados exigen reparación y restitución de
tierras (25/04/2011)
http://www.adital.com.br/site/noticia.a sp?lang=ES&cat=14&cod=55807
Shining Lights on the Issue of Gender-Based Violence in Haiti’s IDP Camps (21/04/2011)
http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/p id/7546;jsessionid=2F9D0AC15AE3B86E743CD1B57CE2C816.jahia01?utm_source=feedburner&utm_ medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
U.N. peacekeepers learn to battle sexual violence in war
(21/04/2011)
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/un-peace keepers-learn-to-battle-sexual-violence-in-war
Africa. Rights Goup: Rape, Sexual Abuse 'Pervasive' in Ivory Coast
(14/04/2011)
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/de capua-ivory-coast-rape-14apr11-119845714.html
UN Security Council 6515th Meeting* (AM) Civilian Protection Measures Not Comprehensive Unless Systematically Include ‘Efforts to End Sexual Violence before It Has Begun’, Security Council Told
(14/04/2011)
http://www.un.org/News/Pres s/docs//2011/sc10226.doc.htm
Crean ciudad solo para mujeres en el Congo (05/04/2011)
http://noticias.terra.com.pe /internacional/crean-ciudad-solo-para-mujeres-e n-el-congo,84bb181b9f72f210VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html
Piden que situación mujer en el conflicto de Colombia se trate en Conferencia (03/04/2011)
http://www.abc.es/agencias/n oticia.asp?noticia=762740
UN envoy on sexual violence welcomes African commitment to eradicating the
vice (01/04/2011)
http://www.modernghana.com/news/322760/1/un-envoy-on-s exual-violence-welcomes-african-commi.html
Militares são processados por crimes de violência sexual na RDC (30/03/2011)
http://unicrio.org.br/militares-sao-processad os-por-crimes-de-violencia-sexual-na-rdc/
Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls
http://www.endvawnow.org/
Survivors of Sexual Violence Testify Before the African Union Peace and Security Council (28/03/2011)
http://www.unwomen.org/2011/03/survivors-of-sexual-violence-testi fy-before-the-african-union-peace-and-security-council/
Sobrevivientes de la violencia sexual declaran ante el Consejo de paz y seguridad de la Unión Africana
http://www.unwomen.org/es/2011/03/survivors-of-sexual-violen ce-testify-before-the-african-union-peace-and-security-council/
Mujeres buscan reparación especial por abusos sexuales en medio del conflicto (08/03/2011)
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo-255537-m ujeres-buscan-reparacion-especial-abusos-sexuales-medio-del-con?utm_source=twitter feed&utm_medium=twitter
Piden a ONU-Mujeres combatir violencia de género como prioridad (23/02/2011)
http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/5891/Piden_a_O NU_Mujeres_combatir_violencia_de_genero_como_prioridad
Crean una Comisión Nacional que sancionará la violencia de género
(21/02/2011)
http://www.infobae.com/notas/562410-Cr ean-una-Comision-Nacional-que-sancionara- la-violencia-de-genero.html
República Democrática del Congo: ONU donará barca a víctimas de violencia sexual (07/02/2011)
http://www.un.org/spanish/News/fullst orynews.asp?newsID=20222&criteria1=Congo
Côte d’Ivoire: ONU condena violencia sexual y pide protección de civiles (27/01/2011)
http://www.un.org/spanish/News/ful lstorynews.asp?newsID=20149&criteria1=Côte d’Ivoire
Secretary-General calls for additional steps to fight sexual violence in conflict (08/12/2010)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as p?NewsID=36997&Cr=sexual+violence&Cr1=
UN calls on corporate sector to help eliminate violence against women (23/11/2010)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp? NewsID=36844&Cr=violence+against+women&Cr1=
DR Congo: UN helps seize rebel leader presumed responsible for mass rape (05/10/2010)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story .asp?NewsID=36347&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo
Haiti: UN launches new campaign against rape and gender-based violence (13/09/2010)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.as p?NewsID=35900&Cr=haiti&Cr1