If nothing ever changed, it has been said, there would be no butterflies.
In this issue we rejoice to introduce some heart-fluttering changes at Peace X Peace.
We welcome new leadership, in the person of Kimberly Weichel; new opportunities for Molly Mayfield Barbee and Liora Herman; and new involvement with the Women PeaceMakers Program for Mary Liepold and Alicia Simoni.
In the midst of change, we’re taking the time to ask: What do YOU want to do? Add your Voice to our discussions! Share your most audacious goal. In what ways are you …
Unheard Voices in the “Ground Zero” Mosque Debate
A Simple Technological Idea: Yoga
Town in America’s Heartland Honors World-Renowned Muslim Hero
Salma Jabou: changing Iraq by educating Iraqi war widows
Voices from the Frontlines are first person accounts by individuals from around the world about what’s happening, how it impacts women, and how women are building cultures of peace.
We share new Voices every week and encourage submissions from everyone, including YOU.
Harriet Dumba
Sudan/USA
“With my current visit to Kajo Keji, I meet young girls who got pregnant either by older counterparts or age-mates. None of them receive HIV testing or counseling because there are no facilities that are women friendly in the region.”
On July 28 through August 1st 2010, Hearts of Angels for Health Sudan Initiative (HAHS, http://www.hah-s.org) brought women from all around North America to Dallas, Texas to plan and work together to support those in South Sudan. The organization was established in 2002 to work in Kajo Keji, Torit, and …
Melody Green
Australia
The bloodless coup (Rudd accepted without opposition his demise) . . . brought mixed results. While many (especially women) were keen to see a woman at the helm, Julia Gillard’s method of getting there was likened to the actions of Lady Macbeth.
It’s the week after the election ―usually a period of celebration and commiseration for the winners and losers of the major parties in Australia.
Our extraordinary times have brought some interesting changes to what is traditionally a two-party system. For the first time since 1940 we have the very …
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN
Last week, in an excerpt from a proposal launched at the working meeting on SCR 1325 at the United States Institute of Peace, Ambassador Chowdhury outlined his critique of the Secretary-General’s proposed indicators for SCR 1325.
In this post he offers a set of practical action areas to replace those indicators.
Articulated below are four major actors that should play a crucial role during the next five years, as the issues of data collection, national institutions, and country …
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