On the 2nd of February, Gender Concerns International will be organizing the "Gender Agenda 2012" event, which marks the presentation of our Gender Election Monitoring (GEM) Mission Reports, Tunisia and Morocco.
Read MoreThe Gender Concerns International Team would like to wish you a happy holiday season. Thank you for your continuing support, we look forward to another succesful year for female leadership, inclusive governance and the recognition of women as agents of change. Our office will be closed from the 24th of December until the 2nd of January. Urgents matters will still be handled, our apologies for any delays.
Read MoreRespect, Recognition and Resources voor Nederlandse Vrouwen en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Organisaties
Read MoreTunisia Election Monitoring, October 2011
Read MoreTo mark the 10 years of international presence in Afghanistan, we welcome the position paper issued today by Afghan Women's Network (AWN). The paper has been especially prepared with reference to the up-coming Bonn Conference on Afghanistan to be held in December this year. The paper argues and hopes that the Bonn Conference will be an instrument to include and implement Afghan women's vision for a better, stable, and peaceful Afghanistan.
Read MoreFor the past few years, Gender Concerns International has been actively advocating the international community in inclusion of Afghan women in peace security government talks.
Read MoreOn 14 January 2010 Gender Concerns International (GCI) organized a conference entitled "Women at the Flashpoint: 2010 and Beyond - Women's Voices from Afghanistan and the Neighboring Countries" that took place at the Peace Palace in The Hague. It was organized to raise awareness about the plight of women in the conflict zone of Afghanistan and its neighbouring countries, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, India, and Tajikistan.
Read MoreIn her recorded video message from Strasbourg, MEP Dr. Franziska Brantner endorsed her full support for the Alert 2011 Campaign
Read MoreThe UN Resolution 1325 was adopted in October 2000. It reaffirms women's important role in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and stresses the importance of including women in peace negotiations, peace building and peacekeeping. Gender Concerns International is one of the many organizations who have taken measures to strengthen the position of women during and after armed conflict.
Read MoreThis campaign is launched to support Afghan women and ensure that women's rights are not being compromised in the Peace Jirga and the upcoming International Conference in Kabul. Women need to be represented and women's issues need to be on the peace and security agenda, and for that reason Afghan women need the support of the international community. Gender Concerns is launching this campaign to rally supporters and make this support visible.
Read MoreAfter the three key note speeches, two panel discussions were held. These panels were chaired by MP Chantal Gillard.
Read More15th January, 2010: Gender Concerns International and Regional Delegates presented the Voices of Women in Afghanistan in Brussels.
Read MoreThe conference "Women at the Flashpoint:2010 and Beyond" held at the Peace Palace in The Hague on 14th January, 2010 proved to be a successful platform for the regional and political delegates.
Read MoreDeputy Minister Palwasha Kakar brought in light the issues faced by Afghan Women at the "Women at the Flashpoint: 2010 and Beyond" in The Hague on 14th January, 2010.
Read MoreAmbassador at large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer gave a key note speech at The Hague Conference Women at Flashpoint:2010 and Beyond held on 14th January, 2010
Read MoreOn 7th-8th September 2009 under the Initiative for
Peacebuilding (IfP), the European Peacebuilding Liaison
Office (EPLO) and International Alert jointly organised
a civil society conference on the implementation of
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Europe.
Read MoreThe Speech of the First Lady of Kashmir and Ms. Simone Filippini at the Theater Diligentia in The Hague.
Read MoreHereby with great pleasure Gender Concerns International (GCI) would like to invite you to a discussion program on: the elections in Pakistan and its impact on women and war on terrorism. The event is organized with reference to the safe-return of GCI all female election observers team from its mission to Pakistan Issue to be discussed is the impact of elections in Pakistan on the situation of women and the fight against terrorism? Will civil society organizations, women and minorities benefit from the return of democracy in Pakistan?
Read MoreTo Gender Concerns International it is evident that many Afghan women still live under extremely difficult conditions. The goal professed by the Afghan constitution that "the citizens of Afghanistan - whether man or woman- have equal rights and duties before the law" remains a very distant dream for most women.
Read MoreOrganized by Gender Concerns International
And Afghan Women's Network in Kabul
Regional women's delegates from Pakistan, Iran, India, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the Netherlands will be arriving Kabul this weekend to attend the conference on the role and participation of women in peace, security and gender and development activities in Afghanistan.
Read MoreWe started our work in Kashmir on both sides of the border. Kashmir has about 60 years long history of conflict and many wars have been fought between India and Pakistan over the territorial dispute of Kashmir. This conflict has added two nuclear powers to this world and contributed to the super masculinity of the issue which is not only furthered by high militarization and the rise in militancy alone in the region but also has caused total exclusion of any attention to its impact on women's sufferings.
Read MoreSherry Rehman was one of the guests that Gender Concerns International had invited for its Expert Meeting held on 18th May at the Dutch Parliament on the Gender, Peace and Security issue in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was very supportive of this initiative and had accepted the invitation but due to All Parties Conference held on 18th May in Islamabad, was not able to leave the country before 19th. Last Sunday I received this article of Sherry Rehman which I would like to forward to you. Sherry Rehman was one of the guests that Gender Concerns International had invited for its Expert Meeting held on 18th May at the Dutch Parliament on the Gender, Peace and Security issue in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was very supportive of this initiative and had accepted the invitation but due to All Parties Conference held on 18th May in Islamabad, was not able to leave the country before 19th. Last Sunday I received this article of Sherry Rehman which I would like to forward to you.
Read MoreDays before President Karzai travelled to The Hague to attend an International Conference on Afghanistan he signed a law that has been considered alarming by the women and human rights organisations concerned with the position of women in the region.
Read MoreDuring this period Gender Concerns International has visited AJK several times and met with people from various walks of life, prominently the-then President and Prime Minister. We also invited and hosted many able women from Kashmir to The Hagueand Brussels and are working to draw international attention and resources to the betterment of women in Kashmir.
Read MoreOn Monday September 15, the delegation met with member of Belgian parliament Mrs Magda de Meyer to discuss the role of women in Kashmir conflict. Focus points of the meeting were the documentary List 1325: List me now: Womenís unheard voices in Kashmir and thereby raise wider awareness of the conflict.
Read MoreWomen's Unheard Voices from Kashmir
A co-production of Gender Concerns Kashmir-Srinagar and
Gender Concerns Internationa
Read MoreThe United Nation Security Council has adopted Resolution 1325 which calls for the enhancement of women involvement in peace building.
Read MoreThe United Nation Security Council has adopted Resolution 1325 which calls for the enhancement of women involvement in peace building.
Read MoreThe United Nation Security Council has adopted Resolution 1325 which calls for the enhancement of women involvement in peace building. The Great Lakes Region ( Congo , Rwanda , Uganda and Burundi ) is infamous for the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the conflicts in Burundi and between Rwanda and Congo , and the systematic raping of women in the Congo war zone. The cost off this long history of violence is the life of 4 million people. It also left a culture of fear and mistrust between different groups and between the countries. Peace building is an urgent requirement.
Read MoreSabra Bano initiated the briefing by stating that By and large elections were fair and free as was assured to her in pre-elections meetings with Pakistani authorities. Though women have voted in encouraging numbers but yet strict legislative measures should have been taken against some collective attempts barring women from their right to vote:î The promise of peaceful election was reasonably fulfilled and under her observation constituencies in Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore women voters across various socio-economic and ethnic divisions seemed to have enjoyed their right to vote, she added.
Read MoreRaising awareness on the daily plight of abducted and sexually abused girls. How is the situation of victims of war in Northern Uganda ? What can we do to help victims, girl mothers? Paska raises awareness by telling her life story. The African Humanitarian supports her in doing so.
Read MoreGCI is established in the Haarlemmermeer which has a population of 130.000 inhabitants.
Read MoreVrijdag, 24 februari is het benefiet concert in Cristofori Amsterdam geweest. Een volle zaal, Barbara Hannigan, Quirijn de Lang, Saskia Pereira - Pieters; prachtige stemmen, mooi pianospel en een atmosfeer die in de op zichzelf al mooie zaal extra glans kreeg door een speciale belichting en kaarslicht. Omdat de goede opbrengst onze verwachting overtrof waren wij helemaal tevreden.
Een paar foto's ter illustratie.
Bijschriften zijn niet nodig, binnenkort meer over het project wat we gaan steunen.
Read MoreA participant wondered if raising money is a solution to the real problem: how can the LRA, with Joseph Kony in command, be stopped ? Mr. Khamis from the African Humanitarian states that there is no simple answer to this question. This war has been going on for 20 years. Politicians need to answer to the problem of civil war and LRA.
Read MoreOn the evening of 11 April, together with Sabra Bano, Saira Kazmi, Mah-Jabeen and Rukhsana Riaz arrived in Brussels . At the Station they were received by Belgi Ahmetaj-Mansour, Elisabeth Franken and Karine Ancellin. Later on at Karineís home delicious dinner was served. Elisabeth had also prepared some nice dishes. It was a wonderful occasion to share this meal together.
Read MoreGENDER CONCERNS Marks The Commemoration Day of 6 Months since the Earthquake in Pakistan by the Presence of Three Women Earthquake Victims in THE NETHERLANDS .
By Glynis Kooper
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