
In the News: Thursday, 17 September 2020
Policy brief: A feminist foreign policy Response to COVID-19 Source: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The COVID-19 pandemic knows no borders. It further knows no gender, class, or

Policy brief: A feminist foreign policy Response to COVID-19 Source: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The COVID-19 pandemic knows no borders. It further knows no gender, class, or

UN Security Council Briefing on South Sudan by Nyachangkuoth Rambang Tai Source: NGO WPS Working Group Nyachangkuoth Rambang Tai, representing the organization Assistance Mission for Africa, was invited to provide

UN welcomes Afghan talks with the Taliban, urges cease-fire Source: The Washington Post The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday welcoming the start of negotiations between Afghan representatives

UN peacekeeping chief outlines reforms needed to keep operations fit-for-purpose Source: UN News Over the next 10 years, the world could well be transformed by potentially lethal new technologies, climate

Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council Expresses Grave Concern about Increase in Attacks on Schools, Underlines Education’s Contribution to Peace Source: ReliefWeb The Security Council today urged Member States to develop

Sudanese Women Sign Declaration for ‘Strategic Feminist Coalition’ Source: Dabanga Women members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu) and

Coronavirus – South Sudan: International Organization for Migration (IOM) and RedR UK Report closing the gap in Women’s Rights and Opportunities in Humanitarian Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Response in South

What Next After Second UN Resolution 1325 Action Plan? Source: Nation / Moraa Obiria Ms Winny Chebochok is one of the three women in the 12-member Kuresoi South Sub-county Peace

Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: September 2020 Source: NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security released its

Cameroon: Atrocities in NW, SW – Cries of Women Source: Cameroon Tribune The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family on behalf of all Cameroonian women and families during an