Gender & Peacebuilding
The Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group (GPWG) aims to translate the general international commitments that have been made on gender equality and peacebuilding into concrete actions and to promote the active participation of girls and women in peacebuilding. The GPWG is designed to strengthen collaboration among Canadian organizations, activists, and academics by providing a forum for the exchange of resources, facilitating dialogue between and among civil society and government, and contributing to the direction of programming and policy.
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Gender and Peacebuilding Coordinator Appears before Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights
On September 14th 2009, Kate McInturff, the Coordinator of Peacebuild's Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group, appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights to present her recommendations for Canada's implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security.
Read the the full committee transcript
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This video was prepared for and first shown on March 4th, 2009, at an event marking International Women's Day in Ottawa. In the spirit of the evening, the video asks us to consider feminism in a new light—sometimes funny, sometimes serious, always engaged.
The event was organized by more than ten organizations working for women's rights and equality at the local, national and international levels, including: Amnesty International Canada, the Nobel Women's Initiative, Oxfam Canada, Harmony House, Inter Pares, the Women’s Event Network, OCTEVAW, the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights, Women’s Worlds 2011, PACT Ottawa, Planned Parenthood Ottawa, Comité Réseau d'Ottawa, and GalldinLiew Feminist Legal Practice.
GPWG Fact Sheets
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Sexual Violence in DRC
Reports
- Gender Training and Fragile States: What Works
- Gender, Small Arms and Development: The Case of Southern Sudan
- A Canadian Civil Society response to the Official Government of Canada Report on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security
- Women, Peace and Security: The Canadian NGO Experience
- Canadian Perspectives on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
- A Civil Society Perspective on Canada's Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security
